# Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy steps off Knesset list, stays in party, to head court

Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy will not run on the party's Knesset list but stays in party and heads court.

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Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy said on 2026-08-31 that he would not be on the party's Knesset list but would remain a member of the party. [^1]

Mansour Abbas, chairman of the Israeli Arab party Ra'am, placed Yoav Segalovich, a former Israeli police major-general and longtime Yesh Atid member, second on the party's electoral slate. [^2]

Mickey Levy said he met with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and agreed to serve as head of the party's court. [^3]

Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid head and Foreign Minister, responded on X/Twitter, saying that conversations with Levy had been among the most moving in his life and that the bond between them is stronger than ever. [^4]

According to The Economist's poll tracker, Gadi Eisenkot's centre-right Yashar party has overtaken Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in voter support ahead of the Israeli election. [^5]

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has repeatedly labelled Israel's Arab parties as 'terror supporters' and accused Ra'am of being an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. [^6]

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released a campaign video for the October 27th parliamentary election featuring an AI-generated image of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot riding a Trojan horse containing Mansour Abbas, leader of Ra'am, and Yair Golan of the Democrats. [^7]

Only Yair Golan, leader of the Zionist-left Democrats party, is openly in favor of including an Arab party in the next Israeli government, while other opposition leaders are opposed or evasive. [^8]

## What this stands on

1. Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy said on 2026-08-31 that he would not be on the party's Knesset list but would remain a member of the party. (The Jerusalem Post, News)
2. Mansour Abbas, chairman of the Israeli Arab party Ra'am, placed Yoav Segalovich, a former Israeli police major-general and longtime Yesh Atid member, second on the party's electoral slate. (The Jerusalem Post, News)
3. Mickey Levy said he met with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and agreed to serve as head of the party's court. (The Jerusalem Post, News)
4. Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid head and Foreign Minister, responded on X/Twitter, saying that conversations with Levy had been among the most moving in his life and that the bond between them is stronger than ever. (The Jerusalem Post, News)
5. According to The Economist's poll tracker, Gadi Eisenkot's centre-right Yashar party has overtaken Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in voter support ahead of the Israeli election. (Hindustan Times, News)
6. Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has repeatedly labelled Israel's Arab parties as 'terror supporters' and accused Ra'am of being an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. (Hindustan Times, News)
7. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released a campaign video for the October 27th parliamentary election featuring an AI-generated image of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot riding a Trojan horse containing Mansour Abbas, leader of Ra'am, and Yair Golan of the Democrats. (Hindustan Times, News)
8. Only Yair Golan, leader of the Zionist-left Democrats party, is openly in favor of including an Arab party in the next Israeli government, while other opposition leaders are opposed or evasive. (Hindustan Times, News)

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