Mansour Abbas

Golan: Eisenkot should join Democrats or Bennett-Lapid, opposition should partner with Ra'am

“I look at the political map. The alliance already underway between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will be judged by one question only: Does it enlarge the bloc for change?” Golan said.

HEAD OF the Democrats party, Yair Golan, speaks at the anual Berl Katznelson Center (BKC) conference, on May 07, 2026.
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026.

Gov't with Mansour Abbas would 'obviously' be worse than Oct. 7 massacre, Smotrich charges

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid.

Netanyahu attacks Bennett, Lapid's joint party list announcement with inflammatory video

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

Hamas allegedly asked Mansour Abbas to ensure Netanyahu's re-election in 2021 - report


Cannabis bill delayed at Mansour Abbas's request

His request also prevented the bill from being defeated due to the absence of a coalition MK diagnosed with COVID-19, Vladimir Beliak (Yesh Atid).

MK Mansour Abbas at the Knesset's Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs discussion of recent arrests in the sector.

Netanyahu: Bennett 'surrendered' to Mansour Abbas

"If Mansour Abbas will ask him to stand on one foot, clap and put his hands on his head, Bennett will do it. Bennett is a weak and extorted prime minister."

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Knesset, on July 12, 2021.

Ministerial committee advances cannabis decriminalization

By the end of September, the government expects Israelis will be able to carry 50 grams of cannabis, or 15 seeds, for recreational use, and reclassify CBD as a food additive.

Hundreds of Israelis gather in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 20, 2021to protest in favor of cannabis legalization and for reforms in the medical cannabis market.

Discussion on Ra'am entering Israel's gov't misses the point - opinion

2 issues: Labeling of the Arab parties that make up the Joint List as left-wing parties, and the pattern of applauding the other Knesset parties’ willingness to include an Arab party.

FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid speaks with Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas in the Knesset last month.

Who is Mansour Abbas and why does he make lawmakers uncomfortable?

An unlikely choice for Israeli government, he's been criticized by both Arab and Jewish leaders.

MANSOUR ABBAS, head of the Ra’am Party, is seen after signing the coalition agreement, at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, earlier this month.

Netanyahu enabled Bennett-Lapid’s coalition success

In desperation to form a government, Benjamin Netanyahu broke two Israeli taboos: He legitimized fascism and racism and wooing an Islamist Arab party.

Itamar Ben-Gvir waves a flag at the Jerusalem Flag March on June 15

Mansour Abbas offered deputy construction minister post

Israel has never built a new city for Arabs, and Abbas could have the opportunity to change that.

MANSOUR ABBAS in the Knesset.

Bill threatening coalition hits new snag

Abbas downplayed the dispute to his coalition partners, saying that his MKs were still adjusting to being in a coalition for the first time.

MK Mansour Abbas at the Knesset's Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs discussion of recent arrests in the sector.

Netanyahu, Gantz clash over Palestinian, Arab family reunification

The coalition needs the support of right-wing opposition MKs to pass the family reunification ordinance because it is opposed by Ra'am.

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020.

Lapid condemns Flag march slurs: 'This is not Judaism and not Israeli'

"It is incomprehensible how one can hold an Israeli flag in one's hand and shout 'death to Arabs' at the same time."

YAIR LAPID arrives at the Knesset ahead of the vote and swearing in of the 36th government, June 13, 2021.