Tag: Ra’am
Mansour Abbas is leading a sea change for Israel’s Arabs
Just a few weeks ago, Knesset member Mansour Abbas—the head of Israel’s Ra’am Party—said it’s time for his countrymen to accept Israel’s Jewish identity.
His remarks were met with outrage—both from Arabs inside Israel and...
Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas meets in Amman with Jordan’s King Abdullah
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday, reported Israel’s Channel 12 news.
According to an additional report by Walla, sources in the office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Abbas had...
Hypocritical Israeli coalition politics get ugly
For some observers of the Israeli political scene, there’s only one thing that matters. For the Biden administration, the crucial question is whether the outcome of the maneuvering in Jerusalem between the various political...
Hamas widows, orphans and ties to the Israeli coalition
Given the fact that the Arab-Israeli Ra’am Party is openly Islamist and associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, the revelation on Friday evening by Channel 13’s Ayala Hasson that it’s been funneling money into Gaza to finance Hamas...
Iranian aggression and Israel’s fragile coalition
At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the country’s security situation.
Referring to the Israel Defense Forces attack on Hamas targets in Gaza following the latest wave of...
Meretz MK: Bennett knows his government will fall if he takes military action
Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi said on Sunday that her party, Meretz, together with the Arab Ra’am Party, can prevent the government from taking military action, according to Israel’s Kan News.
“It’s in the coalition agreements. The...
Bennett, Arab lawmakers spar over Temple Mount access
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the Arab Ra’am Party clashed on Sunday after Jews were allowed to sing and pray in certain parts of Temple Mount during Tisha B’Av, on which Jews mourn...
Will an Arab political party prove ‘kingmaker’ in Israeli elections?
Israel remains in a political deadlock as both right-wing and left-wing blocs remain unable to form parliamentary majorities, and similarly cannot find formulas to create a unity government. The situation is creating an opportunity...
Mansour Abbas, Mahmoud Abbas and the ‘Abraham Effect’
Israel’s March 2021 parliamentary elections and those scheduled for the Palestinian Authority on May 22, 2021, in the West Bank have focused international attention on two Arab leaders: Mansour Abbas, leader of Israel’s United...
Likud loses key Knesset vote, as opponents seek to replace Netanyahu
Israel’s ruling Likud Party lost a key Knesset vote on Monday, giving opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a narrow majority in a newly formed Arrangements Committee. The committee sets the parliamentary agenda...