Osama Saadi
| Osama Saadi | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1963 |
| Knessets | 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2015– | Joint List |
Osama Saadi (Arabic: اسامة سعدي, Hebrew: אוסאמה סעדיה; born 1963) is an Israeli Arab lawyer and politician.
Biography
Saadi studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was chair of the Arab Student Union. He worked as a lawyer, dealing with security prisoners and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council who were expelled from East Jerusalem.
He became secretary general of the Ta'al party after it was established in 1996 areas. Used as Secretary General of Taal since its founding in 1996 by his brother-in-law, Ahmad Tibi. He was second on the party's list for the 1996 Knesset elections, but it failed to win a seat. In the 2003 elections he was in seventh place on the joint Hadash-Ta'al list, but it won only three seats.
Prior to the 2015 elections he was placed 12th on the Joint List,[1] an alliance of Hadash, Balad, Ta'al and the United Arab List. He was elected to the Knesset as the Joint List won 13 seats.[2]
Saadi is married with five children, and lives in Jerusalem .
References
- ↑ Joint List list Central Elections Committee
- ↑ Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee
External links
- Osama Saadi on the Knesset website
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