Ra'am

Beyond the polls: What are Israelis really thinking as they head to the ballot box?

Each new poll produces a headline that often disagrees with other outlets. Israelis follow polls like a tennis match, their heads swiveling from side to side, following the ball in play.

BALLOT PAPERS of various political parties displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, Oct. 14.
ILLUSTRATIVE: View of the Arab-Israeli town of Bayada, northern Israel. February 13, 2025.

Most young Arab Israelis are willing to vote for non-Arab parties, demand solution for crime - poll

Arabs cast their votes at a polling station in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod; illustrative.

Ra'am, Joint List push community for high voter turnout in hopes of boosting anti-Netanyahu bloc

Workers hang a Likud party election campaign billboard featuring Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders, with the slogan “Right or Palestine,” on a building in Jerusalem, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026.

Israeli election campaigns must move past political gimmicks to tackle critical issues - editorial


Chaos erupts in Knesset as MKs call to recognize Palestine in conference

MKs hosted a conference on Tuesday urging Israeli leadership to recognize a Palestinian state. Two coalition MKs shouted accusations in an attempt to disrupt the meeting.

 MK Zvi Sukkot reacts during a conference on the recognition of the State of Palestine at the Knesset, on June 4, 2024

N13 poll: Next PM is toss up between Gantz or Bennett

A News 13 poll indicates National Unity Party led by Benny Gantz wins 30 seats if elections held today. Likud strengthens slightly; Yesh Atid receives 15 seats.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

Tally Gotliv debuts 'song' in Knesset, Ahmad Tibi expresses medical concern

Likud MK Tally Gotliv performed the famous Israeli tune made popular in the 1930s, attacking Arab MKs.

 MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference as part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022.

An unholy pact: The Hamas-affiliated Turkish organization collaborating with Ra’am

Ra’am had promoted fund-raising for the Khayr Ommah Foundation at least three times in the past, and its leaders have close ties with figures at Khayr Ommah.

 MK Mansour Abbas during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.

Org. associated with Israeli Islamist party transfers money to Hamas-linked group

According to the report, the "Aid 48" association, which is related to Ra'am, transferred huge sums to the association through a Hamas member.

 The money found in the Gaza Strip

Knesset Ethics Committee sanctions Arab MKs for comments on Hamas war

Khatib-Yassin was suspended for a month, including two weeks without pay, after saying last week that babies weren't slaughtered and women weren't raped during October 7.

Iman Yassin Khatib, poised to become the first lawmaker in Israel's history to wear a hijab or head scarf, which she does as a Muslim, following results of her Arab Joint List party in Israel's election, participates in an interview in a radio show in Naz

Ra’am MK asked to resign after denying slaughter of babies

MK Iman Khatib-Yassin apologized Sunday evening for her words to the Knesset channel according to which "we did not slaughter babies or rape women" in the attacks on October 7.

Iman Yassin Khatib, poised to become the first lawmaker in Israel's history to wear a hijab or head scarf, which she does as a Muslim, following results of her Arab Joint List party in Israel's election, participates in an interview in a radio show in Naz

Israeli election poll: Blue and White party leads as coalition struggles to gain majority

According to the survey, the Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz continues to lead with 28 mandates.

 Premier candidates: Benny Gantz, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid.

'Special status' of Arab Israelis can bridge to peace – Mansour Abbas

Abbas said that Ra'am's goal is to serve as a bridge between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians.

 Ra'am Chairman Mansour Abbas speaks at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Celebrate the Faces of Israel conference.

Hamas cannot interfere in Arab-Israeli affairs, Mansour Abbas says - report

Abbas described during the interview that the terror organization's influence on Israel's Arab community is a "great catastrophe" and that it "brings a new calamity."

MK Mansour Abbas speaks at the Israel Bar Associan's Justice conference in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2022.