He added: "This is the hour for action, and our responsibility is not to miss the opportunity for change and to save Israel," while no comment had been issued by Abbas regarding the meeting as of 18:00 (GMT).
The meeting comes within the framework of moves being made by Israeli opposition leaders to form a new government, after the Netanyahu camp failed to obtain the parliamentary majority necessary to form a government.
The Hebrew newspaper "Israel Hayom" reported on Thursday that Golan held separate meetings with the head of the "Yashar" party, Gadi Eisenkot, and opposition leader Yair Lapid, in addition to his meeting with Mansour Abbas, as part of coordinating political moves following the elections.
Golan had called on the leaders of the change camp to reconsider their positions regarding cooperation with Arab parties, in order to find a way to form a new government.
Golan previously announced his support for the participation of the United Arab List in a future government, while the head of the "Yisrael Beiteinu" party, Avigdor Lieberman, opposes forming a government coalition with the participation of Arab parties.
On Thursday evening, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority announced the end of the vote counting for the elections, with the Netanyahu camp obtaining 53 seats, compared to 48 for the change camp and 19 for the Arab parties, out of 120 seats in the Knesset, with final results to be announced next Wednesday after the completion of audit operations.
The United Arab List, headed by Mansour Abbas, won 8 seats, compared to 11 for the Arab Joint List.
Thus, the total number of seats for the change camp and the Arab parties reaches 67, but the Arab parties are not counted within the change camp, which makes the formation of an alternative government dependent on reaching political understandings between the parties.
