Mansour Abbas

How a Jewish ex-police probes chief could revive Mansour Abbas as Israeli Arab kingmaker - analysis

In an official statement last week, Ra’am’s chairman Mansour Abbas and Segalovitz said they had met and held a “cordial and positive” discussion about the possibility of Segalovitz joining Ra’am.

Yoav Segalovitz, former deputy public security minister attends Internal security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021
Defense Minister Israel Katz and other coalition lawmakers attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-establishment of the settlement of Sa-Nur, in the West Bank, April 19, 2026

Israel Katz and the Likud are ‘boom-boom-booming’ politics away – opinion

MK Yoav Segalovich attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 28, 2026.

Ra’am leader Abbas confirms talks over ex-Yesh Atid MK joining Arab party slate

Ra’am (United Arab List) leader Mansour Abbas pictured at the Knesset, May 11, 2026.

Israel elections: The Zionist case for forming a coalition with the Ra'am - opinion


Israel’s political plague petered out in 2021

If 2021 will be remembered as the year the political plague Israel was enduring finally petered out, perhaps the same will happen to the coronavirus in 2022. 

 A moving truck stops at the prime minister's official Balfour Street residence, supposedly to transport the Netanyahu's family's belongings

Mansour Abbas crossed the Rubicon, more need to follow - opinion

This conflict will not end until the rejectionists accept defeat and recognize the legitimacy and permanency of the Jewish State.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and Ra’am Chairman Mansour Abbas confer in the Knesset last month.

Mansour Abbas’s ‘Jewish state’ bombshell - opinion

Though he deserves kudos for breaking with the longstanding tradition of his peers in the Knesset, let’s keep in mind that he’s a politician with an agenda beyond what he touted in his campaign.

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

Mansour Abbas recognizes the reality of Israel - editorial

Abbas’s bold declaration diverges drastically from the traditionally held views of Arab parties in the Knesset that Israel should be a state of all its citizens, and not a Jewish state.

MANSOUR ABBAS in the Knesset.

Mansour Abbas, Mazen Ghananim - 'Will the real Ra'am please stand up?' - comment

Which MK represents the real Ra’am, Ghanaim or Abbas?

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas attends a a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on November 4, 2021.

Palestinians slam Mansour Abbas for 'recognizing' Israel as a Jewish state

PA President Mahmoud Abbas: Mansour Abbas represents only himself when he talks about accepting Israel as a Jewish state.

MK Mansour Abbas (Ra'am), October 4, 2021.

Israel is a Jewish state and will remain so - Ra'am's Abbas

The point of view of Arab parties in the past has been that Israel should be a state of all its citizens, not a Jewish state.

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

Abbas given bodyguard by Knesset after threats from right-wing protesters

Abbas told confidants earlier this week that he feared for his life from right-wingers who accuse him of supporting terror. 

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

The toxic discourse that endangers lives - opinion

This rhetoric places the threat of an attempted assassination as a real possibility, which must be prepared for.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett shakes hands with MK Mansour Abbas in the Knesset. Large parts of the Jewish population do not recognize Israel’s Arabs as equal citizens.

Controversial illegal electricity law advances

A bill allowing thousands of illegally built homes to be connected to the national power grid passed the Knesset Interior Committee after raising controversy.

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas speaks at the launch of the five-year plan for the Arab sector on November 23, 2021.