Draft:Sally Abed

Sally Abed (born 1990 or 1991) is a Palestinian-Israeli peace activist and politician. She a leader in the Standing Together movement and a member of Haifa's city council.

Life
Abed grew up in Mi'ilya, an Arab village in the western Galilee. Her family was not political; her father had given up politics following an arrest in the 1980s for his involvement with the Communist Party. Both of her parents worked for the Israeli government. She became interested in justice from a young age, and would "stand up against – but also have compassion for – the class bully". She received the nickname "the justice princess" from her mother.

Abed attended Earlham College in the United States, where she earned her bachelor's degree in economics and political science.

Prior to the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, Abed had been planning for Haifa's municipal elections, where she was campaigning as "head of a new joint Jewish-Arab list". As of April 2024,she had been elected to Haifa's city council. That same month, she was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Haifa Museums.

In November 2023, Abed and fellow Standing Together leader Alon-Lee Green went on a speaking tour on the East Coast of the U.S. to discuss their work.

Personal life
Abed and her husband live in Haifa's Wadi Salib neighborhood.