The leader of the Arab Israeli Islamic conservative party Raam, Mansour Abbas, joined a coalition to oust long-time premier Benjamin Netanyahu at the eleventh hour Wednesday. "Abbas and Yair Lapid signed a coalition agreement to form a unity government," said a statement from the office of Lapid, the head of the opposition tasked with forming a government before a 11:59 pm (2059 GMT) deadline. gl-jjm/ah/pjm