MK Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, April 19, 2021. Israelâs March 2021 parliamentary elections and those scheduled for the Palestinian Authority on May 22, 2021, in the West Bank have focused international attention on two Arab leaders; Mansour Abbas, leader of Israelâs United Arab List faction ( Raâam), and Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Chairman of its ideological âparent,â the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Although Mansour Abbas and Mahmoud Abbas share the same family name, they are unrelated. They also diverge in their approaches to their local constituencies, Israel, and the Middle East. Dr. Mansour Abbas, a 46-year-old dentist from northern Israel and Chairman of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israelâs