Abbas Zakour

Abbas Zakour was born in 1965 in Acre

Abbas Zakour was born in Acre on 30 December 1965. He lives in Acre, is married and has 6 children.

He earned a BA in Islamic Sciences from Al-Quds University in 1990. He later worked as director of the Almotak newspaper.

Zakour was a leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel. He was fourth on the United Arab List in the 2006 elections and entered the Knesset when the party won 4 seats. In December 2007 the movement expelled him after he refused to give up his seat under a rotation deal, and it petitioned the High Court, but he stayed in office.

In December 2008 he left the party and founded the Arab Centre Party, which did not run. He then joined Balad and was fourth on its list, but Balad won 3 seats and he left the Knesset. He later became a member of the Shura Council of the United Arab List.

In 2006 he was stabbed and lightly wounded in an attack described as a hate crime. He took part in efforts to calm the riots in Acre in 2008, and during the 2021 riots in the city he pushed away attackers from a man being lynched.