Said al-Harumi

Said al-Harumi (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-he, born 10 January 1972) is an Israeli Arab politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List. He previously represented the alliance in the Knesset between 2017 and 2019.

Biography

Al-Harumi was born in Shaqib al-Salam in southern Israel to a Muslim Bedouin family. After attending a local elementary school, he went to high school in Jatt in the north of the country. He gained a BA in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and returned to Shaqib al-Salam to teach in the local high school. He became involved in politics and was elected to the local council, serving as head of the council between 2004 and 2008. He was also Secretary General of the United Arab List, and chairman of the political bureau of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement from 2002 until 2014, before becoming the deputy chairman of the United Arab List. He was placed fifteenth on the Joint List list (an alliance of Hadash, Balad, the United Arab List, and Ta'al) for the 2015 elections. Although the alliance won only 13 seats, al-Harumi entered the Knesset on 11 August 2017 as a replacement for Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf under the terms of a rotation agreement between the parties.

Al-Harumi was placed seventh on the list of the United Arab List–Balad alliance for the April 2019 elections, but lost his seat as the parties won only four seats. However, when the Joint List was re-established for the September 2019 elections, he was returned to the Knesset as the eleventh-placed candidate on its list.

External links

• Said al-Harumi on the Knesset website