Haifa Hadash Activist Becomes 1st Ever Arab-Woman Deputy Mayor
After a stormy meeting of the Haifa city council on Tuesday, May 4, Hadash activist Shahira Shalabi has become the first ever Arab-Palestinian woman to serve as a deputy mayor in Israel. Haifa’s mayor, Einat Kalisch-Rotem, supported the election of Shalabi as her deputy. In the November 2018 Haifa municipal elections, the Arab-Jewish list of Hadash…