Ra'am

The Iran peace plan, and what it means for Israel’s upcoming elections - opinion

If the opposition coalition is still unable to reach the 61-seat threshold for a governing coalition, it will have to make a painful decision.

|ByROBERT CHERRY
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.
Arab leaders stand in front of a sign that reads "We want to live without violence and crime"

Next Israeli government must include an Arab party, especially after October 7 - opinion

Including an Arab party in the first government formed after October 7 would be a powerful statement about what kind of society Israel wants to become after one of its darkest chapters.

|ByJONAH NAGHI
A LIKUD supporter waves the party’s flag at a gathering, a show of grassroots loyalty which has long defined the movement, even as critics say its primaries have reshaped, and at times distorted, who rises within its ranks.

Likud, Netanyahu dropping in public eyes amid Iran war, contentious legislation - poll

This is Likud’s lowest figure since August 2025, when it received 21 seats in a Maariv poll. However, the coalition bloc maintained its strength from last week at 50 seats.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022

Arab parties move to reestablish Joint List without Ra’am after disagreements with Abbas

Polls have shown that if the Arab parties were to run together, they would receive more seats than they would obtain in a separate run.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Ra’am threatens coalition crisis over Negev tree planting

Ra’am and Joint List MKs have been protesting tree planting in the Negev, claiming the saplings were planted on the property of the al-Atrash family, not state land.

JANUARY 11, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Mansour Abbas (Ra'am), October 4, 2021.

Arab leaders voice their protest as KKL-JNF plants trees in Negev

Disputed land claimed to belong to a Bedouin family in the Negev has been in the spotlight due to KKL-JNF's act to plant trees on it.

JANUARY 10, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, SARAH BEN-NUN
Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

Electricity Law brings Israel's institutions to the brink of collapse - opinion

The legislative process was one of the most brutal, nondemocratic, politicized processes in Knesset history and the consequences for the State of Israel will be irrevocable.

JANUARY 9, 2022ByNAOMI LINDER KAHN
PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett gets involved in the sharp debate over the Electricity Law on Wednesday in the Knesset plenum.

Arab MKs have every right to speak Arabic during Knesset debates - editorial

What the opposition MKs forgot is that as a language with a special status in Israel, Arabic is one of two languages allowed to be spoken in the Knesset plenum.

JANUARY 8, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MK Walid Taha speaks during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.

The changing face of Israeli politics - will things ever be the same?

Since the establishment of the new government, people in Israel have gotten to know a new name: Mansour Abbas, head of the United Arab List.

JANUARY 8, 2022BySHAHAR AZANI
MK MOSHE GAFNI stands in the Knesset plenum to voice an argument as MK Mansour Abbas watches alongside him.

Meet Mansour Abbas’ radical Jewish adviser - opinion

Dr. Yeela Raanan is a virulently anti-Zionist Jewish-Israeli academic.

JANUARY 6, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
MK Mansour Abbas (Ra'am) at the Knesset Plenum, January 3, 2022.

Bennett confronts opposition as controversial electricity bill passes into law

Netanyahu: Black day for democracy and Zionism

JANUARY 5, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yells and points at members of the opposition after the electricity bill is passed, January 2022

Coalition defies legal authority on controversial electricity bill

Ra'am MK to opposition: "Did you think we Arabs would commit suicide in the sea or live in tents?"

JANUARY 4, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
THE KNESSET building in Jerusalem holds one of the world’s smallest legislatures.

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.

DECEMBER 29, 2021ByALEX SELSKY
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.

DECEMBER 23, 2021ByRUTHIE BLUM
MANSOUR ABBAS, head of the Ra’am Party, is seen after signing the coalition agreement, at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, earlier this month.