Raed Salah

Raed Salah Raed Salah , , is the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel . First known among Arab citizens of Israel as a poet and father of eight children, Salah also served as the mayor of Umm al-Fahm - an Israeli-Arab city bordering the Green Line - in the 1990s. His popularity increased after his arrest by Israeli authorities in 2003 on allegations of funding Hamas .

Raed Salah Raed Salah Abu Shakra ( , ; born 1958) is the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel . He was born in Umm al-Fahm , Israel, and was elected as the mayor of that city three times: in 1989, 1993 and 1997. He has eight children and is a former poet . He was convicted in Israel of funding Hamas , and of having contact with an Iranian intelligence agent; he served a two-year sentence from 2003 to 2005. In 2010, he served a five-month sentence after being convicted of assaulting a police officer and leading a violent demonstration. In 2011, Salah entered the United Kingdom but it was then found that he had been banned a few hours previously. The Christian Science Monitor . "Banned hate preacher who strolled through Heathrow is arrested... and he WILL be deported says Home Secretary" , Daily Mail , 29-06-2011 "Israel frees radical Muslim leader" , MSNBC 12-12-2011 "Banned activist Sheikh Raed Salah wins in detention case" .

Raed Salah in 2010 Raed Salah Abu Shakra ( , ; born 1958) is the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel . He was born in Umm al-Fahm , Israel, and was elected as the mayor of that city three times: in 1989, 1993, and 1997. He has eight children, and is a former poet . In 2003, he was arrested in Israel on suspicion of funding Hamas , and of having contact with an Iranian intelligence agent; he was released in 2005 in a deal which banned him from leaving Israel. In 2010, he served a five-month sentence after being convicted of assaulting a police officer and leading a violent demonstration. In 2011, Salah entered the United Kingdom, but it was then found that he had been banned a few hours previously. He was arrested, but his ban was overturned by an immigration court.

Palestinian politician Sheikh Raed Salah Abu Shakra ( , ; born 1958) is a Palestinian-Israeli religious leader from Umm al-Fahm , Israel . He is the leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel . He became the mayor of Umm al-Fahm in 1989 but stepped down in 2001 to focus on his religious activities. He has eight children, and is a former poet . Salah is a popular figure in the Muslim world and among Palestinians for his staunch defense of al-Aqsa against what they see as Israeli attempts to take it over. He has held sermons praising the "defenders of al-Aqsa" and his Northern Branch has organized free bus trips from Palestinian localities in Israel to Jerusalem in order to strengthen the bond between Muslims and the holy sites. Israel has accused Salah of inciting to violence and of supporting terrorism. It has arrested Salah numerous times and he has spent many years in Israeli prisons, but these arrests have increased his popularity. In 2021, Raed Salah was awarded Al-Murabit Prize by International Union of Muslim Scholars . Middle East Monitor . 25 January 2014 . "منح الشيخ الأسير رائد صلاح جائزة المرابط السنوية لعام 2020 من "علماء المسلمين" | سليمان حاج إبراهيم" . القدس العربي . 31 January 2021 .