Mansour Abbas is an Israeli politician and qualified dentist who serves as the leader of the United Arab List (Ra'am) party and a member of the Knesset. He became Secretary General of Ra'am in 2007 and was elected chairman of the party in 2018. First elected to the Knesset in 2019, he made history in 2021 when Ra'am became the first independent Arab party to join an Israeli governing coalition. He has also served as deputy Chairman of the Knesset and chaired the Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs.
In the news: Denied reports claiming he offered to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization in exchange for Ra'am joining a governing coalition.
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