Knesset Member Gilad Kariv from the Democrats party said in an interview with "120 and One," Ynet's political podcast, that "Mansour Abbas is a brave and important leader. I would like to see him as part of the coalition. He could be health minister, absolutely. Yair Golan defined the portfolios we will demand: education, justice and internal security. This way we can deal with what they did here with the judicial overhaul and crime in Arab society." He also said that "according to our surveys and research, tens of thousands of Arab citizens will vote for the Democrats, and I am happy about that."