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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2008, file photo, Israeli Arab lawmaker Ahmed Tibi, right, watches as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, waves goodbye to the coffin of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, after his funeral at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long rule. But any such partnership could be politically fraught for both sides. For the Joint List, it would mean backing a government unlikely to end Israel’s wars or curb settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. For Netanyahu’s opponents, it would mean aligning with parties that not only criticize Israeli policies, but reject its identity as a Jewish state.
