Mahmud Al-Nashaf (, ; 1906 – 10 November 1979) was an

Israeli Arab The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Palestinian Citizenship Order 1925, Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory ...

politician who served as a member of the

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for

Agriculture and Development Agriculture and Development (, ''Zira'ah wa-tatwir''; , ''Hakla'ut VePituah'') was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Agriculture and Development was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to fight the 1951 elections. Like other Israeli Ara ...

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

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as head of the Agriculture and Development list and served in the Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sports. He 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nashaf, Mahmud Al- 1906 births 1979 deaths Agriculture and Development leaders Arab members of the Knesset Arab people in Mandatory Palestine Arab people from Ottoman Palestine Mayors of local councils in Israel Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) People from Tayibe