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Afif Abed | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2025– | Likud |
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| Born | 9 February 1974 Yarka, Israel |
Afif Abed (born 9 February 1974) is an Israeli Druze politician serving as a Member of the Knesset starting January 2025. [1]
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Afif Abed | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2025– | Likud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1974 Yarka, Israel |
Afif Abed (born 9 February 1974) is an Israeli Druze politician serving as a Member of the Knesset starting January 2025. [1]
Abed was born in Yarka. He began studying for a general degree at Western Galilee College but has not completed it.
Abed has been a member of Likud's Secretariat and active in the Likud Party since the early 2000s. He ran for the Druze reserved spot in the Likud primaries in 2013 but lost to Ayoob Kara by approximately 10,000 votes.
In 2022, he announced his candidacy for the reserved Druze spot on the Likud list. [2] After Ayoob Kara won the primaries, Abed appealed to the Likud's tribunal, which declared him the winner of the minorities' slot instead of Kara. He was placed in the 43rd position on Likud's Knesset list ahead of the 2022 election.
Abed entered the Knesset following the resignation of Yoav Gallant. [3]
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Afif Abed on the Knesset's website
Haseen Halabi, Afif: "Likud is the warm home for Druze", Carmel and North Portal, 13 October 2022,
Eli Hazan, Afif Abed: A True Likudnik and Social Advocate, Likudnik, 5 November 2012