Parties have been locked in fight over spots on slate with alliance projected to win 5-6 seats; Odeh says Lapid, Gantz 'will need to sweat a lot' to get Joint List's recommendation

Spokesman confirms report on talks by Channel 12, while Ra'am silent; Mansour Abbas rules out reunion with Joint List, rips Ayman Odeh

Ramallah official Majed Faraj reportedly urged Joint List MKs to join forces with Ra'am to prevent Netanyahu's return to power, offered PA mediation

Report says meeting with senior Joint List lawmakers was aimed at returning Ra’am to the fold, after it ran separately in the last elections and joined coalition

Israeli TV network quotes unnamed Palestinian official who confirms that intelligence chief met Arab MKs but insists report about effort to interfere in election is false

MKs Aida Touma-Sliman and Ofer Cassif take 2nd and 3rd places; Joint List alliance has yet to divvy up spots on united roster

Party leader says it did not take ministerial roles in government in order to avoid divisive security matters

MK Walid Taha, Knesset faction director Waleed Alhawashla and MK Iman Khatib-Yasin clinch spots 2-4; remainder of roster to be determined at a later date

On Saturday, Islamic party's oversight body to determine key Knesset candidates, with all top contenders allied with chief Mansour Abbas's vision of engaging in mainstream politics

With Yamina's potential collapse, both Likud and the Blue and White-New Hope alliance are competing for undecided right-wing Israelis who aren't thrilled with either bloc