Mansour Abbas

Israel's leaders may not accept Arab parties even if required for coalition, IDI president says

At least two Arab parties, Hadash and Ta’al, have indicated a willingness to set some of their agenda aside to help change Israel’s current leadership.

|ByRUTH EGLASH/JTA
A protester holds a placard during a demonstration near the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on October 31, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas.

Likud maintains contact with Mansour Abbas's Ra'am, journalist claims

Journalist Mohammad Magadli claims senior Likud figures maintain contact with Mansour Abbas's Ra'am party despite public opposition to cooperation.

|By103FM
Israeli activists demonstrate outside the home of Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot in Herzliya, calling on him to form an alternative government with the support of Arab parties, two days after Israel’s general elections, October 29, 2026

Protesters rally outside Eisenkot's home with calls to include Arab parties in coalition

Chanting "There is no change without partnership," protesters gathered outside Eisenkot's Herzliya home, urging cooperation with Arab parties after the opposition fell 13 seats short of a majority.

|ByRICHARD OFFENBACHER
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot is seen at his party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2026

Majority of opposition voters back Eisenkot-led government with Arab party Ra'am - poll

In addition, 20% preferred holding new elections, while 12% supported a rotation government with Netanyahu. Just 7% favored forming a coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties.

|BySHIR PERETS

After elections, Israeli Arabs now have political power - will their leaders use it? - analysis

Arab political power reveals a country more complicated than its slogans, with consequential choices for the parties on both sides of the coalition table.

OCTOBER 28, 2026ByZVIKA KLEIN
MK Mansour Abbas attends a plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.

Ra'am, Joint List push community for high voter turnout in hopes of boosting anti-Netanyahu bloc

If no bloc forms a workable government, it could lead to a period of political deadlock and then fresh elections in 2027, with Netanyahu left in charge in the meantime.

OCTOBER 19, 2026ByREUTERS
Arabs cast their votes at a polling station in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod; illustrative.

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.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026ByJOSH DRILL
Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.

Disqualifying Ra'am from Israeli elections: It’s good for Zionism, bad for democracy - opinion

I support the decision to disqualify Ra’am from the upcoming election. I also believe that disqualifying a political party and denying citizens the ability to vote for it is bad for democracy.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.

Ra’am, Joint List fight bids to bar them from Knesset election

Ra’am, the Joint List, Balad and two candidates asked the Central Elections Committee to reject six petitions seeking to bar them from the 2026 Knesset election.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas, together with party member Yoav Segalovich, arrives to submit the party list to the Central Elections Committee, Jerusalem, September 7, 2026; illustrative.

Otzma Yehudit issues request for Ra'am, Abbas to be barred from 2026 Knesset elections

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, chairman of Otzma Yehudit, stated that Ra'am and Abbas were "wolves in sheep's clothing," and called them "Hamas-supporting terrorists."

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026.

'I am going to an Arab party, they aren't coming to me': Segalovitz explains Ra'am move - interview

The former senior police commander will run second on Ra’am’s slate and join its parliamentary faction rather than become a formal party member.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
United Arab List party Mansour Abbas and Yoav Segalovitz attend a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, in during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on December 06, 2021.

Netanyahu's right-wing bloc strains as Likud slides, Eisenkot surges ahead of list deadline

Likud is sliding, Eisenkot is surging, and the right is splintering. The Deep Dive maps the frantic scramble before Israel's parties lock in their final Knesset lists next week.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Mansour Abbas bets on Yoav Segalovich to make Ra'am acceptable to Israel's center - analysis

Segalovich is meant to help him solve a problem far more difficult than gaining another Knesset seat: legitimacy.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2026ByANNA BARSKY
Head of Ra'am Mansour Abbas holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovich in Nazareth.

Israel Election 2026: What do Yousef Jabareen’s Joint Arab List and Mansour Abbas’ Ra’am stand for?

If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026BySHIR PERETS
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 22, 2019.