The RAAM party submitted its list to the 24th Knesset separately, thus dissolving the partnership with the other Arab parties • MK Abbas: "This is a new era in Arab society"
Top of the joint list before the previous election, March 2020
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Gil Eliyahu - Ginny
The RAAM party today (Thursday) submitted its list of candidates for the Knesset to the Central Election Commission. In doing so, the partnership with the other Arab parties on the joint list was finally dissolved.
In the first place will be the chairman of the Prime Minister, MK Abbas Mansour, in the second place, the former mayor of Sakhnin, Mazen Ganaim, who resigned from Balad, and in the third place, Said al-Harumi. D, signed a joint platform in Shefar'am.
MK Abbas told Israel Today after submitting the list: "Today we are entering a new era, in which we want to realize the political partnership and act for the benefit of Arab society and society in general."
"We hope that this election will decide the question of the Arab-Jewish partnership, and that our Arab citizens' ability to take an influential role in issues that are important to Arab society. We hope that the Jewish majority will also work to realize our goals," MK Abbas added.
Balad chairman MK Sami Abu Shehadeh: "Today, together with our friends in Hadash and Ta'al, we submitted the list to the 24th Knesset.
"In the joint list in general and in Balad in particular, we will continue to jointly lead the struggle for justice, equality and just peace, and strive for the state of all its citizens, which is the democratic project that can end the conflict and open a new horizon for future generations."
Earlier, the chairman of the joint list faction in the Knesset, MK Ahmad Tibi, called on the chairman of Ra'am to reconsider Ra'am's resignation from the joint list, saying: "The door is still open.
I am willing to give up my place as number 2 on the joint list in favor of Abbas Mansour, in order to maintain the unity of the list for Arab society.
It's not too late. "