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Ra’am party chief Mansour Abbas (left) holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovitz in Nazareth, August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
September 1, 2026, 1:03 pm
Full speech: Yoav Segalovitz joins Arab party Ra’am with hopes for ‘a shared future’
Former senior police official and Yesh Atid MK calls on ‘Jews, Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Druze to put their trust in this move and join us’
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas (center right) holds a joint press conference with former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz (center left), who will run on the Ra'am slate in October's election, in Nazareth, August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
August 31, 2026, 10:58 pm
In unprecedented move, Abbas and Segalovitz announce joint run, bringing Jewish lawmaker to Arab party’s slate
Ra’am chief: We need to create partnerships and ‘see the other as a human being, not as an enemy’; Segalovitz: ‘The assertion that after October 7 it is impossible to maintain a political partnership with Arab parties is false’
By Sam Sokol and JTA
Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas (left) and former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz in a handout photo released by the party on August 26, 2026. (Courtesy)
August 26, 2026, 7:35 pm
Abbas eyes Segalovitz pact amid backlash for saying he’s ‘compelled’ to accept Jewish state
Ra’am chair angers right-wing lawmakers in Facebook post asserting that Arab politicians must accept ‘imposed’ reality of Israel’s Jewish character; Erdan: Abbas wants a caliphate
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Ra’am chairman MK Mansour Abbas addresses party delegates at their convention in Taibe, August 22, 2026. (Facebook)
August 22, 2026, 11:34 pm
Ra’am’s Abbas says Palestinian state ‘a reality,’ drawing outrage from Zionist parties
Arab party chairman tells delegates he wants to be part of the opposition ‘change bloc,’ but immediately draws censure from that bloc’s leaders
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
MK Yoav Segalovitz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on October 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2026, 1:49 pm
How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October
Yoav Segalovitz’s speculated move from Yesh Atid to Ra’am could give the Arab party a new image — and the opposition the seats it needs to form a government
By Tomer Almagor
MK Mansour Abbas (left) in the Knesset, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); MK Yoav Segalovitz (right) speaks at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, June 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2026, 3:25 pm
Ra’am’s Abbas, former Yesh Atid MK Segalovitz confirm ongoing talks on Knesset run
Negotiations come as Islamist party seeks to shed its religious image; far-right Otzma Yehudit party claims Abbas using the move to turn Negev and Galilee into ‘Islamic territory’
By Sam Sokol
MK Ahmad Tibi attends a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
Negotiations over Arab joint list hit snag as Ahmad Tibi rejects proposed slate
Mooted list would give Ta’al smallest Knesset representation of three parties. Hadash chairman Jabareen calls proposal ‘an expression of the public’s will’
By Sam Sokol
Chairman of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid and new member of the Yesh Atid party Yoav Segalovitz presenting the new project, titled “Nachshon Plan” during a joint press conference in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2017. (Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 5:08 am
Segalovitz departs Yesh Atid amid his reported talks to join Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am
ToI poll indicates most opposition voters support inclusion of Ra’am in coalition if Segalovitz joins; Democrats chair said to walk back promise to reserve spot for hostage mom Zangauker
By ToI Staff
MK Yoav Segalovitz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on October 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2026, 10:37 am
Segalovitz will only join Ra’am if it recognizes Israel as a Jewish state
MK Yoav Segalovitz’s vision of shared destiny hinges on Mansour Abbas. If successful, he could prove the Arab party he joins is more Zionist than the ultra-Orthodox
By Shalom Yerushalmi
MK Mansour Abbas (left) in the Knesset, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); MK Yoav Segalovitz (right) speaks at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, June 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 4:40 pm
A Jewish MK on Ra’am’s slate could reshape the anti-Netanyahu coalition map
Yesh Atid’s Yoav Segalovitz, who has a track record of tackling crime in the Arab sector, is apparently being courted by Mansour Abbas’s Arab party; it could be a major boost to the anti-Netanyahu bloc, but the path to such an alliance may not be smooth
By Tal Schneider
Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset, July 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 31, 2026, 6:41 pm
In major shift, Yesh Atid MK reportedly set to run as No. 2 in Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am party
Yoav Segalovitz, Jewish lawmaker who won trust among Arab public for fighting violent crime, will reportedly meet Abbas to join revamped, historically Islamist party next week
By ToI Staff
Left: Gal Eisenkot (IDF). Right: A young man depicted wearing a 'Unity of Israel' shirt in an AI-generated ad, shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, against Gadi Eisenkot, on July 21, 2026. (Screenshot via X)
July 21, 2026, 7:46 pm
Critics accuse Netanyahu of mocking Eisenkot’s slain son in AI-generated ad
Video shows Yashar chief running past young man wearing ‘Israeli unity’ shirt, to instead hug Arab party Ra’am’s chairman Mansour Abbas; Likud denies young man is meant to resemble Gal Eisenkot
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
MK Chili Tropper attends Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2026, 10:50 pm
Ex-minister Chili Tropper says he will ‘absolutely not’ help Netanyahu form a government
Former Blue and White MK also vows not to join a coalition with Arab or Haredi parties; Mansour Abbas declares Ra’am won’t run on joint ticket with other Arab-majority factions
By Ethan Rubinson and Lazar Berman
Gadi Eisenkot (right) greets supporters at the launch of his Yashar party’s election campaign, in Hod Hasharon, central Israel, June 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 3:40 pm
Gadi Eisenkot launches a centrist campaign tailored for the commuters of Route 4
Running under the heavy shadow of wartime grief, the former IDF chief aims to capture Israel’s middle class while keeping a fractured opposition bloc from collapsing
By Tal Schneider
Party leaders Ayman Odeh (center left) and Ahmad Tibi (center right) seen during a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 7:08 pm
Arab parties Hadash, Ta’al, Balad announce joint electoral slate — without Ra’am
Factions say they are ‘leaving the door open’ for Mansour Abbas’s party to join them before the election; former MK Michal Rozin to run in The Democrats primary
By Ariela Karmel
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