MK Mansour Abbas’ remarks are a significant departure from previous Arab parties’ refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News The chair of the Islamist Ra’am party , said on Tuesday that Israel is undeniably a Jewish country, and that it will always stay that way. “Israel was born a Jewish state, that was the decision of the people, and the question is not what is the identity of the state — it was born this way and it will remain this way,” said MK Mansour Abbas at a Channel 12 media conference on...