Report: Likud Maintains Contact with Ra'am; Party Responds to Claims

Journalist Mohammad Magadli claimed that senior figures in the Likud party and close associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are maintaining contact with Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas, The Jerusalem Post and news website Srugim reported.

According to the reports, Magadli stated that talks took place between the sides since polls closed and that the channel between Likud and Ra'am "was never closed," despite public opposition within the party to any cooperation. Following the report, Likud issued its first response to the claims.

Further details regarding the substance of the talks and Likud's full response have not yet been released.