Ra’am Ready to Join Israeli Government Led by Eisenkot, Abbas Says

Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra’am), said late Tuesday that his party was prepared to join an Israeli government headed by former military chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot.

The statement signalled Abbas’s openness to participating in a coalition under Eisenkot, described as the leading challenger to outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Abbas’s remarks concerned Ra’am’s willingness to enter such a government, rather than an announcement that a coalition agreement had been reached.

No conditions for Ra’am’s participation or details of a potential governing arrangement were provided in the statement.