Muhammed Wattad
Template:Infobox member of the Knesset
Muhammed Wattad (Arabic: محمد وتد, Template:Lang-he-n; 1 June 1937 – 24 September 1994) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1981 and 1988.
Biography
Born in Jatt during the Mandate era, Wattad was a member of the Israeli Communist Youth and Hashomer Hatzair. He attended Tel Aviv University, where he took Asian and African Studies.
A member of Mapam, he edited the Arabic-language version of the party's newspaper, Al HaMishmar. In 1981 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (an alliance of Mapam and the Labor Party). He was re-elected in 1984, shortly after which Mapam left the Alignment. On 12 July 1988 he left Mapam to join Hadash,[1] due to disappointment with Mapam's policy towards the First Intifada.
He lost his seat in the 1988 elections. After leaving politics, he managed and edited the Kul al-Arab newspaper, and later ran a public relations firm.
He died in 1994 following a traffic collision.
References
- ^ Mergers and Splits amongst Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
External links
- Muhammed Wattad on the Knesset website
- 1937 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Haifa District
- Arab people in British Palestine
- Tel Aviv University alumni
- Arab politicians in Israel
- Israeli journalists
- Israeli businesspeople
- Road incident deaths in Israel
- Hadash politicians
- Alignment (political party) politicians
- Mapam politicians
- Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–84)
- Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–88)