'He's From Muslim Brotherhood': Otzma Yehudit Calls to Bar Ra'am MK Abbas From Knesset Elections

Arab party chief under fire after saying accepting Jewish state is ‘a political necessity’

Ra’am is predicted to win four seats in the Oct. 27 Knesset elections, according to most polls. By David Isaac, JNS United Arab List (Ra’am) Party Chairman Mansour Abbas wrote in an Arabic-language post on Wednesday that he is forced to accept a Jewish state because otherwise his party would be barred from participating in elections. “The Jewishness of the state is an existing situation that was forced upon us, not by us. This is the choice of t…

'He's from Muslim Brotherhood': Otzma Yehudit calls to bar Ra'am MK Abbas from Knesset elections

The demand came following a post shared by Abbas, in which he claimed Arab parties were forced to accept Israel as a Jewish state to avoid being barred from elections, and it was not a choice.

Ra'am chief under fire after saying accepting Jewish state 'a political necessity'

United Arab List (Ra’am) Party Chairman Mansour Abbas wrote in an Arabic-language post on Wednesday that he is forced to accept a Jewish state because otherwise his party would be barred from participating in elections."The Jewishness of the state is an existing situation that was forced upon us, not by us. This is the choice of the Jewish majority, not our demand. The Arab parties were forced to accept this from a practical point of view, other…

Ra’am Leader Mansour Abbas: We Accept Jewishness Of State To Avoid Disqualification

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Ra’am chairman Mansour Abbas published a statement in Arabic on Wednesday addressing his positions on Israel’s Jewish identity, the Naqba and the Palestinian narrative, saying that his decision to use different language today does not represent a rejection of Palestinian history or the Palestinian national narrative. Abbas’s comments came after he faced […]

Mansour Abbas sparks political storm with Naqba remarks

UAL chairman Mansour Abbas says Israel’s Jewish identity is a reality imposed by the Jewish majority, triggering fierce attacks from Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.

Mansour Abbas says Israel’s Jewish identity was ‘imposed on us,’ accepted to run in e

Ra’am leader says Arab parties accepted Israel’s Jewish character as a political reality, while reaffirming support for Palestinian statehood and the Nakba narrative