Career
Born in Rameh during the Ottoman era, Nakleh joined the British Army and served in Lebanon, returning to Israel in 1948. However, he was elected to the Knesset in 1959 after being placed second on the Progress and Development list, and was re-elected in 1961 and 1965. In 1966 the party merged with Cooperation and Brotherhood to form Cooperation and Development, but split the following year.
In the elections he was returned to the Knesset in second place on the Cooperation and Brotherhood list, and was appointed Deputy Speaker.
He lost his seat in the 1973 elections, in which the party failed to cross the electoral threshold. He died the same year.
