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Ra'am party (United Arab List)

A sample voting booth is displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, ahead of the upcoming election, October 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
2026 Knesset election
Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton, Tal Schneider, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Everything you need to know: ToI’s guide to the 37 parties that Israelis can choose from
After four years of government stability despite protests, upheaval, tragedy and war, voters will once again have their say at the ballot box. From frontrunners Yashar and Likud to the one-man Shema and the perennial also-ran Pirates, these are the factions vying for the Knesset's 120 seats on October 27
Israeli National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit party chairman Itamar Ben Gvir attends a press conference ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, October 18, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 19, 2026, 11:43 am
Ben Gvir says Netanyahu has promised EU to exclude him from next government
Former chief rabbi, a Shas religious leader, urges voters to shun Ben Gvir’s far-right Otzma Yehudit; new Haredi party said to reject pressure from PM to quit race; Ra’am denounces faked billboards
By Noam Lehmann, Stav Levaton, Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Israelis cast their vote at a voting station in Tayibe, during the Knesset election on November 1, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
October 18, 2026, 10:24 am
Desperate for change, Israel’s Arab minority sees election as existential
Disturbed by policies of right-wing government and its extremist ministers, many say they will vote for the first time on October 27 to defeat perceived growing threat
By Hiba Aslan
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
October 11, 2026, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 11 – A message to Eisenkot? Joint List vows to do ‘anything’ to oust Netanyahu
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel discusses possible signaling from the Arab party to the opposition front-runner, and the positioning of Ofer Winter’s People of Israel party
By Jessica Steinberg and Ariela Karmel
A convoy of supporters of the Islamist Ra'am party in southern Israel (L), and one of the alleged members of the convoy bound, on October 7, 2026. (X/Moshe Feiglin, X/Itamar Ben Gvir)
October 8, 2026, 6:13 am
Ben Gvir touts arrests of Ra’am biker convoy, claims scenes reminiscent of Oct. 7
Far-right minister posts photo of bound motorcyclist, doesn’t say how many arrested or what convoy was doing illegally; Feiglin says the mostly Arab party has same ideology, flag as Hamas
By Noam Lehmann
Yoav Segalovitz, at a press conference announcing a joint Knesset run with Ra'am, in Nazareth. August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
October 5, 2026, 11:48 am
Gunfire pierces the air as Ra’am’s Segalovitz speaks to locals in Rahat
Former top police officer says random gunfire ‘cannot be allowed in a proper country,’ decries ‘serious failure’ of government that has ‘abandoned’ citizen’s security
By ToI Staff
From left: Balad chairman Sami Abou Shehadeh, MK Ahmad Tibi and MK Ofer Cassif arrive at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing on the Central Elections Committee’s decision to disqualify candidates and parties from running in the upcoming Knesset elections, October 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 5:47 pm
Supreme Court unanimously overturns election panel’s ban on Arab parties
After rejecting Balad chief, judges say Ra’am, Joint List, its MK Ofer Cassif don’t meet criteria on racist incitement, support for armed conflict against Israel to warrant ban
By Jeremy Sharon and Noam Lehmann
Yousef Jabareen submit the Joint List slate to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 6:00 am
The ban on Arab parties will likely be reversed. To its critics, that isn’t exactly a relief
Often, the most extreme measures — like banning Arab-led parties from the election — get tossed, but their impact can live on
By Ben Sales
Democrats party chairman Yair Golan arrives for a meeting with opposition leaders in Tel Aviv, September 26, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 27, 2026, 8:51 pm
Day after meeting opposition chiefs, Golan says Arab parties could be in next government
Democrats party clarifies that his comments made during radio interview refer to party platform, not bloc consensus, says topic did not come up during meeting; Likud slams remarks
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, at a campaign rally in Haifa, September 23, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
September 26, 2026, 11:53 pm
Eisenkot says Ra’am won’t be in his government, calls Netanyahu ‘a pathological liar’
Main election challenger says PM has instilled a ‘culture of dishonesty’ in public discourse, describes PM’s approval of Qatari funds that went to Hamas as somewhere ‘between breach of trust and treason’
By Michael Bachner
Yoav Segalovitz, right, reaches for the hand of Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas at a press conference in Nazareth on August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
September 17, 2026, 11:48 am
A Jewish Zionist running with Ra’am, Segalovitz tells ToI he aims to smash the political paradigm
Former senior cop and Yesh Atid lawmaker admits differences on social issues with Islamist party, but says main concern is tackling rampant crime and advancing coexistence
By Tal Schneider
Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot (L) in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026, and Ra'am party chair Mansour Abbas in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 7:45 pm
Eisenkot denies claim he promised Bedouin leaders he’d bring Ra’am into government
Election frontrunner releases recording of meeting, says makeup of future coalition not discussed; Bennett says he is running for PM, but will respect whoever bloc chooses for role after election
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas (left) and Ta'al chief Ahmad Tibi walk outside the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2026, 12:54 am
Netanyahu’s Likud says it will petition election panel to ban Arab-majority parties
Ruling party says Ra’am and Joint List ‘harm IDF soldiers’ and won’t call Hamas, Hezbollah terror groups; request unlikely to pass High Court, which has nixed previous efforts
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan and Avigdor Liberman. (Composite photo; credits: Flash90)
September 10, 2026, 8:55 pm
Main opposition factions ink surplus-vote deals in bid to maximize Knesset representation
PM claims agreements show his rivals ‘will form left-wing government’; Joint List No. 2 says alliance of Arab parties to sign deal with Ra’am, but neither makes formal announcement
By Ariela Karmel
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas (left), together with party member Yoav Segalovitz, arrives to submit the party list to the Central Elections Committee ahead of the upcoming Israeli election at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2026, 12:33 pm
Yoav Segalovitz, first Jewish candidate on Ra’am slate, wants to ‘break down walls’
Former Yesh Atid lawmaker and policeman acknowledges his views differ from socially conservative Ra’am on some issues, but says he would rather focus on genuine partnership
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in Jerusalem on September 7 and Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot in Rosh HaAyin on September 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
September 10, 2026, 11:18 am
Election polls show little change, continued deadlock after party slates finalized
Eisenkot’s Yashar is largest party in TV polls but neither bloc has clear path to majority; opposition officials said pressuring Gantz to quit, viewing him as obstacle to victory
By ToI Staff
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