List of Arab citizens of Israel

This is a list of notable Israeli Arab citizens.

## Academia

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* Ghazi Falah, geography professor
* Toufik Mansour, mathematician and professor at Haifa University in the field of combinatorics.[1][2][3]

## Culture

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Talleen Abu Hanna, Miss Trans Israel Rana Raslan, Miss Israel

* Hiam Abbass, actress and film director
* Talleen Abu Hanna, Miss Trans Israel
* Mira Awad, singer-songwriter, represented Israel at Eurovision Song Contest
* Mohammad Bakri, actor and film director
* Nas Daily, vlogger
* Elham Dwairy Tabry, author
* Angelina Fares, beauty pageant contestant; finalist in Miss Israel 2007.[4]
* Emile Habibi, writer of literature
* Yoseph Haddad, journalist
* Rashid Hussein, poet, orator, journalist and Arabic-Hebrew translator
* Hanna Jubran, sculptor
* Ahmad Kanaan, painter and sculptor
* Sayed Kashua, author and journalist
* Reda Mansour, poet, historian, and Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama
* Salman Masalha, poet, writer, essayist and translator
* Salman Natour, writer, journalist, and playwright[5]
* Samih al-Qasim, poet[6]
* Rana Raslan, Miss Israel 1999
* Samira Saraya, actor, filmmaker, and rapper
* Anton Shammas, poet and translator
* Fatma Shanan, painter
* Rami Zeedan, author, political scientist, and historian[7]

## Elected office

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Hamad Abu Rabia Hussniya Jabara Nawaf Massalha

* Mansour Abbas, Knesset member for United Arab List party
* Hamad Abu Rabia, Knesset member for United Arab List
* Waleed Alhwashla, Knesset member for United Arab List
* Sarhan Bader, political activist
* Mohammad Barakeh, Knesset member for Hadash party
* Azmi Bishara, Knesset member for Balad party
* Amal Nasser el-Din, Knesset member for Likud; awarded the Israel Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize for the Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers, and the Yakir Haifa Award
* Yasir Hujeirat, Knesset member for United Arab List
* Hussniya Jabara, female Knesset member for Meretz party
* Ayoob Kara, Knesset member for Likud, Israeli Minister of Communications, Israeli Deputy Minister for Development of the Negev and Galilee
* Raleb Majadele, Knesset member for the Israeli Labor Party, Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space
* Issam Makhoul, Knesset member for Hadash
* Nawaf Massalha, Knesset member for Labor Party, Israeli Deputy Minister of Health
* Mohammed Miari, Knesset member for Progressive List for Peace party
* Gadeer Mreeh, female Knesset member for Blue and White party[8]
* Fateen Mulla, Knesset member for Likud; Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
* Muhammad Al-Nabari, Mayor of Hura
* Ayman Odeh, Knesset member for Hadash
* Raed Salah, Mayor of Umm al-Falm
* Ibrahim Sarsur, Knesset member for United Arab List
* Hana Sweid, Knesset member for Hadash
* Wasil Taha, Knesset member for Balad
* Salah Tarif, Knesset member for Labor Party, Israeli Minister without Portfolio[9]
* Ahmad Tibi, Knesset member for Ta'al party
* Rifaat Turk, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv
* Majalli Wahabi, Knesset member for Likud, Kadima, and Hatnuah; briefly assumed the position of President of Israel due to President Moshe Katzav's leave of absence and Acting President Dalia Itzik's trip abroad in February 2007.[10]
* Jamal Zahalka, Knesset member for Balad
* Tawfiq Ziad, Knesset member for Hadash and Mayor of Nazareth

## Law

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Israeli Supreme Court Justice George Karra

* Salim Joubran, Israeli Supreme Court justice from 2004 to 2017
* Khaled Kabub, Israeli Supreme Court justice from 2022 to present
* George Karra, Israeli Supreme Court justice from 2017 to 2022, presiding judge finding Israeli President Moshe Katsav guilty of rape
* Elias Khoury, lawyer
* Abdel Rahman Zuabi, former Israeli Supreme Court justice, became first Arab-Israeli Supreme Court Justice in 1999

