Mansour Abbas marks the target for the elections
Mansour Abbas said that Ra'am aspires to be the complementary bloc for forming the coalition after the elections. On its place in the political system, he said, "I will not allow anyone - not Netanyahu…
Assessment
Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas is positioning his party as a potential coalition kingmaker after the upcoming elections, rejecting efforts by both Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Golan to box him into a predetermined political camp. This signals a deliberate strategy of maintaining maximum flexibility rather than committing to either the right or left blocs. The key question is whether Netanyahu or Golan will succeed in forcing a choice, or whether Abbas can sustain this independent posture through negotiations.