Mansour Abbas denies report he offered to label Hamas as terrorist for coalition role

Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas denied a report that he was willing to declare Hamas a terrorist organization in exchange for joining the government, stating in a TV interview that no such statement was made.

Ra'am chairman, MK Mansour Abbas, denied today (Wednesday) in an interview with Hala TV a report published on ynet, according to which he is willing to declare Hamas a terrorist organization in exchange for joining the next government. Abbas said: "I did not make that statement," and called on the Arab public to refer only to official announcements from him and his party. Alongside the denial, he clarified that his goal is to join a coalition that will replace the government of Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Ben Gvir.