Mansour Abbas

29°

Weather

YnetGlobal Channels

Sites & Sources

more channels

Contact

Mansour Abbas

Israel election 2026: the 8 battles still shaping party lists before deadline

With candidate lists closing in about 10 days, parties are still weighing mergers, defections and surprise recruits, from a possible Smotrich-Likud deal to Gantz’s future and whether Yoav Segalovich joins Ra’am

Moran Azulay | 08.30.26

סולברג עם הרצוג ועמית. הקו של בג"ץ: לצמצם ככל האפשר את מקרי הפסילה

Right-wing parties expected to push hard to disqualify Arab parties from Knesset race

Analysis: The coalition plans to use its majority on the Central Elections Committee to try to bar Arab parties and candidates, while already blaming chairman Noam Sohlberg if the effort fails

Tova Zimuky | 08.29.26

Mansour Abbas sets his sights on kingmaker role in Israel’s next government

At its 30th anniversary conference, Ra’am backs Abbas’ push to leave permanent opposition behind, broaden its appeal beyond its Islamist base and deepen cooperation with Jewish parties as it seeks greater influence over Israel’s next coalition

Dr. Michael Milshtein | 08.29.26

Down to the wire: Knesset election slates take shape as deadline nears

With less than two weeks to file candidate lists, parties are still juggling reserved slots, mergers, new recruits and survival around the electoral threshold

Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni, Einav Halabi | 08.26.26

The Muslim Brotherhood octopus inside Israel’s political system

Opinion: Ra'am party head Mansour Abbas is a master of the tactic of speaking sympathetically in Hebrew while acting and speaking very differently in Arabic; Ra'am has an 'ideological connection to the Muslim Brotherhood, which calls for Israel's destruction

Boaz Haetzni | 08.26.26

Mansour Abbas says Israel’s Jewish identity was ‘imposed on us,’ accepted to run in elections

Ra’am leader says Arab parties accepted Israel’s Jewish character as a political reality, while reaffirming support for Palestinian statehood and the Nakba narrative

Einav Halabi | 08.26.26

מנסור עבאס בישיבת סיעה של הרשימה הערבית המאוחדת

Ra’am breaks with Islamic institutions as Arab party weighs Jewish candidate

The Islamist party will run independently, balance its slate across the Galilee, central Israel and Negev, boost women’s representation and campaign on fighting crime and joining the next coalition

Einav Halabi | 08.02.26

מנסור עבאס, אחמד טיבי, יוסף ג'בארין וסאמי אבו שחאדה

United Arab political front — Israeli opposition’s worst nightmare

Opinion: Hadash-Ta’al alliance with Ra’am and Balad could raise Arab representation to at least 15 seats, potentially nearing 17 if campaign succeeds, possibly making it a force that cannot be ignored the day after the vote

Nevo Cohen | 05.31.26

The Arab parties will run together in a 'technical joint list' in upcoming elections

Representatives of Hadash, Ta'al and Balad met and issued a joint call to Ra'am to establish a technical bloc to run together in the election while preserving each party’s political and public independence; 'step toward preventing the loss of Arab votes'

Einav Halabi | 05.25.26

Smotrich: Forming a government with Mansour Abbas is worse than Oct. 7 massacre

The current government minister called the massacre a 'tactical failure,' and claimed that 'a politician who sold out the country to supporters of terrorism is a thousand times worse than any failure'; he later claimed that the media took his words out of context

Moran Azulay | 05.05.26

Netanyahu vows Turkish, Qatari troops won’t be part of Gaza force as he rejects Oct. 7 state inquiry

Prime minister tells the Knesset Turkish and Qatari forces will not enter Gaza, acknowledges disputes with the US over postwar governance and insists only a political inquiry into October 7 will gain public trust as opposition leaders accuse him of failure

Amir Ettinger | 01.19.26

Arab Israeli lawmaker Mansour Abbas accuses Netanyahu of trying to 'steal the elections'

Leader of the Islamist Ra’am party slams PM after he vowed to advance a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood; Netanyahu’s camp denies targeting Ra’am, while Abbas urges law enforcement bodies to resist political pressure and protect Arab voters’ rights

Moran Azulay | 11.24.25

Arab leaders explore Joint List reunion to 'block Netanyahu-Smotrich-Ben-Gvir government'

Arab party leaders from Balad, Ta’al, Hadash and Ra’am meeting to discuss reviving defunct bloc; with calls for unity growing, leaders emphasize need to bridge differences and strengthen Arab representation in Knesset

Einav Halabi | 08.11.25

'Bennett 2026': Former PM Naftali Bennett registers new political party

Sources close to Bennett say hopes to tap into growing pool of undecided voters post-October 7, 40% of whom leaning right

Moran Azulay | 04.01.25

Israel's blow-trading with Hezbollah reaches dangerous precipice

Analysis: The Israeli strike deep within Lebanon's Baalbek marks a new escalations on the northern border that could possibly lead to a full confrontation with Hezbollah

Avi Issacharoff | 02.26.24

Hot Tags

Today

This Week

This Month

AI AI agents Amazon Prime Antisemitism Apple TV+Arab Israelis Artificial Intelligence assassination attempt Band Benjamin Netanyahu

Hot Tags

Today

This Week

This Month

AI AI agents Amazon Prime Antisemitism Apple TV+Arab Israelis Artificial Intelligence assassination attempt Band Benjamin Netanyahu