Dr. Afu Agbaria ( ar, عفو إغبارية, he, עפו אגבאריה; born 13 May 1949) is an

Israeli Arab The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...

politician who served a member of the

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for

Hadash 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 Equalit ...

from 2009 to 2015.

Biography

Born in

Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm ( ar, أمّ الفحم, ''Umm al-Faḥm''; he, אוּם אֶל-פַחֶם ''Um el-Faḥem'') is a city located northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In its population was , nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of I ...

, Agbaria studied medicine at

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

, where he qualified as a doctor. He later worked as a surgeon. A member of Maki's political office, prior to the 2006 elections he won fourth place on the Hadash list. However, he missed out on a seat as the party won only three mandates. He remained in fourth place for the

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, and entered the Knesset as the party increased its representation to four seats. On 15 June 2010 Agbaria attended a meeting of the

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, where he called for Israeli leaders to be tried at the

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, and accused Israel of attacking "its neighbors and its Arab citizens nonstop" during its 62 years of existence. He was re-elected again in

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. Prior to the

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he announced that he would not be running. He was ultimately placed 107th on the list of 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 ...

, an alliance of Hadash and four Arab parties, losing his seat as the alliance won 13 seats. Agbaria lives in

,Arab fury: Lieberman stain on democracy
Ynetnews, 4 July 2006 and is married with three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agbaria, Afu 1949 births Living people 20th-century Israeli physicians 21st-century Israeli physicians Arab members of the Knesset Arab-Israeli physicians Hadash politicians Israeli communists Israeli surgeons Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013) Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) People from Umm al-Fahm Saint Petersburg State University alumni

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