A Jewish MK on Ra’am’s slate could reshape the anti-Netanyahu coalition map
Tal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of IsraelContacts between MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the Islamist Ra’am party (United Arab List), and MK Yoav Segalovitz of the centrist Yesh Atid party have been quietly simmering for quite some time.The first public sign of a courtship was seen in January, before the passage of the state budget — a legislative milestone that signaled the ruling coalition would manage to extend its tenure through to the legally mandated election date of October 2026.Abbas was being interviewed on Radio A-Nas, a prominent Arab Israeli station based in Nazareth, by journalists Shireen Younes and Mohammad Magadli, who questioned him about his proposed blueprint for his party’s Knesset slate. During the interview, Magadli asked: “Why not add Yoav Segalovitz as a candidate on your slate?” Abbas replied that this was indeed an idea under consideration.Minutes after the interview, the two hosts brought…
MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the Islamist Ra’am party, is considering adding Jewish MK Yoav Segalovitz of the centrist Yesh Atid party to Ra'am's Knesset slate. This idea, first publicly discussed in January during a radio interview where Abbas stated it was "under consideration," has been explored through an internal party survey. The poll of 750 Arab citizens of Israel found that 75% selected Segalovitz as the Jewish lawmaker closest to their views, significantly outpolling other prominent names. Segalovitz, a retired assistant police commissioner and founder of the elite anti-corruption unit Lahav 433, has maintained strong ties with Israel’s Arab public, actively working to combat crime in Arab towns. Should this move proceed, it would be a politically innovative step, potentially boosting Ra’am’s electoral performance and integrating it more closely into the anti-Netanyahu bloc, despite previous reluctance from some bloc leaders to rely on Ra'am.
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