Abdulwahab Darawshe ( ar, عبد الوهاب دراوشة, he, עבד-אלוהאב דראושה; born 12 October 1943) is an

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former politician who served as a member of the

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for the

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and the Arab Democratic Party between 1984 and 1999.

Biography

Abdulwahab Darawshe was born on 12 October 1943 in

Iksal Iksal ( ar, إكسال, ''Iksal''; he, אִכְּסָאל, כִּסְלוֹת תָּבוֹר, ''Kislot Tavor'') is an Arab local council in northern Israel, about southeast of Nazareth. It has an area of 9,000 dunams and a population of prima ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

. He studied at

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

High School, before graduating from the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

with a degree in education and history. He worked as a teacher and headmaster, also serving as a national supervisor for the

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, a member of the board of the Teachers' Union's central committee, a member of the Education Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence's board, and chairman of the Arab Association for Education and Grants in Nazareth. Darawshe was first elected to the Knesset on the Alignment's list in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

. On 15 February 1988, he left the alliance to found his own single member faction, which was named the Arab Democratic Party on 7 March.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website His new party won 1.2% of the vote in the November 1988 election, just crossing the electoral threshold (1%), and winning a single seat, taken by Darawshe. He retained his seat again in the 1992 elections, after which the party gained a seat. During his third term in the Knesset, Darawshe chaired the subcommittee for Arab Education and the subcommittee for the Advancement of the Status of Arab Women. For the 1996 elections, Darawshe's party ran a joint list with 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 ...

, winning four seats, with Darawshe chairing the alliance's parliamentary group. He lost his seat in the

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. For the

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, he was placed 119th on the United Arab List-

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 ...

list.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Darawshe, Abdulwahab 1943 births Living people 20th-century Israeli civil servants 20th-century Israeli educators Alignment (Israel) politicians Arab Democratic Party (Israel) leaders Arab members of the Knesset Arab people in Mandatory Palestine Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988) Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992) Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) People from Northern District (Israel) University of Haifa alumni