5–20, 24–26</ref> On 5 June 1951 the Israeli government reactivated the local council in the only example of an Arab local council that continuously existed after 1948. In the first elections, held in 1954, the former mayor Yani Yani was re-elected mayor as head of a Communist Party and Nationalist Group (Kafr Yassif List) coalition, defeating the Mapai candidate.
On June 5, 1951, the Israeli government reinstated the local council in an Arab area that had continued to exist since 1948. In the first elections of 1954, former mayor Yani Yani was re-elected as mayor under a Communist Party and Nationalist Group (Kafr Yassif List) coalition, defeating the Mapai candidate.