Ibrahim Sarsur

Ibrahim Sarsur was born in 1959 in Kafr Qasim

Ibrahim Sarsur was born on 2 February 1959 in Kafr Qasim, where he lives. He studied English literature and English linguistics at Bar-Ilan University and received a bachelor's degree in 1981.

He came to the Islamic Movement as a student of Sheikh Abdullah Nimr Darwish. He served on the Kafr Qasim council and later led the southern faction of the Islamic Movement until 2010. He is also a member of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel.

He was elected to the Knesset in 2006 and re-elected in 2009 and 2013. He headed the United Arab List faction and sat on the Interior and Environment Committee. His statements on homosexuality, on Israeli military actions and on a caliphate drew public attention.

In 2013 he signed a petition with 105 other Knesset members calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard. He retired from politics before the 2015 elections and received a symbolic 119th place on the Joint List. Masud Ghnaim succeeded him as party leader.