It’s Tuesday, November 25, and Mansour Abbas is in trouble. Hailed by many during the Bennett-Lapid government of 2021-22 as a model of coexistence, his Ra’am party is now concerned it may be banned from the Knesset.
There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s get into it.
After Donald Trump announced his plan to designate certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups, Benjamin Netanyahu praised the president on Sunday night, calling the Muslim Brotherhood “an organization that endangers stability throughout the Middle East and beyond the Middle East as well.”
Ok, but what does this have to do with Mansour Abbas? Well, let’s see what Bibi said next: “The State of Israel has already outlawed part of the organization, and we are working to complete this action soon.”