During the negotiations to establish a coalition, Israel's president, Yitzhak Herzog, asked Yosef Jabarin, head of the joint list, if this list would be pulled from the coalition if large-scale military operations were carried out in Iran or Gaza. Jabarin replied: "We will make strategic decisions. The people did not choose us to overthrow Netanyahu and then return him to power." Herzog continued: "We are engaged in the fight against jihad, both locally and internationally; where is the deep discussion on this issue? "There is no military solution," Jabarin said. Under no circumstances will we cooperate with the far-right opposition. "We know how to make sure we don't replace a situation with an even worse one."