Politicsג'אבר עסאקלה

Jabar Asatra

Jabar Asakla is an Israeli Druze politician from Maghar who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash in the Joint List from 2019 to 2021.

born 1960Hadash Knesset memberDruze refusal initiativeCo-directing Sikkuy

Born: 20 August 1960, Maghar
Party: Hadash
Education: University of Haifa

Jabar Asatra was born in 1960 in Maghar

Asakla was born on August 20, 1960, in the Galilee village of Maghar, to a Druze family. He grew up there. After finishing high school, he refused to enlist in the IDF for ideological reasons.

He earned a bachelor's degree in educational counseling and Arabic language and literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While a student, he chaired the Arab students' committee. He later completed a master's degree in educational counseling at the University of Haifa.

Asakla was among the leaders of the Druze refusal initiative. He works as an organizational consultant and group facilitator. He was deputy director of the Shatil organization and later co-director of Sikkuy.

He served as secretary of Hadash in Maghar. In the April 2019 election he was 8th on the Hadash-Ta'al list and was not elected. He entered the Knesset in September 2019 from 12th place on the Joint List, was reelected in 2020, and lost his seat in 2021.

He is married with 3 children and lives in Maghar.