Islamist-conservative Arab party that broke the taboo on joining a Zionist-led coalition, trading ideology for budgets, planning rights and civil equality. In August 2026 it broke two more: it picked a slate by primary for the first time, without the Shura Council, and put a Jewish former deputy minister second on it.
The list, who comes with them
How this list is picked. Ra'am elects the top of its list at a party conference, under rules that fix the shape rather than the names: places reserved for the Galilee, the Triangle and the Negev in an order that follows where the chairman comes from, and one place reserved for a woman. The party's institutions set the order below the elected places.
Mansour AbbasParty Chairman→
Yoav SegalovitzFormer Deputy Public Security Minister→
Waleed TahaMK→
Waleed AlhwashlaMK (Negev)→
Iman Khatib-YassinMK→
Yasir HujeiratMK→Ibrahim al-TuriCandidate from Rahat→Abd al-Karim MasriCandidate from Kafr Qara→Abd al-Karim AzzamCandidate from Nazareth→Ibrahim Abu LabanCandidate from Ramla→Show 20 more namesShow fewer
Mohammad HayebRa'am coordinator in the northern Bedouin villages→Humam Abu MokhCandidate from Baqa al-Gharbiyya→Yasser al-HarumiHead of the al-Sir local committee→Mohammad ZbeidatCandidate→Kamal IshanCandidate→Ashraf AdawiLawyer→Suhaib al-AmourYouth organiser from Kuseife→Nasr al-Din ZoabiCandidate→Nimr HusseinIslamic Movement figure from Deir al-Asad→Yahya DahamsheLawyer, head of the Islamic Movement's political bureau→Daoud AffanSecretary-general of the United Arab List→Rafat GhanaimCandidate→Anhar Hijazi-SalehCandidate→Bassem DarawsheCandidate→Ahmad WatadCandidate→Adam al-TuriCandidate→Ayman KharoubCandidate→Hamoudeh HananCandidate→Yasmin HamdanRa'am women's coordinator in Kafr Kanna→Fatma BashoutiCandidate→Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 5 projected seats, roughly the top 5 names get in.