Ra'am

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."

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

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

Head of Ra'am Mansour Abbas holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovich in Nazareth.

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

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.

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


Mansour Abbas refuses to rule out government with Netanyahu

Heavy pressure on coalition MKs Zoabi, Ghanaim to resign • Both refuse to back down, say they have no intention to quit Knesset

 Mansour Abbas attends the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2022

Israel can't afford failure of idea that Arab party can be in coalition - analysis

If the Bennett-Lapid government experiment fails, it may or may not, depending on one’s political leanings, be a disaster.

 MK Mazen Ghanaim and MK Nir Orbach exchange words during a vote in the Knesset plenum on June 6, 2022

Ra'am condemns police actions after Shura Council member arrested

The party condemned the arrest of Dr. Muhammad Salma Hassan, a member of the Shura Council of the Islamic Movement.

Israeli security forces stand on a roof top near the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, following clashes on the compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2022.

Israel will declare elections by the end of the year - fmr. minister

"If a government is unable to pass laws...then there is no point in its continued existence."

New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar votes in March 2021 elections.

Sa'ar considering new gov't with Likud - report

The justice minister reportedly held talks with a Likud representative about the option of forming a new government without dissolving the Knesset.

 Israel's Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar is seen speaking at the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Arabs feel the change of participating in Israeli politics - analysis

For Abbas, entering the political game was about promoting the interests of Arab citizens of Israel while setting the Palestinian issue aside.

 Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on October 4, 2021

Israel's fragile coalition is drifting from one crisis to another

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Naftali Bennett’s coalition fixed its Ra’am problem, but new significant woes are on the way.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett sits in the Knesset this week.

Israel's political crisis ends: Ra'am returns to coalition

Ra'am head Mansour Abbas said that the decision to remain in the coalition was made to provide solutions for Arab citizens.

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas announces the decision to remain in the coalition on May 11, 2022

Knesset to return Monday amid storm in coalition

Disagreements in Ra'am could result in a Knesset dispersal bill passing

The eight party leaders of the 36th government coalition meet before the swearing in, June 13, 2021

Temple Mount clashes endanger Bennett coalition

Ra’am’s Shura Council to decide the government's fate as Knesset reconvenes.

 Knesset cabinet meeting, May 1, 2022.