Sami Abu Shehadeh
{{Short description|Israeli politician}}
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|birth_place = Lod, Israel
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|suboffice1 = Joint List
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Sami Abu Shehadeh ({{langx|ar|سامي ابو شحادة}}, {{langx|he|סָאמִי אַבּוּ שְׁחַאדַה}}) is a Palestinian Israeli politician. He is the leader of Balad,{{cite news|title=Sami Abu Shehadeh wins Balad primaries|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-elections/sami-abu-shehadeh-wins-balad-primaries-656452|access-date=24 January 2021|work=The Jerusalem Post|language=en|date=23 January 2021|author=Udi Shaham}} and served as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List from 2019 to 2022.[https://www.timesofisrael.com/21st-knesset-we-hardly-knew-ye-meet-the-almost-identical-22nd/ Times of Israel article on members of the 22nd Knesset] Source, 19 September 2019
Biography
Abu Shehadeh was born in Lod to a Muslim family and raised in Jaffa. He attended Terra Santa High School, a Catholic school located in Old Jaffa.
Abu Shehadeh studied for a master's degree in Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University, and wrote a doctorate on Jaffa as a cultural center during the British Mandate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israels-70th-anniversary/Israels-70th-anniversary-through-Arab-eyes-550040|title=Israel's 70th anniversary through Arab eyes|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com|access-date=28 December 2019}}
Political career
Abu Shehadeh was a member of the Tel Aviv-Yafo City Council{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180313-sami-abu-shehadeh-at-jerusalem-legalising-the-occupation-conference/|title=Sami Abu Shehadeh at 'Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation' conference|date=13 March 2018|website=Middle East Monitor|language=en-GB|access-date=28 December 2019}} for a number of years until 2013, on behalf of the Jaffa faction. He served as the Director of the Yaffa Youth Movement.{{cite web |title=Sami Abu Shehadeh |url=https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/sami_abu_shehadeh/ |website=European Council on Foreign Relations |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=25 June 2021}}
In the elections for the 22nd Knesset, he was placed third on the Balad list following the retirement of Mazen Ghnaim, and after uniting with the other Arab parties, he was placed 13th on the Joint List.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecfr.eu/mapping_palestinian_politics/detail/sami_abu_shehadeh|title=Sami Abu Shehadeh {{!}} Mapping Palestinian Politics|website=www.ecfr.eu|date=12 August 2019 |access-date=28 December 2019}} On 23 January 2021, he was elected as the party chairman of the Balad party in its primaries.{{cite web |title=Sami Abu Shehadeh |url=https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/sami_abu_shehadeh/ |website=ecfr.eu |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=25 June 2021}} In 2022 Israeli legislative election, he was placed first on the Balad political party list, however, he lost his seat due to the failure of the party to past the 3.25% election threshold.{{Cite web |title=Balad List |url=https://www.gov.il/he/pages/balad_list40 |website=www.gov.il}}
Amid the bombing campaign against Gaza started in retaliation for the Hamas-led incursion into southern Israel from Gaza in the Gaza war, Shehadeh accused US President Biden and other internationals leaders of giving "a green light for ethnic cleaning" to Israel.{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/12/is-israeli-bombing-of-gaza-a-violation-of-international-laws |title=Is Israeli bombing of Gaza a violation of international laws? |work=Al-Jazeera}} Writing in The New Arab, he added that: "Israel is not killing the Hamas leadership; they are not getting revenge out of Hamas. There is collective punishment for 2.2 million people."
Personal life
Abu Shehada lives in Jaffa.[https://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=1031 Samy Abu Shahadeh: Particulars] Knesset
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Category:Arab members of the Knesset
Category:Joint List politicians
Category:Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020)
Category:Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)
Category:Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)