Who they are
Hassan Nasasra is a Balad candidate, educator and municipal politician from Rahat, where he lives. He has served as the city’s deputy mayor and headed Abu Ubaida school.
He took a bachelor’s degree in education and literature and a master’s in local government and public administration. He worked as a teacher and was serving on Rahat’s council by 2018. He resigned as deputy mayor in 2020 and was appointed again in 2024.
Positions and record
Policing: In March 2026, backed weapons collection and a sustained crime plan. Opposed Rahat’s Bayan neighbourhood closure, calling it collective punishment that burdens residents without reducing crime.
Land and housing: In June 2026, opposed home demolitions and land confiscation and called for stronger representation of Negev residents in political decisions.
Public services: In December 2024, called for police action against attacks on businesses and public facilities, and for residents to protect buses and shared infrastructure.
Where they stand
Holds the Balad line on every issue.
Judea & SamariaBalad lineEnd the occupation: a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, talks with the PLO, and a just solution for refugees under Resolution 194.
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityBalad lineMake the end of the war permanent, lift the siege and end military control of Gaza, with aid, rebuilding, the return of the displaced and UNRWA back at work.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentBalad lineOpposes drafting Haredim or anyone else and would sanction no one who does not enlist; rejects military and civil service schemes for Arab youth.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryBalad lineThe court as rights guarantor
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyBalad lineA minimum wage of at least 70% of the average wage, progressive tax, price controls on basics, and no privatisation of health, education, housing or welfare.
Social spendingFree market
EducationBalad lineArab schools run themselves, setting their own curriculum and administration, on budgets equal to Jewish schools' and with no privatisation.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateBalad lineSeparation of religion and state, with freedom of conscience and belief, written into a constitution of equal citizenship.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipBalad lineEqual citizenship in a constitution, recognition of Arab citizens as an indigenous national group, and repeal of the Nation-State Law.
Equal citizenshipJewish national state
