Ali Salalha

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Ali Salalha
Photograph of Salalha in March 2019
Faction represented in the Knesset
2021–2022Meretz
Personal details
Born (1952-04-12) 12 April 1952 (age 72)
Beit Jann
, Israel

Ali Salalha (

Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz
from 2021 to 2022.

Early life and education

Salalha's hometown is

Prior to entering politics, Salalha was the principal of Beit Jann Comprehensive High School.[2]

Political career

A member of Meretz, Salalha was placed fifth on the Party's electoral list for the April 2019 elections,[3] but was not elected as it won four seats.[4] He was then a Democratic Union candidate for the September 2019 elections, but quit the alliance on 7 September 2019 in protest at Ehud Barak's inclusion on its list.[5]

He was placed ninth on the Meretz list for the

2022 elections
, in which the party did not win any seats.

References

  1. ^ Kaplan Sommer, Allison (12 April 2019). "Who's in and Who's Out of Israel's New Knesset? The Good, the Bad and the Newly Unemployed". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ Dattel, Lior (28 September 2013). "How Druze Bested the Jews". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ "רשימת מועמדים". bechirot21.bechirot.gov.il. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  4. ^ "תוצאות האמת של הבחירות לכנסת ה-21". CEC (in Hebrew).
  5. ^ Lis, Jonathan (7 September 2019). "Druze Candidate Quits Democratic Union, Warns Arabs Won't Vote for Barak". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ Hoffman, Gill (10 July 2021). "Coalition parties to avenge Likud by blocking bills they supported". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ Ali Salalha: Knesset activities Knesset

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