Reuven Abergel (Hebrew: ראובן אברג'ל, Arabic: رَؤوبين أبيرجل, born 1943 in Rabat in Morocco) is an Israeli social and political activist, and a founder and leader of the Israeli "Black Panthers".
Reuven Abergel emigrated to Israel with his parents and nine siblings from Rabat, Morocco. The family was situated in an immigrant camp in Pardes Hana from which they fled to the border-line Jerusalem neighborhood of Musrara. As a child Reuven was a victim of the radiation experiments carried out by the government as part of an American sponsored medical experiment. His first political action was to hand out leaflets in Musrara during the popular uprising of Moroccan immigrants in Wadi Salib, Haifa.
Reuven Abergel became involved in the Israeli Black Panthers following the arrest of his friends, and his house soon became headquarters for the movement. He went on to become one the key figures in the Israeli Black Panthers movement, and as such was present at the group's infamous meeting with the then Prime Minister, Golda Meir. Since then 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 also recently elected to the leadership of Tarabut ("connection"), a joint Jewish-Palestinian political party for peace and equality in Israel.
Links [link]
- Interview with Reuven Abergel in Arabic with English subtitles
- Sixty Years of the State of Israel, Sixty Years of Exile for Jews from Arab and Muslim Countries - by Reuven Abergel
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