Ra'am
רע״ם
Ra'am won 8 of the 120 seats in the election of 27 October 2026, with 337,720 votes (5.93%).
Ra'am, the United Arab List, is a conservative Arab party founded in 1996. For years it was the political wing of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement, from which it separated in July 2026. Mansour Abbas leads it.
It left the Joint List in January 2021, and in June 2021 it joined Naftali Bennett's government, the first independent Arab party to join a governing coalition. For 2026 it opened its list to Jewish candidates.
- Leader
- Mansour Abbas
- Founded
- 1996
- In the 26th Knesset
- 8 seats
- Joint lists
- Joint List
The best result of Ra'am since 2013 was 8 seats, in the election of 2026.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where Ra'am ran inside a joint list, the column is the whole list's seats.
On its own listThe whole joint list it ran inside
| Election | List | Letters | Votes | Share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ra'am | 337,720 | 5.9% | 8 | |
| 2022 | Ra'am | עם | 194,047 | 4.1% | 5 |
| 2021 | Ra'am | עם | 167,064 | 3.8% | 4 |
| 2020 | Joint List | ודעם | 581,507 | 12.7% | 15 |
| September 2019 | Joint List | ודעם | 470,211 | 10.6% | 13 |
| April 2019 | Ra'am | דעם | 143,666 | 3.3% | 4 |
| 2015 | Joint List | ודעם | 446,583 | 10.6% | 13 |
| 2013 | Ra'am | עם | 138,450 | 3.7% | 4 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
Ra'am has 8 members in the 26th Knesset.
Mansour Abbas
No. 1 on the list
Yoav Segalovitz
No. 2 on the list
Waleed Taha
No. 3 on the list
Waleed Alhwashla
No. 4 on the list
Iman Khatib-Yassin
No. 5 on the list
Yasir Hujeirat
No. 6 on the list
Ibrahim Al-Turi
No. 7 on the list
Abd El-Karim Masri
No. 8 on the list
In the election of 2026, Ra'am took its highest share of the vote in Mas'udin Al-'azazme, 96.5%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Mas'udin Al-'azazme96.5%
- A'sam93.9%
- Segev-Shalom91.7%
- Abu Ruqayeq90.2%
- Tel Sheva89.8%
These parties are part of the story of Ra'am.
- Ta'alTa'al, the Arab Movement for Renewal, is an Arab nationalist party that Ahmad Tibi founded for the election of 1996, and he still leads it.
- BaladBalad, the National Democratic Assembly, is a secular Arab party that Azmi Bishara founded in 1995.
- Joint ListThe Joint List is an alliance of Arab-majority parties.
Frequently asked questions
Who leads Ra'am?
Mansour Abbas leads Ra'am.
When was Ra'am founded?
Ra'am was founded in 1996.
How many seats does Ra'am have in the Knesset?
Ra'am won 8 of the 120 seats in the election of 27 October 2026, with 337,720 votes (5.93%).
What were the ballot letters of Ra'am?
In the election of 2022, Ra'am ran on the ballot letters עם.
Sources: English Wikipedia, United Arab List, Hebrew Wikipedia, הרשימה הערבית המאוחדת, the Central Elections Committee.