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Member of the 26th Knesset

Youssef Atauna

Elected from Joint List, place 6· Back in the Knesset
25th KnessetServed in the outgoing Knesset: the full parliamentary record

Biography

Hadash, former MK

Education
Elementary school in Hura; High school studies in Tayibe in the Triangle; Kaye Academic College of Education in Be'er Sheva; BA in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; MA in public administration and policy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Before politics
Worked as a teacher, and later as head of the youth section at the Shoket Regional Council and head of the education department at the Hura Local Council
Public roles
MK for Hadash–Ta'al in the Joint List (2022–2025); former MK for Hadash in the Joint List (2017–2018); head of the education division at the Hura Local Council; member of the High Follow-Up Committee of the Negev Arabs
Main political focus
Activity on behalf of the Bedouin sector in the Negev and fighting home demolitions in the unrecognized villages
Milestones
One of the leaders of the fight for recognition of the unrecognized villages and stopping home demolitions in the Negev; one of the founders of the nonprofit "Hagar", which established kindergartens and a bilingual school in Be'er Sheva; elected chair of the Hura Local Council workers' committee in 2008
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