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Ra'am Party Leader Abbas Willing to Designate Hamas as Terrorist Group

Mansour Abbas, leader of the Ra'am party, is reportedly willing to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization to join an opposition bloc against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. This condition was set by opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot.

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What happened

01Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas may recognize Hamas as a terrorist group for political partnership.
02Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot made designating Hamas a prerequisite for cooperation with Ra'am.
03Yair Golan expects Abbas to make the designation, allowing negotiations to proceed.
04Abbas has not confirmed details but reiterated his party's condemnation of terrorism.
05Bezalel Smotrich warned Haredi parties against negotiating with Eisenkot's bloc.

Yair Golan believes negotiations will proceed, though Abbas has not confirmed details. The party previously supported Hamas's dissolution under a U.S. plan and condemns terrorism.

Translated and summarized by baba from Cursorinfo, the latest report. Read Cursorinfo’s original