Tayyar.
Portrait of Sami Abou Shahadeh IL flag

IL flag Israel Party leader

Sami Abou Shahadeh

سامي أبو شحادة סאמי אבו שחאדה
Party leader In opposition Unverified

Leader of Balad (the National Democratic Assembly). Historian by training; led the party through the 2022 split from the Joint List that left it short of the threshold.

Country
Israel
Party
Balad
Role
Party leader

Inherited position

Until Sami Abou Shahadeh is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.

In Israel (via Balad)
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 7 parties 4 parties 4 parties 4 parties religious-jewish centroid · 5 parties secular-liberal centroid · 3 parties nationalist-ethnic centroid · 4 parties leftist-socdem centroid · 3 parties leftist-communist centroid · 2 parties islamist-sunni-electoral centroid · 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Religious Zionism Party (IL) · in government · Economic +3.5, Social -8.0 IL Religious Zionism Party Shas (IL) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -8.5 IL Shas New Hope (IL) · in government · Economic +5.5, Social +2.0 IL New Hope Noam (IL) · in government · Economic +1.0, Social -9.0 IL Noam Ta'al (IL) · Economic -3.0, Social +4.0 IL Ta'al Yisrael Beiteinu (IL) · Economic +6.0, Social +4.0 IL Yisrael Beiteinu National Unity (IL) · Economic +3.0, Social +4.0 IL National Unity Meretz (IL) · Economic -3.0, Social +6.0 IL Meretz The Democrats (IL) · Economic -2.0, Social +8.0 IL The Democrats Balad (IL) · Economic -4.0, Social +5.0 IL Balad Israeli Labor Party (IL) · Economic -3.0, Social +5.8 IL Israeli Labor Party Hadash-Ta'al (IL) · Economic -6.0, Social +6.0 IL Hadash-Ta'al Likud (IL) · in government · Economic +6.0, Social -2.0 IL Likud Otzma Yehudit (IL) · in government · Economic +2.0, Social -8.0 IL Otzma Yehudit Northern Islamic Movement (IL) · outlawed · Economic -3.0, Social -7.0 IL Northern Islamic Movement United Torah Judaism (IL) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -9.0 IL United Torah Judaism Hadash (IL) · Economic -8.0, Social +6.5 IL Hadash Ra'am (United Arab List) (IL) · Economic -2.0, Social -6.0 IL Ra'am (United Arab List) Yesh Atid (IL) · Economic +4.0, Social +7.0 IL Yesh Atid
Balad's spider profile
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press
Balad

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Sami Abou Shahadeh [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/abou-shahadeh
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Sami Abou Shahadeh." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/abou-shahadeh.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-abou-shahadeh,
  title     = {{Sami Abou Shahadeh}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/abou-shahadeh},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.