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Ra'am (United Arab List) רע"מ - הרשימה הערבית המאוחדת

6
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Leader
Mansour Abbas, Party chairman; incumbent MK; led Ra'am into the 2021 to 2022 coalition. [source, August 31, 2026]
Bloc
Arab parties
Founded
1996, ahead of the 1996 election, when the Islamic Movement split into a southern branch that entered parliamentary politics and a northern branch that rejected it (Ynet, https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/syezkpkufe, 2026-08-29).
Seats, 25th Knesset
5
Status 2026
On the ballot. The Central Elections Committee voted to bar Ra'am under section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset (press reported the vote on 2026-09-23; the CEC records the decision as 2026-09-24). On 2026-10-02 the Supreme Court accepted the appeal, set aside the committee's decision and ruled that the list may run in the 26th Knesset election (CEC list page, https://www.gov.il/he/pages/raam_list18, updated 2026-10-14; Times of Israel, which reported the ruling as unanimous, https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-unanimously-over..., 2026-10-02; Jerusalem Post, https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-910410, 2026-10-02). Earlier: Running alone; declined to join the revived Joint List (Times of Israel, July 2026). First independent primary held August 22, 2026 in Tayibe; former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz announced as No. 2 on August 31. Polls give 5 to 6 seats (Arab News citing polls, 2026-08-31). Sources: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/mnpvs6cf0 (2026-08-22); https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bydawe7ugx (2026-08-31).
List Status
Approved by the Central Elections Committee plenum on 2026-09-27; 72 candidates as of the CEC page last updated 2026-10-14. Ballot letters: עם. Ballot name: רע"ם – הרשימה הערבית המאוחדת.
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Background

Ra'am, the political arm of the southern Islamic Movement, ran within the Joint List from 2015 to 2020 and left before the 2021 election (IDI, https://en.idi.org.il/israeli-elections-and-parties/parties/...). In 2021 it became the first Arab party in decades to join a governing coalition, under Bennett and Lapid (Arab News, 2026-08-31). In December 2025 Abbas said the party would separate from its religious council and become 'completely civic', and denied it is part of the Muslim Brotherhood (Times of Israel, https://www.timesofisrael.com/raam-leader-says-party-will-cu...). On July 27, 2026 he announced the separation from the Islamic Movement and its Shura Council was complete for political decisions and candidate selection (Haaretz, 2026-07-27), and in January 2026 the party opened its slate to Jewish candidates (Times of Israel). The 28th party conference in Tayibe on August 22, 2026, with 1,050 delegates, chose the top five and Abbas said 'The state of Palestine exists and stands, and most of the world recognizes it, except for the US and Israel' (JPost, 2026-08-22). On August 31 Abbas and Segalovitz announced a joint run in Nazareth (JPost; Ynet).

Knesset List

Order and Hebrew names from the Central Elections Committee (CEC list page, 2026-10-14). Lists are as approved by the CEC plenum on September 27, 2026, with candidate resignations recorded since; ballot letters: עם. Party of record in brackets for joint lists. † marks names whose English spelling is transliterated from the filing rather than taken from English-language press.

