Joint List says it will work to remove ‘bloodthirsty’ Netanyahu after his ‘racist’ speech

By Ariela Karmel

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Ariela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.

Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen and faction chairman Ahmad Tibi attend a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Joint List responds to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the newly sworn-in Knesset, in which he attacked Ra’am and the Joint List and warned against relying on Arab parties to form a government, calling it “deranged, inciting and racist.”

“The bloodthirsty and criminal prime minister is in a state of complete hysteria,” the party says. “There is no other way to explain the deranged, inciting and racist speech he delivered today.”

“We will fulfill, as soon as possible, the will of our people: more than half a million citizens of this country who want to remove Netanyahu, the Speaker of the Knesset and his Kahanist government [referring to the ideology of slain extremist rabbi and politician Meir Kahane], and consign them to the dustbin of history,” the statement continues. “We are committed to doing everything in our power to make this happen, as soon as possible.”