{
  "id": 4704186,
  "title": "Jewish former MK Yoav Segalovitz announces unprecedented run with Arab Ra’am party",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/jewish-former-mk-yoav-segalovitz-announces-unprecedented-run-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T19:58:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Times of Israel",
    "slug": "the-times-of-israel",
    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-former-mk-yoav-segalovitz-announces-unprecedented-run-with-arab-raam-party/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Yoav Segalovitz, a former Yesh Atid MK and police official, has announced that he will run with the Arab Ra'am party. According to Haaretz, Segalovitz said the partnership aims to break down political divides between Jewish and Arab Israelis and build cooperation based on trust and a shared effort to improve the country.\n\nSegalovitz, a former head of Lahav 433, had recently resigned from the Knesset and departed from the Yesh Atid Party. He will join Ra'am's slate ahead of the upcoming elections, but will not actually join the party to maintain flexibility, as reported by The Times of Israel.\n\nThe move has been seen as a way for Ra'am to be viewed as a more viable coalition partner. Ra'am joined the coalition in 2021 during the Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid government, marking the first time an Arab party was a formal member of a governing coalition. The Jerusalem Post reported that Ra'am leader MK Mansour Abbas and Segalovitz made the announcement in a joint press conference.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Ra'am's Abbas announces former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovich will join Arab party slate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/raams-abbas-announces-former-yesh-atid-mk-yoav-segalovich-will-join",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:00:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Ex-Centrist Jewish MK joins United Arab List slate for 2026 Israeli election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ex-centrist-jewish-mk-joins-united-arab-list-slate-for-2026-israeli",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:11:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Mansour Abbas Recruits Yoav Segalovitz to Join Raam Party in Israeli Election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/mansour-abbas-recruits-yoav-segalovitz-to-join-raam-party-in-israeli",
        "published": "2026-08-31T22:08:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}