Sheikh Jabr Muadi ( ar, جبر داهش معدي; he, ג'בר מועדי, born 1 April 1919, died 19 May 2009) was an Israeli

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politician who served as a member of the

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for seven different parties between 1951 and 1981.

Biography

Born in

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in British-controlled

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, Muadi was first elected to the Knesset in 1951 as a member of the

Democratic List for Israeli Arabs The Democratic List for Israeli Arabs ( ''al-Qā'ima al-dīmũqrāṭiyya li-'arab Isrā'īl'', he, רשימה דמוקרטית לערביי ישראל, ''Reshima Demokratit LeAravei Yisrael'') was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History In t ...

. Although he lost his seat in the 1955 elections, he returned to the Knesset on 13 February 1956 as a replacement for Seif el-Din el-Zubi. He lost his seat again in the 1959 elections. He returned to the Knesset again after being elected on the

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 ...

list in

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. He retained his seat in the 1965 elections. The following year Cooperation and Brotherhood merged with

Progress and Development Progress and Development ( he, קידמה ופיתוח, ''Kidma VePituah''; ar, تقدم وتطور) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Progress and Development was established in 1959, drawing its support from the Galilee area. Like ...

to form

Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development ( he, שיתוף ופיתוח, ''Shituf VePituah''; ar, إشراك وتطوير) was a short-lived Arab satellite list in Israel. History Cooperation and Development was established on 5 July 1966 during the sixth Kn ...

. The two parties split again on 1 January 1967, and on 11 April, Muadi broke away to form his own single-member faction, the

Druze Party The Israeli Druze Faction ( ar, الكتلة الدرزية الإسرائيلية, ''al-Ketla al-Druzia al-Isra'iliah'', he, הסיעה הדרוזית הישראלית, ''HaSia'a HaDruzit HaYisraelit'', also labelled as the 'Druze Party') was a ...

, which he represented until the 1969 elections. In the elections he was returned to the Knesset on the Progress and Development list, and on 27 October 1971 was appointed Deputy Minister of Communications, becoming the second non-Jew to be part of an Israeli government. He was re-elected in

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. In February 1974 the party merged into the

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, and on 6 May Muadi was re-appointed to his deputy ministerial post. On 24 March 1975 he became Deputy

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. On 8 June 1976 Progress and Development left the Alignment, and the following year merged with the

Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers The Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers ( he, רשימה ערבית לבדואים וכפריים, ''Reshima Aravit LeBedouim VeKfariym'', ar, القائمة العربية للبدو والفلاحين) was an Arab satellite list in Israel. Ba ...

to form the

United Arab List The United Arab List ( he, הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת, ''HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet''; ar, القائمة العربية الموحدة, ''al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada''), commonly kn ...

, the seventh party Muadi had represented in the Knesset. Despite leaving the Alignment, he remained a deputy minister. He lost his seat in the

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, but was due to re-enter the Knesset as part of a rotation deal with other party members. However, after

Hamad Abu Rabia Sheikh Hamad Abu Rabia ( ar, حماد أبو ربيعة, he, חמאד אבו-רביעה; born 1929, died 12 January 1981) was a Bedouin Israeli politician and a member of the Knesset. Biography Abu Rabia was born and grew up in the Negev, wher ...

went back on a deal to resign his seat in order for Muadi to take it (a court had ruled the agreement was invalid), he was shot dead by Muadi's sons. Despite threats of revenge, Muadi took his seat on 12 January 1981.Druse Sheik Takes Seat In the Israeli Parliament
New York Times, 21 January 1981 He lost his seat for the final time in the 1981 elections, in which the United Arab List failed to cross the electoral threshold. He died in 2009 at the age of 90.

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