Yussef Abdallah Diab ( ar, يوسف عبدالله دياب, he, יוסף דיאב, 1917 – 18 February 1984) was 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 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

Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood ( he, שיתוף ואחווה, ''Shituf VeAhva''; ar, مشاركة وأخوة) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Cooperation and Brotherhood was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to participate in the ...

between 1959 and 1961.

Biography

Born in

Tamra Tamra ( ar, طمرة, he, טַמְרָה or ) is an Arab city in the North District of Israel located in the Lower Galilee north of the city of Shefa-Amr and approximately east of Acre. In it had a population of . History Tamra is an ancient ...

in 1917, Diab was elected to the Knesset on the Cooperation and Brotherhood list in

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

. Although the party retained its two-seat strength in the 1961 elections, both Diab and

Labib Hussein Abu Rokan Labib Hussein Abu Rokan ( ar, لبيب حسين أبو ركن, he, לביב חוסיין אבו-רוכן; born 1911, died 20 November 1989) was a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Cooperation and Brotherhood betwe ...

lost their seats. He died in 1984.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diab, Yussef 1917 births 1984 deaths Arab members of the Knesset Cooperation and Brotherhood politicians Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) People from Tamra