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Durante il fine settimana, Gadi #Eisenkot, il principale candidato dell’opposizione nella campagna elettorale, ha promesso che la Lista Araba Unita, guidata da #MansourAbbas, «non farà parte del governo» da lui guidato. ⬇️
October 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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‘I Am Going to an Arab Party. They Are Not Coming to Me’: Segalovitz Explains Ra’am Move   #Arabparties #MansourAbbas #Raam #YoavSegalovitz
September 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Mansour Abbas’s dilemma and the Israeli election: The complexity of Israeli electoral politics, where it’s often the case that less really is more and political fortunes change overnight. www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/... #IsraelElection #MansourAbbas
NE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PHRASE "TWO Jews, three opinions" by looking at Israeli elections, where there is rarely much strength in numbers and where splitting a party can provide more Knesset seats than unifying parties together. And like everything else in Israel, it doesn't just apply to Jews. In 2021, the Ra'am party, led by Mansour Abbas, made history by becoming the first Arab party to establish itself as a formal member of a governing coalition. Though Ra'am had won only four seats in the election, those four seats made the difference by giving the "change government," led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, a Knesset majority. For first time in a dozen years, Benjamin Netanyahu would not be prime minister. This time around, Ra'am has agreed to be part of a joint Arab slate, in which the Arab parties all run together. Some polls suggest this Joint List could garner as many as 13 seats. Abbas, however, isn't thrilled. Wouldn't 13 seats-theoretically—be better than four? Not exactly. A joint Arab slate means Ra'am is tying its fortunes to parties that wouldn't sit in a government. Abbas is pragmatic, the rest of the Arab party leaders much less so. Which means those 13 seats wouldn't be added to a coalition of Zionist parties that might replace the Likud-led government. Abbas would rather have four seats and be part of the government than have 13 seats in opposition. Joining a coalition means winning concessions for Abbas's Arab constituents. Remaining in opposition with more seats would make the Arab coalition louder but mostly irrelevant.
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 AM