Running for the Interior and Environment Committee chair
In his own Green Democrats questionnaire, published on 29 June 2026, he says he wants to chair the committee and cites his municipal planning and environmental work.
Who they are
Badir was born in 1979 and grew up in Kafr Qasim. He worked as a parliamentary aide to Issawi Freij in 2015 and Zehava Galon in 2016, then completed a degree at Sha’arei Mishpat. He served as Kafr Qasim’s deputy mayor and earned a master’s in public policy at Tel Aviv University in 2020. He became the municipality’s procurement manager in 2021.
Positions and record
Planning: Give local councils and residents a statutory veto over polluting energy and industrial projects near homes.
Environment: Introduce a national programme to upgrade waste management in Arab communities and install solar generation on public-building and school roofs.
Religion & state: Allow civil marriage and divorce alongside existing religious routes.
Transport: Support Saturday public transport where residents want it, with local authorities deciding Saturday commerce.
Education: Invest in liberal civics, science, culture and shared-society curricula. Consider a separate secular state-school stream if there is substantial demand, preserving equal funding and access.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.