Mansour Abbas
Mansour Abbas is an Israeli politician. He is currently the leader of the United Arab List and a Knesset Member on the party's behalf. He was appointed as the chair of Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs in the Knesset on 27 April 2021 and served as deputy Chairman of the Knesset. In 2021, Abbas made history by becoming the first Israeli political leader of Arab descent to join an Israeli governing coalition. He is a qualified dentist.
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His party's pragmatic approach of joining a previous coalition sparked debate within the Arab political spectrum.
Hadash often criticizes Abbas's pragmatic approach and previous coalition participation for potentially legitimizing right-wing governments without achieving fundamental changes for Palestinian rights and equality.