Hadash Secretary-General Amagd Shibita said in an interview with the Saudi television network Al-Arabiya that "we (the Joint List) are ready for any step that will bring down Netanyahu's government. One of the options is that we will recommend giving Eisenkot the mandate. We are examining this option but he is not talking to us. He is a coward and a racist, but we have our own considerations. We received the trust of half a million citizens."