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Sunday, October 30, 2022
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Sunday, October 30, 2022
Ra’am leader Abbas to reportedly call for Jewish voters to back his Islamist party
Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, October 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas is due to call on Jewish voters to back his Islamist party during a press conference, Channel 12 news reports.
Citing concerns over not passing the minimum vote threshold, the network says Ra’am believes it needs just a few thousand more votes to ensure its entry to the next Knesset but is struggling to turn out Arab voters.
Final TV polls predicted Ra’am, which is part of the outgoing coalition, will pick up four seats in Tuesday’s election.
Hadash-Ta’al, a predominantly Arab alliance that is aligned with neither of the two major political blocs, yesterday made a similar appeal for Jewish support.
