According to Maariv, MK Yoav Segalovitch and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas have agreed on placing Segalovitch in the second spot on the party's Knesset list, making him the first Jewish representative in the party's history.
A preliminary agreement has been reached between MK Yoav Segalovitch (Yesh Atid) and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas for Segalovitch to be placed second on the Ra'am electoral list, according to a report by Maariv. If finalized, Segalovitch would become the first Jewish representative on the slate of the Arab Islamist party.
Prior reports, covered by The Zioneer, noted that Segalovitch had conditioned his participation on Ra'am's recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, and that Abbas had said formal alliances would be decided after the party's August 22 primaries. Segalovitch, a former senior police officer who founded the Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit, brings a security-first profile to the party.
The Maariv report is the first to indicate a specific list placement, suggesting that negotiations have advanced beyond the exploratory stage. It remains unclear whether the agreement has been ratified by Ra'am's internal bodies or how it might affect the party's primary process.
2 developments
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- DevelopingMansour Abbas reportedly promotes adding MK Yoav Segalovich to Ra'am
- DevelopingMansour Abbas reportedly resists full Arab party unity ahead of elections
- DevelopingMansour Abbas: Joint Arab list off the table, others will brand me a traitor
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