Ra'am

October 7 biggest issue for undecided voters as Yashar! stays ahead of Likud at 23 seats - poll

The opposition parties reached 70 seats, compared to the current coalition parties who received 50 of the 120 Knesset seats, the N12 poll found.

JULY 28, 2026|ByESTHER DAVIS

Former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar Party.

Mansour Abbas' Ra'am party to hold first ever primary election for Knesset candidates

According to the party's statement, the conference is part of the completion of its organizational preparations and fulfills its constitutional requirements.

JULY 27, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

The Iran peace plan, and what it means for Israel’s upcoming elections - opinion

If the opposition coalition is still unable to reach the 61-seat threshold for a governing coalition, it will have to make a painful decision.

JUNE 22, 2026|ByROBERT CHERRY

Arab leaders stand in front of a sign that reads "We want to live without violence and crime"

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.

JUNE 20, 2026|ByJONAH NAGHI

Ra'am freezes coalition, Knesset membership in Temple Mount protest

Ra'am, headed by MK Mansour Abbas, took this step based on a decision by the party's religious advisory body known as the Shura Council.

APRIL 17, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett shakes hands with MK Mansour Abbas in the Knesset. Large parts of the Jewish population do not recognize Israel’s Arabs as equal citizens.

Mansour Abbas working to restore calm on Temple Mount

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas reassured the public that his party has no interest in bringing down the government.

APRIL 16, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF

MK Mansour Abbas during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.

Controversial tree plantings on disputed land to resume

Government okays NIS 5.2b. plan for Bedouin communities in the Negev

MARCH 14, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN

Israeli police officers clash with Bedouins during a protest against tree planting by the Jewish National Fund, outside the Bedouin village of al-Atrash in the Negev desert, southern Israel, January 13, 2022.

Controversial citizenship bill passed into law

The bill aims to tighten immigration controls, making it harder for Palestinians who marry Israeli Arabs to receive citizenship.

MARCH 10, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN

Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

Ben-Gvir to 'Post': Israel's government controlled by Islamic Movement - opinion

Gershon Baskin’s serious problem is that he not only does not tell the truth but that he is also a hypocritical person. Gershon wants to silence me!

MARCH 2, 2022ByITAMAR BEN-GVIR

ITAMAR BEN-GVIR speaks to the media in Sheikh Jarrah last month.

Bill to increase pensions for IDF officers passes, ending coalition crisis

The bill passed its first reading in a 57-56 vote, with the support of Mansour Abbas and the other MKs of his Ra'am (United Arab List) party.

FEBRUARY 28, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN

PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett shakes hands with Defense Minister Benny Gantz last month in the Knesset.

MK Mansour Abbas: Israel is not an apartheid state

He was responding in a virtual talk at an American pro-Israel think tank, in light of Amnesty International's report last month that made such a claim.

FEBRUARY 11, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF