Gadeer Mreeh
Gadeer Mreeh | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2019–2020 | Blue and White |
2020–2021 | Yesh Atid |
Personal details | |
Born | Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel | 21 June 1984
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh (Arabic: غدير كمال مريح, Hebrew: ע'דִיר כַּמַאל מְרֵיח, [ʁaˈdiʁ kaˈmal m(a)ˈʁe
Biography
[edit]Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh was born in Daliyat al-Karmel, a village on Mount Carmel, to a Druze family.[5]
Kamal-Mreeh has been interested in journalism since her youth; at the age of 12, she volunteered for a local TV station.[6]
Kamal-Mreeh holds a degree with honors from Bar-Ilan University, in social science and medical imaging, and a master’s degree with honors in International Relations from University of Haifa, specializing in negotiations and making decisions in international relations.[1][2]
She is married to Shadi Mreeh,[6][1] an electrical and electronics engineer. The couple have two sons.[6]
Journalism career
[edit]In 2011, Kamal-Mreeh was hired by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation to host a program in Arabic,[6][1] focusing on the social and cultural issues concerning Arab youth in Israel. In 2015, Kamal-Mreeh was selected to host the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation’s daily newscast in Arabic, Channel 33,[1] and in 2017 she began anchoring its main Hebrew Saturday evening newscast, as well as a nightly newscast, becoming the first non-Jewish anchorwoman to broadcast a main evening news in Hebrew language on the Channel 1 in Israel.
Political and diplomatic career
[edit]Prior to the April 2019 Knesset elections, Kamal-Mreeh joined the Israel Resilience Party, a member of the Blue and White alliance, and was placed 25th on the Blue and White list.[7] When she joined the faction, she stated that one of her goals was to amend Israel's Nation-State Bill, which specifies the nature of the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.[5]
Kamal-Mreeh was elected to Knesset when the Blue and White alliance won 35 seats in the election.[8] She is the first Druze woman to become a Member of Knesset.[8]
During her tenure, she chaired the Caucus for Planning, Zoning and Industrial Areas, and the Caucus for the Advancement of Druze Women. She was a member of the Interior and Environment Committee, the Advancement of Women’s Status and Gender Equality Committee, and of the special committee for fighting crime within the Arab sector.[9]
Kamal Mreeh co-chaired the Israel-Germany friendship group and chaired the Israel-Switzerland parliamentary friendship group.[10]
Awards
[edit]Gadeer is a “Munich Young Leaders” Alumni and in 2021 was chosen by the “World Economic Forum” as one of the young global leaders.[11]
In the same year Gadeer was also awarded the knight of Government Quality by “The Movement for Quality Government in Israel”.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Rott, Rikki (12 October 2017). "יחידה מובחרת: הכירו את "יונית לוי הדרוזית"" [The Chosen One: Meet 'The Druze Yonit Levi']. Makor Rishon (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b Friedson, Felice (18 November 2018). "Druze anchorwoman shatters Israel's glass ceiling". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Raoul Wootliff (29 March 2020). "Knesset panel okays breakup of Blue and White; Gantz keeps name". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Abrams, Gabrielle (22 June 2021). "First Israel Druze MK". Jpost. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b Chernick, Ilanit (2 April 2019). "Gadeer Mreeh set to break the glass ceiling for Druze women in politics". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d Segal, Itai (22 February 2017). "מהדורה מיוחדת" [Special Edition]. Yediot Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "כחול לבן בראשות בני גנץ ויאיר לפיד" [Blue and White under the leadership of Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid] (in Hebrew). Israel Central Elections Committee. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Druze woman set to enter Knesset in Israeli first". The Jerusalem Post. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ https://www.haaretz.com/0000017f-f233-d497-a1ff-f2b33f110000 [bare URL]
- ^ The Unconventional Druze Woman Introducing U.S. Jews to ‘Another Israel’, Haaretz
- ^ "The Unconventional Druze Woman Introducing U.S. Jews to 'Another Israel'". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Gadeer Mreeh on the Knesset website
- Gadeer Mreeh on Facebook
- Gadeer Mreeh on Twitter
- 1984 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Israeli women politicians
- 21st-century journalists
- Bar-Ilan University alumni
- Blue and White (political alliance) politicians
- Druze members of the Knesset
- Israeli Druze people
- Israel Resilience Party politicians
- Israeli television journalists
- Israeli television news anchors
- Israeli women journalists
- Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)
- Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020)
- Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)
- People from Daliyat al-Karmel
- University of Haifa alumni
- Women members of the Knesset
- Women television journalists
- Yesh Atid politicians