© (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) Breaking news Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas stated that the State of Israel was born a Jewish state and would remain so, in statements at the "Globes" Israel Business Conference on Tuesday. "The State of Israel was born as a Jewish state and will remain so," said Abbas. "We are realistic. I do not want to delude anyone. The question is not what the identity of the state is but rather what the status of the Arab citizen is in it."