Raed Salah

Sheikh Raed Salah Abu Shakra is a Palestinian religious leader from Umm al-Fahm. He is the leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. Salah was elected mayor of his hometown Umm al-Falm—an Israeli-Arab city bordering the Green Line—three times. As a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, he came to prominence for his defense of the holy sites and his participation on the MV Mavi Marmara, the Turkish boat that was stormed by Israeli navy as it attempted to break the siege of Gaza in May 2010.