# Ra'am's Abbas announces former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovich will join Arab party slate

Ra'am leader Abbas says former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovich joins Arab party slate.

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Mansour Abbas, leader of the Ra'am Party, announced on 2026-08-31 that former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovich will join the Arab party's slate ahead of the upcoming elections. [^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. [^2]

In 2021, Ra'am joined the coalition during the Bennett-Lapid government, marking the first time an Arab party was a formal member of a governing coalition. [^3]

The addition of a Jewish candidate to Ra'am's list is widely seen as a way for Ra'am to be viewed as a more viable coalition partner ahead of the elections. [^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. Mansour Abbas, leader of the Ra'am Party, announced on 2026-08-31 that former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovich will join the Arab party's slate ahead of the upcoming elections. (The Jerusalem Post, News)
2. 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)
3. In 2021, Ra'am joined the coalition during the Bennett-Lapid government, marking the first time an Arab party was a formal member of a governing coalition. (The Jerusalem Post, News)
4. The addition of a Jewish candidate to Ra'am's list is widely seen as a way for Ra'am to be viewed as a more viable coalition partner ahead of the elections. (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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