News for Mansour Abbas In new poll, Israeli voters view Foreign Minister Yair Lapid as best fit to leadAccording to the latest public opinion poll, PM Bennett comes in 2nd, while chairman of United Arab List, Mansour Abbas, is third. MK Itamar Ben Gvir: Bennett is being held hostage by Islamic Brotherhood"Why isn't the government responding to Hamas fire in the South? Because Mansour Abbas doesn't let." MK Mansour Abbas to be invited to WashingtonMembers of Congress who met with Ra'am chairman were positively impressed by him and sought to invite him for talks in Washington. Citizenship Law crisis: Shaked in contact with Mansour AbbasInterior Minister hopes offer of humanitarian aid to PA families will ensure passage of bill. 2 Ra'am members to oppose bill regardless. It's time Ilhan Omar and "the Squad" learned the truth about Israel and HamasI grew up in a refugee camp outside Jerusalem, Let me say this as directly as I can: Rep. Omar does not know what she is talking about.Op-ed From integration to disintegration: Israel and its Arab citizensIsrael is at a watershed with anti-Zionist Arabs in a critical place in a government resting upon a threadbare parliamentary majority.Op-ed Ze'ev Elkin's surprising offer to Mansour AbbasHousing Minister offers deputy ministerial position to Ra'am leader reportedly in exchange for support for Family Reunification Law. Ra'am MK vows party will oppose Family Reunification LawMK Walid Taha says he will continue to oppose extension of 'racist' law despite agreement by party leader Mansour Abbas to allow its passage Family Reunification Law: Bennett meets Abbas and ShakedPM meets ministers, MKs in attempt to reach agreement on extension of law banning reunification of PA families in Israel. Mansour Abbas opposes Jerusalem Flag March: 'Unbridled provokation'United Arab List chairman says annual Jerusalem Flag March is a deliberate attempt to enflame tensions, calls for its cancellation. MK Mansour Abbas: 'I hope the flag parade passes without escalation''If we argue about everything, there's no question this coalition will break apart,' says MK Abbas, head of the United Arab List.Mansour Abbas: We will demand to address the 'historical injustice'Ra'am chairman says his party's achievements in the coalition negotiations "are the starting point and not the end point." Nir Orbach: 'If UAL MKs have any sense, they won't visit terrorists in prison'Yamina MK clarifies: United Arab List not intending to focus on nationalist issues at the moment. Mansour Abbas clarifies: These are my boundariesMK Mansour Abbas says that if decisions are made that run counter to Islam, his party will resign from the government.United Arab List chief: We will return state land to our peopleCoalition partner in incoming government addresses Knesset in Arabic. 'No one sold out the Negev, it will stay part of Israel.' Will Israel's new government get off the ground?Israel’s dysfunctional Government cannot survive. If it does, that will be because the Rightists on it have veered left. Op-ed. MK Orbach in recording: Mansour Abbas puts his national aspirations asideAhead of vote on new government, MK Orbach of Yamina says:Agreement with Abbas is based mainly on budgetary and civic issues.Mansour Abbas to be deputy minister, housing demolitions to be frozenDetails agreement with Ra'am party revealed. Bennett, Lapid to ask A-G to lift all fines and sanctions on illegal Arab construction. Hamas: Mansour Abbas only represents himselfHamas denounces new Israeli government, says it will be more extreme than Netanyahu's.Mansour Abbas: We are part of the Palestinian peopleRa'am chairman in interview with Jordanian channel: We support Al-Aqsa, guard the mosque, invest in development in Jerusalem.Netanyahu's pleas to MK Abbas revealedPM reportedly told Ra'am chairman: I am the only one who can open a new page with Arab society.Mansour Abbas: I preferred to work with a right-wing governmentUAL leader says any deal with the right would apply to the left and center, his party received a lot but not everything it wanted. MK Mansour Abbas: 'I held talks with PM Netanyahu yesterday''I held negotiations with both sides, there was an open relationship and we spoke about everything,' United Arab List chief MK Abbas says. Israel’s Unity Government. Give it a chance.In the past, Israel has survived a unity government that included Likud and Labour. So give it a chance.OIp-ed. Gafni: Abbas is the most religious person in this governmentUTJ MK quips that he is calm because MK Mansour Abbas will ensure the new government doesn't go against the Torah.Mansour Abbas signs with Yair LapidRa'am faction signs coalition deal and will support gov't from the outside in exchange for demands made in talks with Lapid. Mansour Abbas demands: No pro-LGBT lawsAhead of deadline to form government, United Arab List demands center-left parties compromise on LGBT issues as condition for support. What did the bereaved father say to Mansour Abbas?Bereaved father Herzl Hajaj runs into MK Mansour Abbas at the Knesset: We know you condemn terrorists in Hebrew but support them in Arabic. MK Amichai Chikli: 'We didn't demand Israeli Arabs be Zionist''Impossible' and 'unthinkable' to integrate Arabs 'when significant portion identifies fully with the enemy,' Yamina MK Chikli says.How will we know who won the war?Two factors will decide the victor. The Israeli Supreme Court’s decision on Sheikh Jarrah, and the survival of the Abraham Accords. Op-ed.Mansour Abbas visits torched Lod synagogueUnited Arab List chairman visits town wracked by anti-Jewish riots, says attacks on synagogues violate Islamic values. 