The Yisrael Beiteinu party announced that its representatives on the Central Elections Committee will vote in favor of disqualifying the Joint List, Ra'am, Knesset member Ofer Cassif and Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh. The party's statement said that 'any Zionist government formed after the elections must define the elimination of Hamas as a central goal in its security policy. Any party that opposes this has no place in Israel's Knesset.'