Party leaders in Israel are clashing over the question of whether to accept Palestinian parties in the next government, after elections that did not leave a majority for any of the blocs and the Arab-led parties hold the balance. Democrat leader Yair Golan says Raam could be part of the next coalition, while Yisrael Bethanos Avigdor Lieberman says he will not sit in a government with the Arab parties or one that depends on their support. The leader of the Bald, Sami Abu Shahada, says that what stops Eisenkot from forming a coalition with them is simply racism.

Party leaders in Israel are clashing over the question of whether to accept Palestinian parties in the next government, after elections that did not leave a majority for any of the blocs and the Arab-led parties hold the balance. Democrat leader Yair Golan says Raam could be part of the next coalition, while Yisrael Bethanos Avigdor Lieberman says he will not sit in a government with the Arab parties or one that depends on their support. The leader of the Bald, Sami Abu Shahada, says that what stops Eisenkot from forming a coalition with them is simply racism.