  1. Mansour Abbas עבאס מנסור [source, October 14, 2026]
  2. Yoav Segalovitz סגלוביץ יואב [source, October 14, 2026]
  3. Waleed Taha טאהא ווליד [source, October 14, 2026]
  4. Waleed Alhwashla אל הואשלה ואליד [source, October 14, 2026]
  5. Iman Khatib-Yassin ח'טיב יאסין אימאן [source, October 14, 2026]
  6. Yasir Hujeirat חוג'יראת יאסר [source, October 14, 2026]
  7. Ibrahim Al-Turi † אל טורי איברהים [source, October 14, 2026]
  8. Abed Al-Karim Masri † מסרי עבד אל כרים [source, October 14, 2026]
  9. Abed Al-Karim Azzam † עזאם עבד אל כרים [source, October 14, 2026]
  10. Ibrahim Abu Laban † אבו לבן אברהים [source, October 14, 2026]
  11. Mohammad Hayeb † הייב מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  12. Muhammad Abu Much † אבו מוך המאם [source, October 14, 2026]
  13. Yasser Alharoumi † אלחרומי יאסר [source, October 14, 2026]
  14. Mohammad Zubeidat † זבידאת מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  15. Kamal Eishan † עישאן כמאל [source, October 14, 2026]
  16. Ashraf Adawi † עדוי אשרף [source, October 14, 2026]
  17. Suheib Alamor † אל עמור סוהיב [source, October 14, 2026]
  18. Nasr Aldin Zoabi † זועבי נסר אלדין [source, October 14, 2026]
  19. Nimer Hussein † חוסין נימר [source, October 14, 2026]
  20. Yahya Dahamsha † דהאמשה יחיא [source, October 14, 2026]
  21. Daoud Affan † עפאן דאוד [source, October 14, 2026]
  22. Rafat Ganaim † גנאים ראפת [source, October 14, 2026]
  23. Salah Anhar Hijazi † חג'אזי סאלח אנהאר [source, October 14, 2026]
  24. Bassem Darawshe † דראושה באסם [source, October 14, 2026]
  25. Ahmad Watad † ותד אחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  26. Adam Alturi † אלטורי אדם [source, October 14, 2026]
  27. Ayman Haroub † חרוב איימן [source, October 14, 2026]
  28. Hanan Hamouda † חמודה חנאן [source, October 14, 2026]
  29. Yasmin Hamdan † חמדאן יאסמין [source, October 14, 2026]
  30. Fatma Bashouti † בשותי פאטמה [source, October 14, 2026]
  31. Daher Amara † אמארה דאהר [source, October 14, 2026]
  32. Abdo Atme † עתמה עבדו [source, October 14, 2026]
  33. Mohammad Hayeb † הייב מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  34. Rayan Hanin Assi † עאסי ריאן חנין [source, October 14, 2026]
  35. Mohammad Naarani † נעראני מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  36. Mohammad Abbas † עבאס מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  37. Manal Hassan † חסן מנאל [source, October 14, 2026]
  38. Zahra Mansour † מנסור זהרה [source, October 14, 2026]
  39. Manar Zreikat † זריקאת מנאר [source, October 14, 2026]
  40. Adeeb Hamdan † חמדאן אדיב [source, October 14, 2026]
  41. Nael Mahamid † מחאמיד נאיל [source, October 14, 2026]
  42. Fadi Aghawi † עג'אוי פאדי [source, October 14, 2026]
  43. Tahrir Odeh Allah † עוד אללה תחריר [source, October 14, 2026]
  44. Wattafa Aghbariya † אגבאריה וטפה [source, October 14, 2026]
  45. Eden Gilguli † ג'לג'ולי עדן [source, October 14, 2026]
  46. Mohammed Hamed † חאמד מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  47. Maytha Hayeb † הייב מייתא [source, October 14, 2026]
  48. Ibrahim Aghbariya † אגבאריה אבראהים [source, October 14, 2026]
  49. Tareq Qadriya † קאדרייה טארק [source, October 14, 2026]
  50. Meged Mohara † מוהרה מגד [source, October 14, 2026]
  51. Khair Affan † עפאן ח'ייר [source, October 14, 2026]
  52. Hitham Badr Gebeili † בדר ג'ביילי ח'יתאם [source, October 14, 2026]
  53. Ahmad Mar'i † מרעי אחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  54. Afif Jiyusi † גיוסי עפיף [source, October 14, 2026]
  55. Amir Omari † עומרי אמיר [source, October 14, 2026]
  56. Hasan Hujeirat † חוג'יראת חסן [source, October 14, 2026]
  57. Mahmoud Saleh † סאלח מחמוד [source, October 14, 2026]
  58. Ziad Minzel † מינזל זיאד [source, October 14, 2026]
  59. Magda Samara † סמארה מאגדה [source, October 14, 2026]
  60. Sami Ashwi † אשווי סאמי [source, October 14, 2026]
  61. Khaled Taha † טאהא כאיד [source, October 14, 2026]
  62. Mamdouh Hayeb † הייב ממדוח [source, October 14, 2026]
  63. Mohammed Raad † רעד מוחמד [source, October 14, 2026]
  64. Shaima Hindawi † הינדאוי שימא [source, October 14, 2026]
  65. Taleb Abu Arar † אבו עראר טלב [source, October 14, 2026]
  66. Ibrahim Al Amour † אל עמור אבראהים [source, October 14, 2026]
  67. Atta Abu Madaeem † אבו מדע'ם עטא [source, October 14, 2026]
  68. Gomaa Al Qatatzi † אל קצאצי גומעה [source, October 14, 2026]
  69. Masoud Ghnaim † גנאים מסעוד [source, October 14, 2026]
  70. Mazen Ghnaim † גנאים מאזן [source, October 14, 2026]
  71. Ibrahim Tzartzur † צרצור אברהים [source, October 14, 2026]
  72. Abd Almalek Dahamsha † דהאמשה עבד אלמאלכ [source, October 14, 2026]

Platform and Positions

Arab citizensAbbas: 'Ra'am chose to return to government with the violence and crime portfolio, and chose to return with the man who managed that fight with us and proved himself in it, Yoav Segalovitz.' Ra'am seeks a role overseeing the fight against crime, not the National Security Ministry. Leader statement. [source, August 31, 2026]
otherAbbas at the Tayibe conference: 'We, the Arab citizens of Israel, are a bridge to achieving peace'; 'The state of Palestine exists and stands, and most of the world recognizes it, except for the US and Israel. We want them to recognize it too, and we are working to achieve peace, reconciliation, and an end to the occupation and conflict.' Leader statement. [source, August 22, 2026]
religion-stateParty institutional change: political decisions and candidate selection separated from the Islamic Movement and Shura Council; Abbas describes the party as 'completely civic' and open to Jewish candidates. Segalovitz retains a free vote on religion and state. [source, July 27, 2026]
Haredi draftSegalovitz is to promote a national-civilian service framework in Arab society under his agreement with Abbas. No Ra'am position on Haredi conscription located. [source, August 31, 2026]
securityKafr Kanna campaign launch (July 18, 2026): speakers said the party aims for seven seats and to be the complementary bloc for a 'change' coalition replacing what they called a 'racist' government. Abbas at Kafr Kabul (July 10): 'the Arab vote will be the one that brings down the current government.' [source, July 19, 2026]
economyJabareen and JPost describe Ra'am's approach as pragmatic influence within the system for budgets for Arab society (JPost explainer, 2026-09-01); 2021 coalition agreement secured multi-billion shekel commitments (Arab News). [source, September 1, 2026]

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