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 The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for the

Joint List The Joint List ( ar, القائمة المشتركة, ''al-Qa'imah al-Mushtarakah'', he, הָרְשִׁימָה הַמְּשֻׁתֶּפֶת, ''HaReshima HaMeshutefet'') was a political alliance of four of the Arab-Israeli, Arab-majority politi ...

between 2015 and 2017.

Biography

Born in Yarka, Abu Ma'aruf studied

medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

in the

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after receiving a scholarship from the

Israeli Communist Party The Israeli Communist Party, commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Maki (), is a communist political party in Israel and forms part of the political alliance known as Hadash. It was originally known as Rakah, an acronym for ''Reshima Komunistit H ...

, and gained

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n citizenship. He specialised in urology and family medicine, and currently works at Carmel Medical Centre. He was amongst the first

conscientious objector A conscientious objector (often shortened to conchie) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to object ...

s 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

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he was placed thirteenth on the

list, an alliance of Hadash, Balad, the Islamic Movement, the

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 kn ...

and

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 ...

. He was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 13 seats. After he was elected, he was required to give up his Russian citizenship. In 2017 he resigned from the Knesset as part of a rotation agreement and was replaced by Said al-Harumi from the

.Report: Internal Rotation Fight Threatens Future of Joint Arab List
Jewish Press, 31 July 2017

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Maaruf, Abdullah 1956 births Living people 20th-century Israeli physicians 21st-century Israeli physicians Druze members of the Knesset Israeli Druze Hadash politicians Joint List politicians Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) People from Northern District (Israel)