Jabar Asakla Explained

Birth Date:20 August 1960
Birth Place:Maghar, Israel
Office1:Faction represented in the Knesset
Suboffice1:Joint List
Subterm1:2019–2021

Jabar Asakla (Arabic: جابر عصاكلا ) is an Israeli Druze politician, organizational consultant and secretary of the Hadash Party from the local council of Maghar, Israel. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List from 2019 to 2021.

Biography

Asakla was born and raised in the village of Maghar in Galilee. After graduation, he refused to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces for ideological reasons,[1] He received an undergraduate degree in educational counseling and Arabic language and literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his studies, he served as Chairman of the Arab Students. He also got a master's degree in Educational Counseling at the University of Haifa. He served as vice-president of the Shatil organization.

Prior to the April 2019 Knesset elections he was placed eighth on the HadashTa'al list, but the alliance won only six seats. In the September 2019 elections he was placed twelfth on the list of the Joint List alliance,[2] entering the Knesset as it won thirteen seats. He was re-elected in the 2020 elections, but lost his seat in the 2021 elections.

Personal life

Asakla is married and father of three, and lives in Maghar.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sikkuy.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tzohar_m11.pdf להיות ערבי במדינה יהודית
  2. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=141&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text September 2019 Joint List
  3. Web site: סגן רמטכ"ל, טייס קרב וסגנית מיס אירופה: הח"כים החדשים. September 18, 2019. Ynet. Hebrew.