Joint List's Abbas warns about Arab alliance's future after some MKs vote to bar conversion therapy

A Joint List lawmaker warns the future of the Arab political alliance could be in doubt after its leader Ayman Odeh voted in support of a bill barring psychotherapists from performing gay conversion therapy, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

According to Kan, MK Mansour Abbas says the continued existence of the Joint List depends on the behavior of its lawmakers in the near future. He adds that many of the party’s supporters are angry over Odeh and others’ backing of the bill and are demanding the breakup of the Joint List.

Abbas heads the Ra’am faction, which is affiliated with the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.