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Osama Saadi

Osama Saadi is an Israeli Arab lawyer and politician who served as a Knesset member for Ta'al within the Joint List.

born 1963Secretary general of Ta'alKnesset member for the Joint ListDefending security prisoners

Born: 21 February 1963, Arraba
Occupation: lawyer, advocate, politician, jurist
Party: Ta'al
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Osama Saadi was born in 1963 in Arraba

Osama Saadi was born on 21 February 1963 in Arraba. He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he chaired the Arab Student Union.

As a lawyer, he represented security prisoners and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council who were expelled from East Jerusalem. He has been secretary general of Ta'al since it was founded in 1996 by his brother-in-law, Ahmad Tibi.

He was second on the Ta'al list in 1996, but the party did not enter the Knesset. In 2003 he was seventh on the joint Hadash and Ta'al list, which won 3 seats.

He entered the Knesset in 2015 from 12th place on the Joint List and resigned in September 2017 under a rotation agreement. He returned after the April 2019 elections and kept his seat in later elections. Before the next elections he announced that he was leaving political life.

He is married with 5 children.