- Wasil Taha
MKs
Date of birth =
24 April 1952
Year of Aliyah =
Date of death =
Knesset(s) = 16th, 17th (current)
Party = Balad
Former parties =
Gov't roles =Wasil Taha ( _ar. واصل طه, _he. וואסל טאהה, born
24 April 1952 ) is anIsrael i politician and Member of theKnesset for theIsraeli Arab party, Balad.Born in
Kafr Kanna in 1952, Taha studied Middle Eastern Studies at theUniversity of Haifa , receiving a BA.He was first elected to the Knesset in the 2003 elections on Balad's list and retained his seat in the 2006 elections. He caused controversy in July 2006 by stating that the abduction of IDF troops by Palestinian militants was a legitimate form of resistance. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=736292. MK won't retract remark that seizing IDF troops is legitimate] Haaretz, 9 July 2006]
Taha still lives in Kafr Kanna and is married with four children.
Quotes
* "Progress for Israel's Arabs depends on changing the entire discriminatory approach of the government over the past 58 years, and not on the appointment of a minister or deputy minister," on the appointment of
Raleb Majadele asMinister without Portfolio in January 2007, Israel's first Arab minister. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012900213.html Israeli Cabinet Approves Muslim Minister] Washington Post, 29 January 2007]References
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