Reuven Abergel

Reuven Abergel (Hebrew: ראובן אברג'ל, Arabic: رَؤوبين أبيرجل; born December 26, 1943) is a Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist and a co-founder and former leader of the Israeli Black Panthers.

Later they moved to Musrara, a former Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem whose residents were forced to abandon their homes following the 1948 war.

In response to the Wadi Salib riots in Haifa, Abergel began to distribute leaflets around his neighborhood.

[2][3][4] Since then Abergel has been active in the struggle for social justice and peace in Israel/Palestine as a member of various groups and movements.

He currently serves on the board of the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition and was elected to the leadership of Tarabut ("connection"), a joint Jewish-Palestinian political party for peace and equality in Israel.