Raam Gives Zionist Yoav Segalovitz No. 2 Spot Before October Election
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 31
Raam Gives Zionist Yoav Segalovitz No. 2 Spot Before October Election
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 31
Summary
Yoav Segalovitz, a former Yesh Atid lawmaker and ex-deputy national security minister, was named No. 2 on Mansour Abbas’s Raam list for Israel’s October election.
The move is Abbas’s clearest bid yet to win Jewish legitimacy for his Islamist Arab party and strengthen its chances of joining the next governing coalition.
It marks a rare break in Israeli politics: Arab parties had previously included only Jews from the political fringes, not a figure from the Zionist mainstream.
Raam could again be pivotal after the vote, with opposition forces potentially needing its seats to deny Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu another term.