Ra'am

Netanyahu’s coalition moves to ban Ra'am from future elections over terror links - report

The initiative stems from a legal battle to designate the Southern Faction of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Ra’am’s parent movement, as a terrorist organization.

|ByASHER SMITH
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.
HEAD OF the Democrats party, Yair Golan, speaks at the anual Berl Katznelson Center (BKC) conference, on May 07, 2026.

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.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset.

Smotrich's October 7 comments should disgust every single one of us - editorial

Weaponizing the October 7 massacre is disgraceful and a betrayal of the very people whose memory should command something far greater than politics.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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

The official reportedly believed that "Netanyahu was looking for continued calm and quiet understandings, while a new government would be dragged into an operation in the Gaza Strip."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas says Arab vote will ‘tip the scales’ in Israel election - FT

In an interview with the Financial Times, Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas said the Arab vote will be decisive in the upcoming election.

DECEMBER 21, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025.

Arab Israelis push to revive Joint List as divisions threaten their political voice

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: “There is anger in the Arab street because the Arab politicians haven’t managed to work together," political analyst Mohammed Darawshe tells the Post.

DECEMBER 19, 2025ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
RA’AM PARTY HEAD MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in November. Abbas’s political opponents have accused him in recent days of foiling efforts to form a joint list ahead of the elections, claiming that he doesn’t want to close the door to a future coalition.

Mansour Abbas says Ra'am will split from Shura Council, Muslim Brotherhood

Ra'am chair Mansour Abbas said his party will separate from the Shura Council and the Muslim Brotherhood, following US moves against the Islamist organization.

DECEMBER 7, 2025ByYOAV ETIEL
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025.

'Inflaming tensions': Bedouin mayor slams Ben-Gvir's unauthorized visit after meeting cancellation

The visit follows weeks of sharp clashes between the two and criticism Ben-Gvir faced during his previous trip to the town.

DECEMBER 2, 2025ByYANIR YAGNA
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir confronts the families of the hostages. October 27, 2025.

'Silencing Arabs': Arab factions slam Zionist opposition's part in Ayman Odeh impeachment

The two Israeli-Arab parties in the Knesset announced that they would boycott a meeting between the heads of their opposition parties due to some members in support for impeaching MK Ayman Odeh.

JUNE 29, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
MK Ayman Odeh attends an emergency conference on the murders in the Arab society at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 21, 2025

Mansour Abbas announces retirement: Next Israeli elections to be his last as MK

Although he appears willing to retire, Abbas’s departure from the Knesset may not be entirely within his control.

MARCH 6, 2025ByYUVAL LEVY
MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.

Former Ra’am leader: Hamas killed no civilians, hostages are ‘prisoners of war’

Abdulmalik Dehamshe, former Ra’am leader who held close ties with Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, justified Hamas's acts on October 7.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

Chaos erupts in Knesset as MKs call to recognize Palestine in conference

MKs hosted a conference on Tuesday urging Israeli leadership to recognize a Palestinian state. Two coalition MKs shouted accusations in an attempt to disrupt the meeting.

JUNE 4, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
MK Zvi Sukkot reacts during a conference on the recognition of the State of Palestine at the Knesset, on June 4, 2024

N13 poll: Next PM is toss up between Gantz or Bennett

A News 13 poll indicates National Unity Party led by Benny Gantz wins 30 seats if elections held today. Likud strengthens slightly; Yesh Atid receives 15 seats.

APRIL 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

Tally Gotliv debuts 'song' in Knesset, Ahmad Tibi expresses medical concern

Likud MK Tally Gotliv performed the famous Israeli tune made popular in the 1930s, attacking Arab MKs.

APRIL 4, 2024ByMAARIV ONLINE
MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference as part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022.