Mansour Abbas

Joint List to soon launch without Ra'am, deal in final stages, Hadash-Ta'al leader tells 'Post'

Hadash, Ta'al and Balad are preparing to officially revive the Joint List this week after months of negotiations, with Ra'am remaining outside the alliance for now.

Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.
Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Liberman urges opposition to focus on Netanyahu government collapse rather than leadership fights

MK Mansour Abbas speaks during a 40 signatures debate at the Knesset.

Grapevine, July 31, 2026: Common sense and compassion

Chairman of the “Together” party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Bennett losing ground as Eisenkot, Netanyahu neck-and-neck for upcoming elections - poll


Mansour Abbas: We have no ability, influence to stop the operation

The post came as Joint List politicians joined protests in a number of locations across the country against the operation.  

 SITTING AS Knesset deputy speaker, MK Mansour Abbas presides over a debate in the plenum last week.

Mansour Abbas: Ra’am not ruling out anyone in next coalition

The event was held at Ramat Hasharon's Yad Labanim Hall, which serves as a cultural center and includes a monument for IDF soldiers from the city who were killed in action.

 SITTING AS Knesset deputy speaker, MK Mansour Abbas presides over a debate in the plenum last week.

Israel Elections: Israelis prefer Ben-Gvir to Abbas in next gov't - poll

Netanyahu bloc wins 60 seats, unable to form government • Prime Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid rises to 24, Yamina out of next Knesset

 MK ITAMAR BEN-GVIR addresses the Knesset plenum as Ra’am (United Arab List) Party leader Mansour Abbas presides during a session in November.

Did a year of change government in Israel bring Jews and Arabs closer?

Mansour Abbas may have changed the Israeli political landscape forever after becoming the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government.

 Naftali Bennett and Mansour Abbas in the Knesset.

Grapevine July 20, 2022: They also serve who only stand and wait

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden with President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, at his official residence in Jerusalem, last week.

Israel Election: We must restore hope to Israel's Arab citizens - opinion

Low voter turnout, combined with declarations that the Arab public has no place among Israel’s decision-makers, is liable to create a fertile political climate for populist and racist legislation.

 JOINT LIST leader MK Ayman Odeh stands and shouts his objections during a debate in the Knesset, as Ra’am leader MK Mansour Abbas sits to the left.

Israel's Arab citizens must learn negotiating in uncertainty - opinion

Mansour Abbas’ efforts with the change government showed a steady hand in negotiating complex situations. This is not only what Arab citizens need but what Israel needs.

 SITTING AS Knesset deputy speaker, MK Mansour Abbas presides over a debate in the plenum last week.

Beware false election narratives from both the Left and the Right - opinion

Israel continues to be a free, enlightened, creative and exciting place. Do not let radical electioneering disfigure that noble reality.

 THE KNESSET votes in a preliminary reading on Wednesday to dissolve and hold a new election. It is ‘obscene and boorish’ to portray Israeli society as bisected by two warring narratives, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor June 20, 2022: Get real

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Failed experiment isn't with Arabs, its PM without legitimacy - opinion

When the prime minister lacks legitimacy, the foundation upon which that government rests starts to fray.

 All alone and likely on his way out. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset this week.