Ra'am
Israeli-Arab political party
The United Arab List, commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Ra'am (Hebrew: רע"מ), is an Islamist and conservative political party in Israel. In 2021 it joined the thirty-sixth government. It is currently led by Mansour Abbas.
The party functioned as the political wing of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, which supported the Oslo I Accord and began participating in Israeli parliamentary elections), until July 2026, when Ra'am announced its separation from the Islamic Movement.
It was part of the Joint List but left the alliance on 28 January 2021.
The party announced in January 2026 that it would allow Jewish candidates on its electoral list, in advance of the 2026 Israeli legislative election, with Yoav Segalovitz announced in late August as the party's first Jewish candidate.
History
Establishment
The party was established prior to the 1996 election, unrelated to the original United Arab List that existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was joined in an electoral alliance by the Arab Democratic Party (which held two seats in the outgoing parliament) and the southern faction of the Islamic Movement, led by Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish. The party initially went under the title of Mada-Ra'am, Mada being the acronym and common name for the Arab Democratic Party. In the election, the party won four seats.
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