Mansour Abbas


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.

MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.
 MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra’am).

Ra'am's Abbas proposes parliamentary investigation into surging crime in Arab sector

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.

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The White House is lit with the colors of the Israeli flag in Washington, US, October 9, 2023.

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Ministers decry Mansour Abbas for calling on Palestinians to lay down arms

"For anyone who was wondering, terrorist supporter Mansour Abbas doesn't want to lay down the weapons that killed the elderly and babies," posted National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

 Ra'am Party head MK Mansour Abbas attends a conference of Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

Mansour Abbas meets with families of hostages, delivers letter to Emir of Qatar calling for release

The parents, speaking of captive children, say it's "not about fighting terrorism. It's not about the war or the conflict, it's not about politics," but "our shared humanity at its very core."

 Ra'am Party head MK Mansour Abbas attends a conference of Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

'I cannot speak': Israel's MKs watch IDF's October 7 documentary

"I held it out in the hall for five minutes and then I ran out sobbing and shaking," said one Likud MK.

The Knesset building, Jerusalem, Israel, on Independence Day. Taken from the south, from The Israel Museum.

The Arab Israeli community stands in solidarity against Hamas - opinion

“I have instructed the police commissioner to be prepared for a Guardian of the Walls 2 scenario,” he said, “… to be prepared for the infiltration of towns.”

 IN A MEDIA interview, MK Ayman Odeh said: ‘Any call for militant actions and igniting a war between Arabs and Jews inside Israel is something we will not accept.’

Islamist Israeli MK urges Hamas to free some Gaza captives

"The values of Islam oblige us not to take women, children, and the elderly as captives," said MK Mansour Abbas.

 Lawmaker Mansour Abbas, head of the United Arab List attends a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022.

Opposition MKs walk out as Ben-Gvir addresses crime in Arab sector

Hadash-Ta’al MK Ayman Odeh said violence in the Arab sector was a product of Israeli racism.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of Israel's Special Patrol Unit in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023.

UAE envoy meets with Mansour Abbas, Ahmed Dabbah on Arab-Israeli ties

Al Khaja, the UAE’s first ambassador to Israel, has been at the forefront of rapidly developing relations between the UAE and Israel since the 2020 Abraham Accords. 

 UAE AMBASSADOR Mohamed Al Khaja speaks during the opening ceremony of the Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv last month.

Netanyahu ignored Abbas's request to lead fight against Arab crime

Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am Party, offered to help fight Arab sector crime, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored his request, as crime rates continue to skyrocket.

 Ra'am Party head MK Mansour Abbas attends a conference of Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

East Jerusalem funding: Cabinet set to vote on Sunday

The finance minister drew criticism from members both of the opposition and the coalition when he announced two weeks ago he would withhold NIS 2.5 billion.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month.

'Special status' of Arab Israelis can bridge to peace – Mansour Abbas

Abbas said that Ra'am's goal is to serve as a bridge between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians.

 Ra'am Chairman Mansour Abbas speaks at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Celebrate the Faces of Israel conference.

Hamas cannot interfere in Arab-Israeli affairs, Mansour Abbas says - report

Abbas described during the interview that the terror organization's influence on Israel's Arab community is a "great catastrophe" and that it "brings a new calamity."

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

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