Former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovich joins Raam's Israeli election slate

The short version

• Raam leader Mansour Abbas announced that former police major-general and Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovich will run second on the party's electoral slate.[Al Jazeera]
• Segalovich will join the parliamentary faction without formally becoming a party member, preserving his autonomy on security, religion, and LGBTQ rights.[Al Jazeera]
• The move drew criticism from the Joint List, which urged Raam to rejoin the broader Arab political alliance instead.[Al Jazeera]
• The alliance aims to ease potential coalition partnerships with Jewish opposition factions, though leaders like Avigdor Liberman have already ruled out working with Raam.[Al Jazeera]

Key facts

• Raam leader Mansour Abbas announced that former Yesh Atid lawmaker and former police major-general Yoav Segalovich will run second on Raam's electoral slate.[Al Jazeera]
• Under the agreement, Segalovich will join the list and faction without becoming a party member, retaining independent votes on religion, security, and LGBTQ rights.[Al Jazeera]
• The Joint List criticized Abbas for partnering with Segalovich instead of rejoining their unified Arab alliance.[Al Jazeera]
• Avigdor Liberman stated that Raam cannot be a coalition partner in the next Israeli government.[Al Jazeera]
• An August Channel 13 poll indicated that a slate including Segalovich could perform somewhat better than Raam had in other surveys.[Al Jazeera]

Sources

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