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Abdulmalik Dehamshe

Israeli Arab former politician

Field	Value
image	Abdulmalik Dehamshe (00370673).jpg
caption	Dehamshe during his time in the Knesset
birth_date
birth_place	Kafr Kanna, Mandatory Palestine
office1	Faction represented in the Knesset
suboffice1	United Arab List
subterm1	1996–2006
native_name	عبد المالك دهامشة
native_name_lang	ar

Abdulmalik Dehamshe (, ; born 4 March 1943) is an Israeli Arab former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List between 1996 and 2006. He was also leader of the party.

Biography

Born in Kafr Kanna during the Mandate era, Dehamshe completed his secondary education in Nazareth. He earned a BA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1968 and worked as a lawyer.

In 1996 he was elected to the Knesset on the Arab Democratic Party–United Arab List joint list. He was re-elected in 1999 and became a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. In 1998 he said "Any Arab who serves in the Israeli Army is a disgusting criminal. We reject all forms of military service because we are part of the Palestinian people." After an Israeli airstrike killed three Syrian soldiers, he sent a letter of condolences to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and wrote the return address as "Nazareth, Palestine". In 2003 the Or Commission found that he had been responsible for inflaming violence during the October 2000 events.

He retained his seat again in the 2003 Knesset elections and remained a Deputy Speaker. He lost his seat in the 2006 elections. In the same year he expressed his support for suicide bombings, the use of Qassam rockets on Israeli population centers, and kidnappings of Israelis by Palestinian militants.

References

Yair Ettinger. (10 September 2003). "Arab C'tee now praises Or report". Haaretz.
Roee Nahmias. (8 July 2006). "Former Arab MK defends suicide bombings".

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