DR YOUSEF JABAREEN was elected to lead Hadash in the upcoming general election, replacing veteran Ayman Odeh.He will be joined by publicist Jafar Farah, lawmaker MK Ofer Cassif and attorney Youssef Atauna — as all hope the new faces will draw other Arab parties and left-wing movements into a joint electoral list.On Saturday, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) held its electoral convention, in preparation for the upcoming general election in Israel.

Election of a new leadership at Hadash’s convention signals a renewed effort to forge a broad Arab-Jewish alliance in Israel, says AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN

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