This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Sheikh Hamed Abu Daabas [ħmeð abu ðabas] (Arabic: حماد ابو دعابس, Hebrew: חמאד אבו דעאבס) is an Arab-Israeli of Bedouin descent, and the chairman of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.

Abu Daabas was elected as the chairman of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel in April 2010, replacing Ibrahim Sarsur.

[1] Abu Daabas is known for his opinions in family affairs such as his opposition to cousin marriage in the Bedouin society and his support for the compromising Islamic approach to abortion that allows the procedure with some limitations.

In 1976 he moved with his family to the newly established city of Rahat, where he joined the local schools.

[4] He acquired his religious knowledge from reading books and from being a student of Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish, the founder of the Islamic Movement.

[4] In May 2010 he participated in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla with Raed Salah, the head of the northern branch of the movement.