Politicsטלב א-סאנע

Taleb el-Sana

Taleb el-Sana is an Israeli Bedouin politician and lawyer who served as a Knesset member from 1992 to 2013.

born 1960Knesset member from 1992 to 2013Leading the United Arab List factionBedouin community activism in the Negev

Born: 25 December 1960, Tel Arad, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: United Arab List
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Taleb el-Sana was born in 1960 in Tel Arad, Israel

Taleb el-Sana was born on 25 December 1960 in Tel Arad, an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev. He went to the Arab Orthodox high school in Haifa. He is married with 5 children and lives in Lakiya.

He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and works as a lawyer. He began his political activity in the Sons of the Village movement and in groups working for Bedouins in the Negev.

He entered the Knesset in 1992 for the Arab Democratic Party, which later merged into the United Arab List. He chaired the Committee on Drug Abuse in the 15th Knesset and later led the United Arab List faction. His 2005 trip to Syria led the attorney general to open a criminal investigation.

In 2013 he was fifth on the list, which won 4 seats, and he left the Knesset. Before the 20th Knesset elections he founded the Arab List party but resigned from it a day before the vote.