Career
He also served as mayor of Deir al-Asad and the now-dissolved city of Shaghur. He has nine children. In 1992 he joined Likud, but transferred to Kadima after it was founded in 2005, becoming one of its leading activists.
Dabbah has been the mayor of Deir-el-Asad, as well as the head of the Shagur Local Council.
As mayor of Deir-el-Asad, Dabbah helped Shaul Mofaz gain votes among the Arab-Israeli public, who was running to replace Tzipi Livni as leader of Kadima. Dabbah helped bring 1,121 votes from his town of Deir-el-Asad for Shaul Mofaz, which totals more votes than both Mofaz"s and Livni"s combined votes from Tel Aviv, which numbered 1,112.
Dabbah has said that he is a public figure that the public trusts, and objects to being called a "vote contractor."
Dabbah was sworn into the Knesset on 16 August 2012 as a replacement for Avi Dichter, who had resigned his seat on 14 August after leaving the party in order to join the Netanyahu government as an independent. Placed ninth on the Kadima list for the 2013 elections, he lost his seat as the party were reduced to two MKs.