Career
Born in Beit Jann during the Mandate era, Assad joined the Israel Defense Forces, and remained in it as a career soldier. He was discharged holding the rank of colonel. He was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list in 1992, and sat on several committees until losing his seat in the 1996 elections.
He was one of the few Likud MKs not to vote against the Oslo Accords.