Orly Levy-Abekasis, a member of the left-leaning Gesher party, has refused to join a government that relies on anti-Zionist Arab Knesset members from the Joint List party for a majority voting bloc in the Knesset. Blue and White, the leading left-wing party, is making every effort to form such a bloc by recruitment of the Joint List, which includes the Balad party known for its embrace of terrorists who kill Jews.