Taleb Abu Arar (Arabic: طلب أبو عرار, Hebrew: טלב אבו עראר; born 4 May 1967) is a Bedouin Israeli-Arab politician who previously served as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List.
Talab Abu Arar | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2013–2015 | United Arab List |
| 2015–2019 | Joint List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1967 Israel |
Biography
editAbu Arar began his career as a teacher, working at the Abu-Arar school from 1989 until 2000. Between 2000 and 2004 he served as Head of the Ar'arat an-Naqab local council.
In 2009 he was appointed manager of the United Arab List faction in the Knesset. In 2012 he was placed fourth on the United Arab List's list for the 2013 Knesset elections,[1] and entered the Knesset as the party won four seats.[2] Abu Arar was placed Ninth on the Joint List's electoral list for the 2015 election[3] and was re-elected as the list won 13 seats.[4] ahead of the April 2019 election, he was placed fifth on the joint Ra'am-Balad list, and was not re-elected as the alliance won four seats.[5]
Abu Arar is married to two women and between them, has 10 children.[6][7] He earned a Bachelor's Degree in law, at Ono Academic College.
References
edit- ^ United Arab List Central Elections Committee (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Final official results of the Elections for the Nineteenth Knesset". CEC. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ Shaalan, Hassan (2015-01-22). "Arab parties to run as one list in upcoming elections". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "רשימות - ילקוט הפרסומים" (PDF). bechirot.gov.il. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "תוצאות ארציות". CEC. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "i24NEWS". www.i24news.tv. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Lidman, Melanie. "Polygamy is illegal in Israel. So why is it allowed to flourish among Negev Bedouin?". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
External links
edit- Talab Abu Arar on the Knesset website
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