Reports that MK Yoav Segalovitz is joining Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am party ignited a firestorm on social media Sunday, drawing sharp reactions from politicians and public figures.
1+National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tied the emerging alliance to the previous government’s policies: “We took the money that Segalovitz-Bennett transferred to crime families in the Muslim Brotherhood government. Now Segalovitz and Mansour in a joint comeback want to give it back to them.”
MK Tali Gottlieb said the possibility of Segalovitz joining Ra’am doesn’t surprise her, citing an earlier post she made on the subject: “Already in January ’26 I published that Mansour Abbas, terror supporter, found himself a new pet Jew for his party, Yoav Segalovitz from Yesh Atid. The Muslim Brotherhood is undoubtedly laughing at the Jews all the way to imposing Sharia on Israel, God forbid.”
Channel 14 Military and Security Analyst Noam Amir sharply attacked the emerging alliance, claiming Segalovitz is trying to escape at the last minute from a party losing its strength: “Segalovitz is another political rag who sees Yesh Atid collapsing into itself and is running to find himself shelter with Mansour Abbas.”
Shay Kallach, a former Air Force combat pilot, co-founder of the “Netzach Yisrael” movement and a candidate in Likud’s primaries for the national list, presented the alliance as part of a broader move to form a joint government of opposition parties and Ra’am: “Yoav Segalovitz was deputy minister of internal security on behalf of the Yesh Atid party in the previous government. Isn’t it clear to anyone here that all these musical chairs are designed so that Bennett, Lapid and Eisenkot will form a government together with Mansour Abbas and Yair Golan?”
On the other hand, some supported the move. Asaf Zamir, acting deputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, presented the alliance as a political move that could positively impact the upcoming elections: “Mansour Abbas and Yoav Segalovitz, brilliant. I hope this happens, it could have great significance in many respects in the upcoming elections.”
1+According to reports, contacts have been taking place recently between Segalovitz and Ra’am officials regarding the possibility of him joining the party’s list ahead of the upcoming elections. At this stage, no final understandings have been reached, and no official announcement has been made by either side about his joining or his possible position on the list.
Ra’am clarified that such an alliance would only be possible after the party’s conference, which will convene on August 22. During the conference, party chairman Mansour Abbas is expected to try to convince members to authorize him to conduct post-election negotiations to join a coalition, with Segalovitz potentially serving as a minister on behalf of the party.