Mahmud Al-Nashaf (, he, מחמוד א-נאשף; 1906 – 10 November 1979) 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 for
Agriculture and Development
Agriculture and Development ( ar, زراعة وتطوير, ''Zira'ah wa-tatwir''; he, חקלאות ופיתוח, ''Hakla'ut VePituah'') was an Arab satellite list in Israel.
History
Agriculture and Development was an Israeli Arab organisation fo ...
between 1959 and 1961.
Biography
Born in
Tayibe during the
Ottoman era, Al-Nashaf was elected to the town's council on an independent list, and later became the council's chairman.
Mahmud Al-Nashaf: Public Activities
Knesset website He was elected to the Knesset in 1959
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as head of the Agriculture and Development list, but lost his seat in the early elections held two years later, in which the party did not compete.
He died in 1979.
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1906 births
1979 deaths
Agriculture and Development leaders
Arab members of the Knesset
Arab people in Mandatory Palestine
Arabs in Ottoman Palestine
Mayors of local councils in Israel
Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961)
People from Tayibe