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.

|ByJOSH DRILL
Mansour Abbas is the head of Ra’am, one of four Arab parties vying for a place in the Knesset.
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.

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.

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
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.

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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026.

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."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mansour Abbas meets with families of hostages, delivers letter to Emir of Qatar calling for release

The parents, speaking of captive children, say it's "not about fighting terrorism. It's not about the war or the conflict, it's not about politics," but "our shared humanity at its very core."

NOVEMBER 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ra'am Party head MK Mansour Abbas attends a conference of Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

'I cannot speak': Israel's MKs watch IDF's October 7 documentary

"I held it out in the hall for five minutes and then I ran out sobbing and shaking," said one Likud MK.

NOVEMBER 1, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
The Knesset building, Jerusalem, Israel, on Independence Day. Taken from the south, from The Israel Museum.

The Arab Israeli community stands in solidarity against Hamas - opinion

“I have instructed the police commissioner to be prepared for a Guardian of the Walls 2 scenario,” he said, “… to be prepared for the infiltration of towns.”

OCTOBER 24, 2023ByNEVILLE TELLER
IN A MEDIA interview, MK Ayman Odeh said: ‘Any call for militant actions and igniting a war between Arabs and Jews inside Israel is something we will not accept.’

Islamist Israeli MK urges Hamas to free some Gaza captives

"The values of Islam oblige us not to take women, children, and the elderly as captives," said MK Mansour Abbas.

OCTOBER 10, 2023ByREUTERS
Lawmaker Mansour Abbas, head of the United Arab List attends a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022.

Opposition MKs walk out as Ben-Gvir addresses crime in Arab sector

Hadash-Ta’al MK Ayman Odeh said violence in the Arab sector was a product of Israeli racism.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of Israel's Special Patrol Unit in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023.

UAE envoy meets with Mansour Abbas, Ahmed Dabbah on Arab-Israeli ties

Al Khaja, the UAE’s first ambassador to Israel, has been at the forefront of rapidly developing relations between the UAE and Israel since the 2020 Abraham Accords. 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
UAE AMBASSADOR Mohamed Al Khaja speaks during the opening ceremony of the Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv last month.

Netanyahu ignored Abbas's request to lead fight against Arab crime

Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am Party, offered to help fight Arab sector crime, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored his request, as crime rates continue to skyrocket.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Ra'am Party head MK Mansour Abbas attends a conference of Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

East Jerusalem funding: Cabinet set to vote on Sunday

The finance minister drew criticism from members both of the opposition and the coalition when he announced two weeks ago he would withhold NIS 2.5 billion.

AUGUST 19, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month.

'Special status' of Arab Israelis can bridge to peace – Mansour Abbas

Abbas said that Ra'am's goal is to serve as a bridge between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians.

APRIL 27, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Ra'am Chairman Mansour Abbas speaks at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Celebrate the Faces of Israel conference.

Hamas cannot interfere in Arab-Israeli affairs, Mansour Abbas says - report

Abbas described during the interview that the terror organization's influence on Israel's Arab community is a "great catastrophe" and that it "brings a new calamity."

APRIL 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.