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

Netanyahu 'trying to hurt me' after Ra'am gov't comment - Amsalem

Amsalem: After we have 61, Mansour Abbas can join • Netanyahu: Amsalem's opinion was his alone; Ra'am is 'antisemitic and anti-Zionist'

JUNE 26, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
David Amsalem

Beware false election narratives from both the Left and the Right - opinion

Israel continues to be a free, enlightened, creative and exciting place. Do not let radical electioneering disfigure that noble reality.

JUNE 24, 2022ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
THE KNESSET votes in a preliminary reading on Wednesday to dissolve and hold a new election. It is ‘obscene and boorish’ to portray Israeli society as bisected by two warring narratives, says the writer.

Arab-Israelis feel let down by Knesset representation

With Ra’am losing ground, there must be some other party to pick up the pieces and enjoy the abundance of the now available votes.

JUNE 23, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas and party members at the party headquarters in Tamra, on election night, March 23, 2021.

Failed experiment isn't with Arabs, its PM without legitimacy - opinion

When the prime minister lacks legitimacy, the foundation upon which that government rests starts to fray.

JUNE 16, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ
All alone and likely on his way out. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset this week.

Israel needs to stop relying on Ra’am - opinion

Relying on such people to govern is holding the whole country hostage. I say that enough is enough. The time has come for an Israeli leader to emerge who can bring people together without Ra'am.

JUNE 12, 2022ByAYOOB KARA
Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on October 4, 2021

Has the experiment of an Arab party in the coalition failed? - analysis

The right-wing and religious parties seem to rejoice at their own conclusion that the “experiment” has “failed,” because they don't really want to see an Arab party, or Arab parties in the coalition.

JUNE 12, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, January 4, 2022

Government in peril as it mark its first anniversary

In an effort to keep his coalition together, Bennett met Sunday with wavering Yamina MK Nir Orbach

JUNE 12, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas and party members at the party headquarters in Tamra, on election night, March 23, 2021.

Bennett's coalition aims for quiet week amid threats to its survival

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar to 'Post': We will bring the emergency bill "when the time is right"

JUNE 11, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
JUSTICE MINISTER Gideon Sa’ar confers with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset. Sa’ar decided to defer Israel’s joining the Istanbul Convention.

Mansour Abbas refuses to rule out government with Netanyahu

Heavy pressure on coalition MKs Zoabi, Ghanaim to resign • Both refuse to back down, say they have no intention to quit Knesset

JUNE 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mansour Abbas attends the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2022

Israel can't afford failure of idea that Arab party can be in coalition - analysis

If the Bennett-Lapid government experiment fails, it may or may not, depending on one’s political leanings, be a disaster.

JUNE 8, 2022ByHERB KEINON
MK Mazen Ghanaim and MK Nir Orbach exchange words during a vote in the Knesset plenum on June 6, 2022