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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Mansour Abbas

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 5, 2025, 6:51 pm
Ra’am chief Mansour Abbas says he won’t run for Knesset beyond the next election
Islamist party head, who was the first Arab party leader to join an Israeli ruling coalition, says it’s ‘better to come and try, [then] give an opportunity’ to others
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir chairs a faction meeting at the Knesset, February 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 5, 2025, 12:51 pm
Ben Gvir says he’ll return to government if PM implements Trump’s Gaza transfer plan
‘The ball is now in the hands of the prime minister,’ Otzma Yehudit leader says. ‘Impossible to carry out a transfer without committing war crimes,’ warns Ra’am chief Mansour Abbas
By Sam Sokol
A picture taken on January 29, 2019, shows el-Jazzar mosque in the northern Israeli port city of Acre. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 1, 2024, 6:39 pm
Ben Gvir instructs police to stop mosques from using speakers for call to prayer
Arab mayors, MKs decry move as attempt to provoke Muslim citizens; far-right minister defends measure as fighting ‘hazard’ of noise, notes similar efforts in other countries
By ToI Staff
MK Mansour Abbas addresses the plenum, July 17, 2024. (Dani Shem-Tov/Knesset)
July 17, 2024, 7:36 pm
Bennett rebukes former partner Abbas after he claims ‘50,000 civilians murdered in Gaza’
‘The IDF is eliminating vile terrorists,’ says former PM after Ra’am party leader makes claim at Knesset; MK Ayman Odeh booted from plenum for calling Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’
By Sam Sokol
Ra'am party members at the campaign headquarters in the Arab Israeli town of Tamra, as the results of the Israeli elections are announced on November 1, 2022. (Flash90)
May 24, 2024, 1:02 am
Ra’am says Israel committing ‘unforgivable’ crimes against humanity in Gaza
Party leader Mansour Abbas faces calls for his resignation after evading question on whether Israel carried out war crimes in fight against Hamas
By ToI Staff
Police accompany Real Estate Enforcement Division tractors as they bulldoze the Wadi al-Khalil neighborhood in the southern Bedouin village of Umm Batin, May 8, 2024. (Israel Police)
May 9, 2024, 10:27 am
Authorities level 47 illegal homes in Bedouin village, leaving hundreds homeless
Government yet to start construction on alternative housing, and residents object to moving to new neighborhood due to threats from rival families
By Michael Horovitz
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2024, 4:49 pm
Two nonprofits linked to Arab Ra’am party to be shuttered over alleged terror ties
The party and the organizations dismiss allegations as political persecution, while far-right parties claim vindication for previously accusing Ra’am of supporting terror
By Sam Sokol
Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 14, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90/File)
February 18, 2024, 11:49 pm
Reports: Siding with Ben Gvir, PM plans to limit Arab Israeli Al-Aqsa access on Ramadan
Netanyahu said to overrule position of some security officials, who warn move could unnecessarily antagonize Muslims during holiday; Opposition MKs react angrily to restrictions
By ToI Staff
Head of opposition and head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
January 15, 2024, 9:09 pm
Lapid accuses PM of playing politics with budget while ‘businesses are collapsing’
Government ‘does not know how to manage the war,’ opposition leader says as controversial state budget approved by cabinet. Netanyahu’s policy an ‘economic failure,’ says Liberman
By Sam Sokol
Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas gives an interview to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, November 30, 2023 (Screenshot: CNN, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 2, 2023, 5:35 pm
Ra’am’s Abbas urges armed Palestinian factions to disarm, before softening statement
Arab party chair clarifies disarmament should happen as part of establishment of a state; reiterates condemnation of ‘inhumane’ October 7 massacres
By ToI Staff
Ra’am MK Iman Khatib-Yasin, in an interview with the Knesset Channel, November 5, 2023. (screenshot)
November 5, 2023, 6:33 pm
Ra’am party chief calls on MK to resign for claiming Hamas ‘didn’t slaughter babies’
MK Iman Khatib-Yasin says IDF footage did not show rape of women, but admits she did not view it; Mansour Abbas says there is ‘no place in party’ for minimizing Hamas atrocities
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu arrives at a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 5, 2023, 12:24 pm
Far-right minister says nuking Gaza an option, PM suspends him from cabinet meetings
Amichai Eliyahu asks why lives of hostages more important than troops; Netanyahu: Comments ‘detached from reality’; meanwhile, Smotrich says Israel will control Gaza post-war
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
August 8, 2023, 11:22 am
Amid rising accusations of racism, Smotrich adamant funds for Arab towns will be cut
Far-right finance minister says he has Netanyahu’s backing to halt East Jerusalem funding, alleges money earmarked for Arab authorities goes to organized crime
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister and Religious Zionism party chief Bezalel Smotrich leads his party's faction meeting at Jerusalem's Knesset, May 8, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ Flash90)
August 7, 2023, 10:04 pm
In latest cut to Arab funds, Smotrich freezes money for integration in academia
Finance minister halts sums earmarked for preparatory program for East Jerusalemites; ‘He is relegating young people to poverty, crime and terror,’ says Hebrew University
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Police investigate a murder in Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 9:04 am
4 killings in Arab community in a day, as deadly crimewave shows no sign of slowing
In separate incidents, men gunned down in Kafr Qara, Shfaram, Ara, and Nazareth; death toll in Arab community violent crime this year reaches 121
By ToI Staff
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