In a 2015 speech, Mansour Abbas, the Israeli Arab leader of the Islamist Ra'am political party, admitted his affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, explaining that the reason the southern branch of the Israeli Islamic Movement stopped terrorist activity and entered the Israeli political arena was not a change of heart, but the realization that it could not survive through violent activity—a change in tactics. According to him, they actually coordinated this in prison during the 1980s with the leaders of the Islamic Movement in the West Bank and Gaza, who would soon go on to establish Hamas. He further noted that Hamas was inspired by Israeli jihadi terrorists to establish the notorious Qassam Brigades. Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas has managed to convince the Israeli left that he is moderate. He is not moderate. He is the Muslim Brotherhood. In 2019, he clearly explained that his and his party's intention is confrontation with Israel. He openly admitted that they are using Israeli democracy as a tool to erode Israel from within. A classic Muslim Brotherhood tactic.

In a 2015 speech, Mansour Abbas, the Israeli Arab leader of the Islamist Ra'am political party, admitted his affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, explaining that the reason the southern branch of the Israeli Islamic Movement stopped terrorist activity and entered the Israeli political arena was not a change of heart, but the realization that it could not survive through violent activity—a change in tactics. According to him, they actually coordinated this in prison during the 1980s with the leaders of the Islamic Movement in the West Bank and Gaza, who would soon go on to establish Hamas. He further noted that Hamas was inspired by Israeli jihadi terrorists to establish the notorious Qassam Brigades. Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas has managed to convince the Israeli left that he is moderate. He is not moderate. He is the Muslim Brotherhood. In 2019, he clearly explained that his and his party's intention is confrontation with Israel. He openly admitted that they are using Israeli democracy as a tool to erode Israel from within. A classic Muslim Brotherhood tactic.