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

Mansour Abbas: Netanyahu is history, does not have Ra'am's support

The Ra'am party leader criticized Netanyahu sharply, saying he was at fault for the rising crime in Arab society as he failed to address it while Prime Minister.

OCTOBER 1, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF
MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.

Balad banned from running in election, Central Election Committee rules

Two Arab parties had faced appeals on grounds for "supporting terror" and reportedly opposing Israel's definition as a Jewish state.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Director of the Elections Committee of the Knesset, Orly Adas, Yitzhak Amit, Chairman of the Election Committee and Attorney Ilan Bombach, Vice Chairman of the Election Committee discuss the disqualification of Balad and Ra'am on September 22, 2022 at the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Israel elections: Will Arab party split turn out more voters? - opinion

Many of Balad’s supporters, who had been undecided about whether to vote, have now woken up and proudly declare that they intend to participate and vote for their party. 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022ByARIK RUDNITZKY
MEMBERS OF Hadash-Ta’al register their list for the upcoming election, at the Knesset, earlier this month.

Meretz gains at the expense of Labor, poll finds

The full poll results were: Likud 31, Yesh Atid 25, Religious Zionist Party 13, National Unity 12, Shas 8, United Torah Judaism 7, Joint List 6, Meretz 5, Yisrael Beytenu 5, Labor 4 and Ra’am 4.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Zehava Galon following her victory in the Meretz leadership primary on August 23, 2022

A quarter of Israelis still unsure who to vote for, poll finds

More than twice as many coalition voters in 2021 say they will change blocs than opposition backers.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015

What does Jordan have to do with Israel's November elections? - opinion

Amman seems engaged in an effort to reconcile the remaining Joint List with Ra’am and the southern Islamic branch. Here's what it might mean for Israel's upcoming elections.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByNEVILLE TELLER
RAED SALAH arrives for a visit at the Temple Mount, in April.

Israel elections: Arab sector voting at all-time low - poll

Last year the Israeli-Arab population voting percentage dropped to 44.6%, an all-time low.

AUGUST 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JOINT LIST leader MK Ayman Odeh stands and shouts his objections during a debate in the Knesset, as Ra’am leader MK Mansour Abbas sits to the left.

Israel elections: This gov't succeeded in one thing - normalcy - interview with MKs

The current government's most important achievement has been the return of a sense of normalcy to the government ministries, say Yisrael Beytenu MK Yossi Shain and Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur Paz.

AUGUST 22, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Political debate on the Knesset channel between Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur Paz and Yisrael Beytenu MK Yossi Shain.

Israel's Jewish-Arab partnership will succeed against all odds - opinion

It isn’t too late to give a real chance to Arab-Jewish partnership, to reach out to the Arab community and bring an agenda of partnership to the forefront of Israeli politics as well. 

AUGUST 21, 2022ByYOSEPH HADDAD
Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, seen at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on April 26, 2021.

Most Israeli Jews believe Ra'am partnership harmed state security - poll

Over half of the Jewish Israeli public stated that the partnership with Arab party Ra'am harmed Jewish society and Israeli society in general.

AUGUST 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.