## Military

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IDF Major General Ghassan Alian

* Ghassan Alian, IDF Major General, first non-Jewish commander of the Golani Brigade.[11]
* Tarif Bader, IDF Brigadier General, doctor, Director of Kaplan Medical Center
* Imad Fares, IDF brigadier general, commander of the Givati Brigade
* Yusef Mishleb, IDF general, commander of the Etzion Regional Brigade, commander of the Edom Division, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, and commander of the Home Front Command
* Amos Yarkoni (Abd el-Majid Hidr), IDF lieutenant colonel
* Salman Zarka, IDF colonel, physician, Director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed, senior lecturer at the Haifa University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

## Public service

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* Naim Araidi, academic, writer, and Israeli Ambassador to Norway
* Ishmael Khaldi, Israeli deputy consul in San Francisco
* Reda Mansour, poet, historian, and diplomat, Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama
* Ali Yahya, former Israeli ambassador to Finland

## Sports

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Adam Maraana Team Israel Olympian Rifaat Turk

* Mohamed Abu Arisha (born 1997) - professional and Team Israel basketball player
* Zahi Armeli (born 1957) - Team Israel footballer
* Marian Awad (born 1996) - Team Israel footballer
* Ahad Azam (born 1992) – professional and junior Team Israel footballer
* Walid Badir (born 1974) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Mu'nas Dabbur (born 1992) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Hatem Abd Elhamed (born 1991) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Sari Falah (born 1991) – professional and junior Team Israel footballer, bronze medalist in the 2009 Maccabiah Games
* Mohammad Ghadir (born 1991) - Team Israel footballer
* Marc Hinawi (born 1997) - Team Israel swimmer, European Youth Olympic champion
* Beram Kayal (born 1988) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Shareef Keouf (born 2001) – professional and junior Team Israel footballer
* Nazar Mahmud (born 1988) – figure skater
* Adam Maraana (born 2003) - Team Israel Olympic swimmer
* Eduard Meron (born 1938) - Israeli Olympic weightlifter
* Azmi Nassar \- football manager
* Elham Mahamid Ruzin (born 1990) - Team Israel Paralympic goalball player
* Dia Saba (born 1992) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Kenny Saief (born 1993) – Team Israel footballer
* Ranin Salameh (born 1996) - Team Israel footballer
* Saleh Shahin (born 1982) - Team Israel Paralympic medalist rower
* Iyad Shalabi (born 1987) - Team Israel Paralympic champion swimmer
* Nora Shanab (born 1987) - Team Israel footballer
* Abbas Suan (born 1976) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Salim Tuama (born 1979) - professional and Team Israel footballer
* Rifaat Turk (born 1954) - Team Israel Olympic footballer

## See also

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* List of Israeli Arab Muslims
* List of Israeli Arab Christians

## References

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1. ^ הגיבורים הסודיים של העדה הדרוזית - וואלה! חדשות
2. ^ Visitor_Mansour
3. ^ Toufik Mansour
4. ^ Nathan Burstein, Sister of Druze Miss Israel Contestant is Murdered, Forward.com, 3 August 2011 [1]
5. ^ Granta contributors: Salman Natour. Accessed 15 February 2016
6. ^ A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry - Victims of A Map by Samih al-Qasim, Adonis, and Mahmoud Darwish. Al-Saqi Books 26 Westbourne Grove, London W2 1984
7. ^ "Rami Zeedan: Finding his place in Israel and in Lawrence". Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
8. ^ Chernick, Ilanit (2 April 2019). "Gadeer Mreeh set to break the glass ceiling for Druze women in politics". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
9. ^ Ministers of the Minorities Knesset website
10. ^ Livni returns to politics with The Tzipi Livni Party Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine Jerusalem Post, 27 November 2012
11. ^ Jones, Ryan (20 July 2014). "IDF Brigade Commander Wounded Leading Troops into Battle". Israel Today. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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