List of Arab citizens of Israel
This is a list of notable Israeli Arab citizens.
Academia
Culture
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
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
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
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
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
Adam Maraana
Team Israel Olympian Rifaat Turk
See also
References