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Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf
Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf ( ar, عبد الله أبو معروف, he, עבדאללה אבו מערוף; born 30 December 1956) is an Israeli Druze doctor and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List between 2015 and 2017. Biography Born in Yarka, Abu Ma'aruf studied medicine in the Soviet Union after receiving a scholarship from the Israeli Communist Party, and gained Russian citizenship. He specialised in urology and family medicine, and currently works at Carmel Medical Centre. He was amongst the first conscientious objectors in the Druze community, and is an active member of Physicians for Human Rights. He has also been written for the Communist Party's Arab language newspaper ''Al-Ittihad''. A member of Hadash, prior to the 2015 elections he was placed thirteenth on the Joint List list, an alliance of Hadash, Balad, the Islamic Movement, the United Arab List and Ta'al. He was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 13 seats. After he was ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarka
Yarka, officially Yirka ( he, יִרְכָּא, ar, يركا), is an Israeli Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 17,171, 98.8% of them members of the Druze community, with a small Muslim (1.0%) and Christian (0.1%) minorities. History Ancient era Yarka is an ancient village site, where old columns and cisterns have been found. A Greek inscription here dating from the early Christian era was found by Clermont-Ganneau in 1881. Crusader period During the Crusader era, Yarka was known under the name of ''Arket''. In 1220, Joscelin III's daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von Botenlauben, Count of Henneberg, sold their land, including Arket, to the Teutonic Knights. Ottoman era In 1517, Yarka was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire after Palestine was captured from the Mamluks. By 1596, Yarka appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the ''Nahiya'' of Akka of the '' Liwa'' of Safad. It had a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balad (political Party)
Balad ( he, בָּלַ״ד) is an Arab political party in Israel led by Sami Abu Shehadeh. The party advocates for the rights of Arab citizens in Israel. Name The party is known by the acronym of its Hebrew name, Brit Leumit Demokratit ( he, בְּרִית לְאֻמִּית דֵּמוֹקְרָטִית, lit=''National Democratic Alliance''); Balad ( ar, بلد) is also an Arabic word meaning "country" or "nation". Its full Arabic name is at-Tajammuʿ al-Waṭanī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī ( ar, التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي , lit=National Democratic Assembly). Ideology Balad is a political party whose stated purpose is the "struggle to transform the state of Israel into a democracy for all its citizens, irrespective of national or ethnic identity".National Democratic Assembly – NDA Party website It opposes the idea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint List Politicians
A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.Saladin, Ken. Anatomy & Physiology. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill Connect. Webp.274/ref> They are constructed to allow for different degrees and types of movement. Some joints, such as the knee, elbow, and shoulder, are self-lubricating, almost frictionless, and are able to withstand compression and maintain heavy loads while still executing smooth and precise movements. Other joints such as sutures between the bones of the skull permit very little movement (only during birth) in order to protect the brain and the sense organs. The connection between a tooth and the jawbone is also called a joint, and is described as a fibrous joint known as a gomphosis. Joints are classified both structurally and functionally. Classification The number of joints depends on if sesamoids are included, age of the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadash Politicians
Hadash ( he, חד״ש, lit=New), an acronym for ''HaHazit HaDemokratit LeShalom uLeShivion'' ( he, הַחֲזִית הַדֶּמוֹקְרָטִית לְשָׁלוֹם וּלְשִׁוְיוֹן, lit=The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality; ar, الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلام والمساواة, al-Jabhah ad-Dimuqrāṭiyyah lis-Salām wa'l-Musāwah, abbr. ) is a Left-wing, left to Far-left politics, far-left Political alliance, political coalition in Israel formed by the Maki (current political party), Israeli Communist Party and other leftist groups. Background The party was formed on 15 March 1977 when the Maki (current political party), Rakah and Non-Partisans parliamentary group changed its name to Hadash in preparation for the 1977 Israeli legislative election, 1977 elections. The non-partisans included some members of the Black Panthers (Israel), Black Panthers (several others joined the Left Camp of Israel) and other left-wing non-communist groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Druze Members Of The Knesset
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad and ancient Greek philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Zeno of Citium. Adherents of the Druze religion call themselves " the Monotheists" or "the Unitarians" (''al-Muwaḥḥidūn''). The Epistles of Wisdom is the foundational and central text of the Druze faith. The Druze faith incorporates elements of Isma'ilism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Pythagoreanism, and other philosophies and beliefs, creating a distinct and secretive theology based on an esoteric interpretation of scripture, which emphasizes the role of the mind and truthfulness. Druze believe in theophany and reincarnation. Druze believe that at the end of the cycle of rebirth, which is achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Israeli Physicians
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Al-Harumi
Said al-Harumi or Saeed Alkharumi ( ar, سعيد الخرومي, he, סַעִיד אלְחַרוּמִי; 10 January 1972 – 25 August 2021) was an Israeli Arab politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List and the United Arab List in two spells between 2017 and 2021. Biography Al-Harumi was born in Shaqib al-Salam in southern Israel to a Muslim Negev Bedouin family. After attending a local elementary school, he went to high school in Jatt in the north of the country.Saeed Alkharumi Knesset He gained a BA in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and returned to Shaqib al-Salam to teach in the local high school. He became involved in politics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ta'al
Ta'al ( he, תַּעַ״ל, an acronym for he, תְּנוּעָה עֲרָבִית לְהִתְחַדְּשׁוּת, label=none, lit=Arab Movement for Renewal, ar, الحركة العربية للتغيير) is an Israeli Arab political party in Israel led by Ahmad Tibi. History Ta'al was founded by Tibi in the mid-1990s. It ran in the 1996 elections under the name Arab Union, but won only 2,087 votes (0.1%). For the 1999 elections it ran as part of the Balad list. Tibi won a seat, and broke away from Balad on 21 December that year. In the 2003 elections the party ran on a joint list with Hadash, with Tibi retaining his seat. On 7 February 2006 Tibi left the alliance with Hadash. For the 2006 elections the party ran on a joint list with the United Arab List, running as Ra'am–Ta'al (Ra'am is the Hebrew acronym for the UAL). On 12 January 2009, the Ra'am–Ta'al list was disqualified from the 2009 elections by the Central Elections Committee. Twenty-one committee members v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Arab List
The United Arab List ( he, הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת, ''HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet''; ar, القائمة العربية الموحدة, ''al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada''), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am ( he, רע"מ, lit=Thunder), is an Arab political party in Israel and the political wing of the Southern Branch of the Islamic movement. It was part of the Joint List but left the alliance on 28 January 2021. In 2021 it formally joined a coalition of parties forming the thirty-sixth government. It is currently led by Mansour Abbas. History The party was established prior to the 1996 election, unrelated to the original United Arab List that existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was joined in an electoral alliance by the Arab Democratic Party (which held two seats in the outgoing parliament) and the southern faction of the Islamic Movement, led by Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish. The party initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
