Mansour Abbas accuses Netanyahu of incitement, reveals past conversation about Sinwar

Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of incitement following a Knesset speech, saying it endangers his life. Abbas also revealed that during the 2021 Guardian of the Walls operation, Netanyahu told him he and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar understand each other.

Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas revealed in an interview with 103fm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him during Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021 that he and Yahya Sinwar understand each other. Abbas said he was stunned by the remarks, and that Netanyahu was under a mistaken conception. He added that Netanyahu promised to send him 'the note of the calculated risk,' the existence of which he had not known until then. Abbas attacked Netanyahu's speech at the opening of the Knesset session, which he defined as incitement against Arab citizens and their representatives, and accused Netanyahu of attempting to thwart the government replacement in a non-democratic way. He called for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, and said he would stand before it and provide any required material. Abbas also recounted a message he received from Nathan Eshel on election day, in which he was asked whether Ra'am would replace the government.