Reuven Abergel (Hebrew: ראובן אברג'ל, Arabic: رَؤوبين أبيرجل; born December 26, 1943) is a Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist and a co-founder and former leader of the Israeli Black Panthers.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Political activism
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

Reuven Abergel was born in 1943 in Rabat, Morocco, the fourth of eight children. He immigrated to Israel with his parents and seven siblings in 1950. The family was sent to the immigrant tent camp in Pardes Hana. Later they moved to the seamline Jerusalem neighborhood of Musrara, a former Palestinian neighborhood whose residents fled following the 1948 War.

Political activism

In response to the Wadi Salib riots in Haifa, Abergel began to distribute leaflets around his neighborhood. He co-founded the Israeli Black Panthers following the arrest of his friends. He became a leader of the movement and his home became its headquarters. He was present at the group's meeting with then-Prime Minister Golda Meir. Since then Abergel has been active in the struggle for social justice and peace in Israel/Palestine as a member of various groups and movements. He currently serves on the board of the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition and was elected to the leadership of Tarabut ("connection"), a joint Jewish-Palestinian political party for peace and equality in Israel.

References

External links

• Interview with Reuven Abergel in Arabic with English sub*les.
• Reuven Abergel (6 May 2008). שישים שנה למדינת ישראל שישים שנה לגלות יהודי מדינות ערב והאסלאם בישראל (in Hebrew). Kedma. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.