Mansour Abbas
Israel cannot call itself a democracy while excluding Arabs from political power - opinion
Demanding full equality and opposing military occupation should not place anyone outside legitimate political life. Arab citizens have the same right as Jewish citizens to elect representatives.
Disqualifying Ra'am from Israeli elections: It’s good for Zionism, bad for democracy - opinion
Ra’am, Joint List fight bids to bar them from Knesset election
Otzma Yehudit issues request for Ra'am, Abbas to be barred from 2026 Knesset elections
Eisenkot files petition demanding Smotrich remove 'manipulative' AI-generated video
Eisenkot’s petition accused Smotrich of attempting to “spread hatred, lies, and mislead voters,” stating that “there is no place for lying, deception, and manipulation in the current election system.
Next Israeli government must include an Arab party, especially after October 7 - opinion
Including an Arab party in the first government formed after October 7 would be a powerful statement about what kind of society Israel wants to become after one of its darkest chapters.
Golan: Eisenkot should join Democrats or Bennett-Lapid, opposition should partner with Ra'am
“I look at the political map. The alliance already underway between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will be judged by one question only: Does it enlarge the bloc for change?” Golan said.
Gov't with Mansour Abbas would 'obviously' be worse than Oct. 7 massacre, Smotrich charges
According to Smotrich, while the massacre was a tragic and hard-to-digest event, the intentional aspect of a political partnership with an Arab party represents a greater danger in his view.
Netanyahu attacks Bennett, Lapid's joint party list announcement with inflammatory video
Members of the Netanyahu-led coalition and the opposition reacted to Bennett and Lapid's announcement that the two will form a joint list for the 2026 Knesset elections.
Hamas allegedly asked Mansour Abbas to ensure Netanyahu's re-election in 2021 - report
The official reportedly believed that "Netanyahu was looking for continued calm and quiet understandings, while a new government would be dragged into an operation in the Gaza Strip."
Supermajority of Israeli Arabs support re-establishing Joint List for Knesset elections, poll shows
A new poll by ArPanel reveals strong backing among Israeli Arabs for a unified Joint List, with 82% in favor and a clear preference for new candidates in the upcoming Knesset election.
Thousands protest rising crime in Arab sector, Ben-Gvir accuses leaders of 'fueling violence'
“Tens of thousands in Sakhnin are marching together for the safety of all of us,” Hadash-Tal chairperson MK Ayman Odeh said.
Benny Gantz advances ‘no Ra’am, no Ben-Gvir’ election campaign amid weak polling
Blue and White released a series of videos described as “nightmare scenarios” that it claimed would occur if “a government controlled by extremists comes to power again.”
Major shifts in Iran, Ra'am party opens its ranks - January 5, 2026
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