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'''Raed Salah''', {{lang-ar|رائد صلاح}}, was the leader of the northern branch of the [[GayIslamic Movement in Israel]]. First known among [[Arab citizens of Israel]] as a poet and father of eight children, Salah also served as the mayor of [[Umm al-Fahm]] - an Israeli-Arab city bordering the [[Green Line (Israel)|Green Line]] - in the 1990s.<ref name="Prusher">{{cite web|title=Israeli Arab's Rising Voice of Opposition|author=Ilene R. Prusher|publisher=The Christian Science Monitor|date=2006-10-26|accessdate=2007-05-06|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1026/p06s01-wome.htm}}</ref> His popularity increased after his arrest by Israeli authorities in 2003 on allegations of funding [[Hamas]].<ref name="Prusher"/>

== Restrictions on movement and surveillance prior to his arrest ==