{{short description|Israeli Arab politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = {{CSS image crop|Image =Youssef Atauna (ISH 9163).jpg|bSize =600|cWidth=230|cHeight=250|oTop=35|oLeft=155|Location=center}} | caption = Atauna in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Israel | death_date = | death_place = | office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset | suboffice1 = Joint List | subterm1 = 2017–2018 | suboffice2 = Hadash | subterm2 = 2022–2025 }}
'''Youssef Atauna''' ({{langx|ar|يوسف العطاونة}}, {{langx|he|יוסף עטאונה}}; born 26 October 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of the 25th Knesset |url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/mk/apps/mk/mk-personal-details/964 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Knesset}}</ref> is an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash. He previously served as a member for the Joint List between October 2017 and February 2018.
==Biography== A member of Hadash, prior to the 2015 Knesset elections the four main Arab parties formed the Joint List alliance. Atauna was placed seventeenth on the alliance's list,<ref>[http://www.bechirot20.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=41&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Joint List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109040604/http://www.bechirot20.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=41&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text |date=2020-01-09 }} Central Elections Committee</ref> missing out on a seat as the Joint List won 13 seats.
Prior to the election the Joint List parties had made a rotation agreement, which required the last Ta'al MK to give up their seat for a United Arab List candidate and the final Hadash MK to give up their seat for the next Balad candidate.<ref name=HO/> However, as Balad's Basel Ghattas had been jailed and the next Balad candidate (Juma Azbarga) had already entered the Knesset.<ref name=HO/> At the point at which the rotation was supposed to happen, the United Arab List's Ibrahim Hijazi resigned after only a month in the Knesset, with Atauana and the next Ta'al candidate (Wael Younis in 18th place) were expected to forgo the opportunity to enter the Knesset, allowing Balad's Nivin Abu Rahmon in 19th place on the list to become an MK.<ref name=HO/>
However, Hadash and Ta'al opted not to honour the agreement,<ref name=HO/> with Atauna entering the Knesset on 25 October 2017 as Hijazi's replacement.<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/MKIndex_Current_eng.asp?view=5 Replacements Among Knesset Members] Knesset</ref><ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-mk-steps-down-after-shortest-ever-term/ Arab MK steps down after shortest ever term] The Times of Israel, 23 October 2017</ref><ref name=HO/> However, he subsequently resigned from the Knesset in February 2018 in what he referred to as "a goodwill gesture in order to preserve the Joint List", and was replaced by Wael Younis of Ta'al.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Joint-List-MK-Atauna-to-resign-in-rotation-agreement-540469 Joint List MK to resign in rotation agreement] The Jerusalem Post, 1 February 2018</ref> Atauna resigned from his Knesset seat in June 2025 and was replaced by Samir Bin Said as part of a rotation agreement between Hadash and Ta'al.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/samir-abu-said-sworn-in-at-knesset-replacing-youssef-atauna-as-part-of-hadash-taal-rotation-deal/ Samir Abu Said sworn in at Knesset, replacing Youssef Atauna as part of Hadash-Ta’al rotation deal] The Times of Israel, 23 June 2025</ref>
Atauna has two wives, despite polygamy being illegal in Israel,<ref name=HO>[http://www.haokets.org/2017/08/01/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7/ The joint list is in danger of dissolution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911112742/http://www.haokets.org/2017/08/01/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7/ |date=2024-09-11 }} HaOkets, 1 August 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2017-01-15/ty-article/.premium/in-israel-calls-to-enforce-anti-polygamy-laws/0000017f-efe8-d223-a97f-effd9fd40000 In Israel, Calls to Up Enforcement of Anti-polygamy Laws] Haaretz, 15 January 2017</ref> and three children.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Atauna, Youssef}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Bedouin members of the Knesset Category:Hadash politicians Category:Joint List politicians Category:Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Category:Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)