The RAAM party, led by Mansour Abbas, announced today (Tuesday) after a meeting between the leaders of the joint list that it is ready Not to recommend or support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Which will leave the party as part of the joint list. This, in exchange for the agreement of the other parties on the list to two conditions that it set. Nevertheless, the RAAM said that negotiations are still underway, and have not yet made a final decision. Tonight, another meeting of the list leaders on the issue is expected.
The first condition What the party has stated is that the other components of the list will agree to publicly declare “who does.” That is, to clarify which of the candidates is acceptable to the members of the list and to whom they will recommend to the Prime Minister. The party added that the list must announce “which of the candidates can be worked with and in what way, and what are the limits allowed for influence.”
This, according to RAAM, serves its ultimate goal that the party chairman has been pushing for some time, and that is “strengthening the political power of the Arab voter and expressing it in his favor and gaining rights. We want the common voters not to face a Pandora’s box, but know exactly what They will receive from us. ”
Top of the joint list (Photo: Yonatan Zindel, Flash 90)The second condition Is that the joint list will respect the law and will not support any bill that is contrary to it, which could harm the status of the Sharia courts. The condition also focuses on the issue of the LGBT community and surrogacy. As is well known, parts of the list, such as representatives of the Hadash party, publicly support the granting of equal rights to the LGBT community and the enactment of laws that are inconsistent with the teachings of RAAM members.
As you may recall, Mansour Abbas has made headlines in recent months due to the surprising cooperation between him and Benjamin Netanyahu and other parts of the right-wing camp. He challenged the left-wing camp, both Jewish and Arab, for his political cooperation with the Jewish right. In an interview with Maariv on the subject, he said: “Israeli society, especially the right, thinks that it is impossible to reach an acceptance of the Arab. There is always a feeling that if the Arabs rule, the Jews will be the victim. They will suffer. They will be thrown into the sea. I take these fears seriously. “In this mechanism of intimidation, and it is true, but in my opinion there is a place where we Arabs also pay attention to it and we will treat fear seriously and not in denial.”