Name Hamad Amar | Role Politician | |
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Date of birth (1964-11-05) 5 November 1964 (age 51) Knessets Israeli legislative election, 2009, Israeli legislative election, 2013, Israeli legislative election, 2015 Similar People Robert Ilatov, Ayoob Kara, Sofa Landver, Dov Khenin, Akram Hasson | ||
Place of birth Shefa-'Amr, Israel | ||
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Hamad Amar (Arabic: حمد عمار, Hebrew: חמד עמאר; born 5 November 1964) is an Israeli Druze politician. Currently a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu, he also serves on the Knesset Finance Committee.
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Biography
Hamed Amar was born in Shefa-'Amr. In 1982-1986, he served in the Israel Defense Forces. He earned a BA in sociology at Safed College, and later studied law. Amar lives in Shfaram's al-Fuar neighbourhood. He is married with three children. He has a fifth degree black belt and chairs the Martial Arts Association in Israel.
Political career
He worked as an assistant to Avigdor Lieberman while he was Minister of National Infrastructure. In 1998 was elected to Shefa-'Amr's municipal council. He founded and chairs the Druze Youth Association
Prior to the 2009 elections he was placed twelfth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats. He stated that the party's slogan "No citizenship without loyalty" is natural for the Druze community. In 2013, he explained his position: "When you contribute to society and the society benefits, then you will reap the benefits as well."
Amar was instrumental in plans for a subsidiary of General Electric to install wind turbines in northern Israel, citing the benefits from clean energy and new jobs.