Positions for the 2026 election
Ra'am is presented here as a separate party. It announced that it was willing to run only in a technical joint list in which each party retains its independence, without a shared platform or coalition partnership. No final agreement among the four parties had been found as of 16 July 2026, and as of 31 July 2026 Ra'am's positions were still assessed separately from Hadash–Ta'al–Balad.
Mansour Abbas voted in June 2026 for three bills to establish a state commission of inquiry, and Iman Khatib-Yassin voted in committee in January to establish one. These are recent actions by the party chair and another representative.
Mansour Abbas described an independent and powerful judiciary as a necessary check on the government and the Knesset and as a central safeguard for the Arab minority. This directly opposes the thesis.
Ra'am supported limiting a prime minister to two consecutive terms, and all five members of the parliamentary group also voted for the same proposal in the 2023 roll-call vote. Two consistent parliamentary-group actions on the exact mechanism warrant high confidence.
The sources reviewed contained no party document, quotation, or Knesset action that fully resolves the mechanism in the thesis: cancelling unequal allocations and transferring them to the regular budget, even at the cost of undermining an existing agreement. General criticism of the budget is insufficient.
All five Ra'am MKs voted against the law. This was a complete and unanimous vote on the precise mechanism.
Mansour Abbas proposed that Arab states assume responsibility within Gaza, alongside a civilian government and an international umbrella. All three components correspond precisely to the thesis.
Mansour Abbas proposed that Arab states assume security responsibility within Gaza alongside a civilian government and an international umbrella. This is an explicit alternative to lasting Israeli freedom of action and control within the Strip.
Mansour Abbas explicitly supports a Palestinian state alongside Israel in peace and security, while also proposing a regional partnership in Gaza. This directly supports both parts of the thesis.
Ra'am's documented diplomatic position supports ending the occupation and establishing a Palestinian state. Permanent Israeli sovereignty over all of Area C contradicts both objectives.
No reliable party source, parliamentary record, or leadership interview was found that establishes Ra'am's position on opening all combat and command roles to women according to professional criteria.
Ra'am supports ending the occupation and establishing a Palestinian state and opposes Israeli settlement in the Palestinian territories. Renewed settlement in Gaza conflicts with that position, but no recent party quotation on the issue itself was found.
Ra'am MKs voted against the law at its third reading. This is a direct and recent parliamentary-group action.
Mansour Abbas called for service by everyone and explicitly applied the principle to Arab society as well, through military or national service.
No direct party source was found that establishes Ra'am's position on imposing substantial personal and economic sanctions on people liable for service, particularly yeshiva students.
Mansour Abbas opposed civil marriage on religious grounds. The source is direct but not recent.
All five Ra'am MKs voted for the final text, which also applies to Sharia courts.
No direct party source was found that establishes Ra'am's position on whether local authorities should be empowered to operate public transport on Shabbat.
No official Ra'am source was found that makes funding for educational institutions conditional on teaching a minimum core curriculum.
Ra'am MK Iman Khatib-Yassin sponsored a Basic Law proposal on equality, and Mansour Abbas called for equality to be enshrined in law. This is direct and recent evidence.
Ra'am states that joining a coalition and serving in government is a political objective and asks to be assessed according to agreements and a work plan.
No recent Ra'am party source was found that links raising taxes on high earners to funding expanded social services.
Ra'am's Iman Khatib-Yassin initiated a bill to subject a basket of basic healthy foods to price controls and continued to address price controls and their effect on families in poverty.
No official Ra'am source was found that establishes a position on lowering tariffs on agricultural food imports even at the cost of harming farmers.
Ra'am did not participate in the vote, and no other source was found that establishes a position on basing eligibility on the mother's employment rather than considering the father's status.
All five Ra'am MKs voted against approving the exemption up to $130.
As of 3 August 2026, no sufficiently direct, current public source was found that establishes whether Ra'am supports the precise exceptional mechanism described in the thesis. Opposition to violence or general support for enforcement is insufficient.
The entire Ra'am parliamentary group committed to voting against the restrictive Citizenship Law even at the cost of a no-confidence vote. This is a direct party decision.
Mansour Abbas and three other Ra'am MKs voted against the proposed ban in 2020. No explicit change in the party's position has since been found.
Ra'am continues to place a multi-year civilian programme, funding for local authorities, prevention, and employment at the centre of its response to crime. In July 2026, Mansour Abbas opposed transferring half a billion shekels from the programme to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the police and presented an alternative plan; this provides current support for prioritising civilian tools without ruling out targeted professional assistance from the Shin Bet.
During the official congestion-charge hearing, Ra'am MK Iman Khatib-Yassin said the general idea was good and that part of the revenue should be earmarked in advance for public transport, but conditioned support on remedies and exemptions for places without alternatives. The position is therefore neither opposition nor unqualified agreement with the thesis as written.
Last updated: 2026-08-04