'It all depends on Abbas' say members of 'bloc for change'Despite the violence, Lapid and his supporters continue efforts to build 'unity government' - even with the United Arab List.Mansour Abbas: Stop the violence and madnessRa'am chairman calls on all Israelis, Jews and Arabs alike, to end the violence against one another.Mansour Abbas: 'No choice but to return to coalition negotiations'MK Abbas, chair of United Arab List, calls to resume negotiations after Gaza war ends.Ra'am chairman calls for calmMansour Abbas in statement to the Arab public following two days of violence: We must prevent further escalation. As Arabs attack and run amok, keep these five things in mindWhen the Arabs run wild, the only proper Israeli response is to make it clear that the pogrom days are over. Op-ed.Ra'am freezes contacts with Bennett and LapidMansour Abbas wants to wait for calm before resuming negotiations on formation of a government. Smotrich in Sheikh Jarrah: Giving Mansour Abbas legitimacy led to Jerusalem violenceReligious Zionism party tours Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, party leader says violence in capital result of seeking to add Arab party to govt.Likud MKs: 'We didn't try to form a government with the United Arab List''Netanyahu never thought, planned, or wanted to form a gov't based on abstention of Mansour Abbas,' Likud's MK Shlomo Karhi claims.Bennett and Abbas meet, 'significant progress' reportedThe sides say a good meeting took place ahead of the formation a unity government. Netanyahu hopes Mansour Abbas will stop Bennett-Lapid governmentLikud still believes United Arab List leader prefers right-wing government to left-wing government.These are the United Arab List's coalition demandsUnited Arab List's demands for aiding creation of government include no harm to family, religious, values; solution for illegal settlements.MK Mansour Abbas: 'I agreed to meet with Rabbi Druckman - I did not ask'MK Mansour Abbas, head of the United Arab List, says he agreed to meet with leading rabbi. 'We're not terror supporters.' 'Does Bennett want to give power to Mansour Abbas?'MK Orit Strook of the Religious Zionist Party calls on Bennett to take responsibility and ensure a right-wing government is formed.Bennett meets with United Arab List chief Mansour Abbas'A good meeting.' Yamina chairman meets with senior Arab lawmaker one week before Netanyahu's mandate to form a government expires. Haredi MK claims Religious Zionist colleague 'destroying Torah world'MK Yisrael Eichler slams MK Bezalel Smotrich for refusing to sit with United Arab List, says Smotrich 'wants to destroy Torah world.' Knesset Speaker to MK Abbas: We will do a lot togetherMK Mansour Abbas elected chairman of the Special Committee on Arab Society and receives warm words from Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin.MK Abbas: Government with Smotrich? Only if he apologizes firstRa’am chairman outlines his condition for agreeing to be part of a government with Religious Zionist chairman Bezalel Smotrich. Mansour Abbas, Mahmoud Abbas and the ‘Abraham Effect’Israel’s Ra’am Party head Mansour Abbas’s responsiveness to his Arab constituency opens a Pandora’s box for the leadership in Ramallah.Mansour Abbas and his party have no place in Israel’s governmentBehold the disasters that ensued when Islamists in the region were allowed to establish a foothold in Arab governments! Op-ed.Netanyahu seeks Mansour Abbas' support againPM speaks with leaders of United Arab List, Meretz, Labor, and Blue and White about holding direct elections for prime minister.Mansour Abbas and the Islamist Ra'am Party: Partners or Enemies?We should know more about the views of the leader of the southern division of the Islamic Movement in Israel. Opinion.Political drama: United Arab List thwarts Likud proposalNetanyahu's opponents to control key committee despite Yamina agreement to support Likud proposal for its composition. Mansour Abbas does not rule out Bennett as PMUnited Arab List leader slams those who seek to boycott his party, says he does not reject any option. Kingmaker Abbas and the impending downfall of Israeli DemocracyIsrael is not Finland or Puerto Rico. It does not have a cohesive, peaceful population,the key ingredients for a democracy to work. Op-ed. Mansour Abbas hospitalizedRa'am chairman Mansour Abbas misses inauguration of the 24th Knesset after being hospitalized with kidney stone.Mansour Abbas: An opportunity for coexistence in the Holy LandUnited Arab List chairman delivers call for unity ahead of meeting with president, does not say who he will recommend for PM. |
