Arab legislator may cooperate with Netanyahu’s government

BAQA AL-GHARBIYYE, Israel — Ra’am party head Mansour Abbas attacked the leaders of rival Arab party Hadash-Ta'al, claiming they only seek to offer a "good show" from the Knesset podium. Abbas argued that Hadash-Ta'al leader Ayman Odeh and lawmaker Ahmad Tibi were responsible for the collapse of the former government, thus enabling returned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to win the Nov. 1 elections.

Abbas lashed out at his rivals, saying, "If they are not interested in joining the coalition and not functioning as a blocking bloc, at least they should be neutral and try to promote solutions to the hardships of Arab society."