Abbas' speech also highlighted the rift in the Arab sector, when the joint list attacked those who until recently were their partner: "The man does not represent the Arab-Palestinian public."
The chairman of the RAAM party delivered a speech today (Thursday) in which he called for reconciliation, the opening of a new page and cross-sectoral cooperation with the Arab public.
As expected, his statement to the media drew reactions from a number of actors on the political map.
Mansour Abbas' speech // Photo: Shmuel Buharis
A senior official on the joint list: "Mansour Abbas' speech, a speech of subservience and flattery intended for the ears of the racist right and the rabbis of the settlers in Israel.
This is not the man who represents the Arab-Palestinian public in Israel. "
Itamar Ben Gvir, chairman of the Jewish Power Party, said: "Mansour Abbas' speech tries to portray as a 'cute bear' those who belong to the Islamic movement, support Hamas, and sanctify infant killers.
A coalition that leans on Abbas will be the end of the right and we have no mandate to do so.
And a coalition with the joint and Meretz will send Bennett and Saar home and they have no mandate to do so.
I call on all our partners on the right to form a right-wing government together without relying on the Hamas-supporting Islamic movement. "
Former MK Orit Stork wrote: "The very fact that the State of Israel is holding its breath to hear what Mansour Abbas will say is both unbearable and unforgivable."