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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
The Democrats chairman Yair Golan speaks in a video statement published May 5, 2026. (Screen capture: X/Yair Golan)
May 5, 2026, 8:21 pm
Golan: Zionist opposition must partner with Arab party Ra’am to topple government
The Democrats chief says public embrace of MK Mansour Abbas is ‘appropriate Zionist response’ after Smotrich said Arabs’ inclusion in last government was worse than Oct. 7 debacle
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas (R). (Sraya Diamant/David Cohen/Flash90)
May 5, 2026, 1:34 pm
Smotrich: Including Arab party in government ‘a thousand times’ worse than Oct. 7 failures
Finance minister under fire after comments, claims ‘evil liars’ in media taking them out of context; Bennett accuses Smotrich, PM of trying ‘to make people forget the atrocities’
By Michael Bachner and Sam Sokol
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett is interviewed on Channel 12, on April 29, 2026. (Channel 12 screenshot)
April 30, 2026, 1:48 am
In interview blitz, Bennett vows to fire politicized officials if elected PM
Former premier says he’s seen ‘crazy things’ in ‘political’ Israel Police; urges Eisenkot to ‘display leadership’ and join his union with Lapid; warns Haredi draft evasion ‘killing our soldiers’
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Ra'am MK Mansour Abbas speaks during a 40 signatures debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 22, 2026, 9:22 pm
MK Mansour Abbas’s son hit by car, seriously injured while riding electric bicycle
Mohammad Abbas, 15, son of Ra’am party chairman, suffers head injuries as he rides in hometown of Maghar in north
By Charlie Summers
Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas speaks in an interview with Channel 12 news aired on February 14, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
February 15, 2026, 4:16 am
Mansour Abbas says foreign-linked actors pressured him to ally with Netanyahu in 2021
Ra’am party head hints that Qatar wanted PM in power over perceived dovishness on Hamas; Bennett reacts by claiming ‘Sinwar preferred Netanyahu because Netanyahu is good for Hamas’
By Charlie Summers
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a conference in Herzliya on November 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
February 2, 2026, 11:49 pm
‘Muslim Brotherhood collaborator’: Right-wing agitators crash event hosted by Bennett
Former PM defends choice to include Ra’am in his 2021-22 government, but acknowledges current climate in Israel means he is unlikely to rely on the Arab party again
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 19, 2026, 10:22 pm
PM vows no Qatari, Turkish troops in Gaza after countries given role on oversight body
At Knesset debate, Netanyahu acknowledges argument with US, insists Hamas will be disarmed; Lapid: Either you have cut a secret deal or ‘Trump doesn’t give a damn about you’
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Blue and White party chair Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, December 29, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2026, 6:40 pm
Opposition leaders claim new Gantz campaign against Arab parties is hypocritical, aids PM
Blue and White party’s new messaging draws fire from left-wing parties, who say it is a desperate bid to court Netanyahu amid calls for Gantz to quit due to slipping poll numbers
By Ariela Karmel
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 11, 2026, 7:32 pm
As dueling political camps harden, electoral deadlock heaves back into view
Polls show neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor parties allied against him have a clear path to forming the next government, with little chance of wooing support from the other side
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Ra'am party leader MK Mansour Abbas before a faction meeting at the Knesset, December 29, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2026, 2:54 pm
Abbas says Ra’am party will be open to Jewish candidates, in major shift
The move appears to be part of a larger process to separate the party from the Islamic Movement and boost legitimacy with Zionist parties ahead of October elections
By Ariela Karmel
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 7, 2025, 4:08 am
Ra’am leader says party will cut ties with religious council, become ‘completely civic’
Mansour Abbas’s move appears geared toward boosting its legitimacy among Zionist Knesset parties; Smotrich responds by calling Arab MK a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’
By ToI Staff
Ra'am party head Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2025, 11:10 am
Ra’am leader says PM ‘trying to steal elections’ after apparent hint at barring Arab party
Netanyahu vows to ‘complete’ ban on Muslim Brotherhood, seemingly referring to Ra’am’s parent movement, though the party insists there is no connection
By ToI Staff
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