Avraham Neguise
| Avraham Neguise | |
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| Date of birth | 10 February 1958 |
| Place of birth | Ethiopia |
| Year of aliyah | 1985 |
| Knessets | 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2015– | Likud |
Avraham Neguise (Hebrew: אברהם נגוסה, born 10 February 1958) is an Israeli politician and activist for the Falash Mura community.
Avraham Neguise was born in Ethiopia, where he worked as a shepherd. Neguise immigrated to Israel in 1985. He earned a BA and MA in social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an LLB from Sha'arei Mishpat College, an MA in initiatives and renewal from the Swinburne University of Technology and a PhD in education from the University of Sussex. Neguise is married with two children, and lives in the Pisgat Ze'ev settlement in East Jerusalem
Neguise founded and served as director-general of South Wing to Zion, an organisation representing Ethiopian immigrants, and is known for his role in leading the struggle to bring the rest of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel. In 2007, Neguise protested the end of Israel's programs in Ethiopia to support aliyah. He said that the remaining community of Ethiopian Jews had established a synagogue, that the reports he received on the community were distressing, and that the Falash Mura remaining in Addis Ababa should be allowed to immigrate to Israel as well.
He established the Atid Ehad (One Future) party, which contested the 2006 Knesset elections, but received only 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat. He subsequently joined the Jewish Home, and was placed eighth on its list for the 2009 elections. However, the party won only three seats and he did not become a Knesset member.
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