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Yoav Segalovitz

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
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
UTJ lawmaker Moshe Gafni, left, speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on December 31, 2024. (Knesset Spokesperson)
August 10, 2026, 6:52 am
Fresh election poll shows both blocs shy of majority; new parties fall short
Drama within pro- and anti-Netanyahu camps: Haredi leader claims he might not support PM, drawing scoff from Bennett; Yesh Atid MK leaves Knesset, but will he join Ra’am?
By ToI Staff and 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 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 6, 2026, 6:46 am
Poll shows Ra’am winning 2 more seats if Yesh Atid MK Segalovitz joins the party
Channel 13 survey also projects that Hadash-Ta’al and Balad will receive more votes if they merge, while trio of new right-wing parties fails to clear minimum electoral threshold
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
MK Mansour Abbas at the Knesset on November 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2026, 8:37 am
As Arab parties answer call for unity, Ra’am seeks to retain role as coalition kingmaker
Factions look to reunify as ‘Joint List’ so as to pool power for community wracked by deadly crime, but Islamist party wants to keep its plans to expand its base and return to government
By Tal Schneider
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2025, 5:55 pm
Ben Gvir plans new policy barring protests on major roads or at synagogues
Police minister seeks AG’s approval but vows to implement policy regardless if she does not respond within 5 days; opposition MKs decry attempt to ‘trample’ free expression
By Charlie Summers
Likud MK Ariel Kallner speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, May 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 5, 2025, 8:47 pm
Lawmakers debate controversial 80% tax bill on foreign government donations to NGOs
Likud’s Ariel Kallner says law will ‘preserve’ Israel’s Jewish and democratic character; Hadash-Ta’al MK Tibi counters that it is intended to suppress Arab vote
By Sam Sokol
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (left) leads a meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on May 22, 2024. (Screen capture)
May 26, 2024, 5:30 pm
‘Trying to cause anarchy’: Lapid accuses PM of ties to IDF reservist’s call for mutiny
Yesh Atid MKs call for criminal investigation into Netanyahu’s son Yair after he shares video calling for soldiers to take orders only from the prime minister
By Sam Sokol
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