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Ra am party leader Mansour Abbas at the party s headquarters in Tamra on election night, March 23, 2021 (Flash90)
Leaders of the Islamist Ra’am party, seen as a potential kingmaker in the wake of the March 23 election, met Saturday in Nazareth to discuss whom they will recommend the president task with forming a government.
Party leader Mansour Abbas attended the meeting, whose participants included activists, local council leaders and members of the party’s consultative council, Channel 12 reported.
Ra’am and the other parties elected to the Knesset will meet with President Reuven Rivlin on Monday to give their recommendations for prime minister. Rivlin is expected to announce on Wednesday which candidate will be given the mandate to attempt to form a government.
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Ra am party leader Mansour Abbas at the party headquarters in Tamra, on election night, March 23, 2021. (Flash90)
Leaders of the Islamist Ra’am party, seen as a potential kingmaker in the wake of the March 23 election, took no decision at a meeting Saturday in Nazareth on who, if anyone, they will recommend the president task with forming a government, and did not indicate whether the party will openly back any would-be prime minister’s effort to form a coalition.
Party leader Mansour Abbas, speaking to Channel 12, said only: “We are awaiting developments in the coming days” on the readiness of the political establishment to accept a meaningful role for Arabs.
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