List of Israeli Arab Muslims
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This is a list of notable Arab-Israeli Muslims.
The list is ordered by category of human endeavor. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.
- Abdullah Nimar Darwish – founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel
- Raed Salah – leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel
Cultural figures
Film, TV, and stage
- Hiam Abbass – actress
Writers
- Khaled Abu Toameh – journalist
Models
- Rana Raslan – fashion model who was Miss Israel in 1999. She was the first, and so far the only, Arab Israeli to win this title.[1][2]
Military
- Amira al Hayb – first female Bedouin soldier in a combat position
- Amos Yarkoni – Bedouin-Israeli military officer
Politicians and government officials
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- Abdullah Nimar Darwish – the founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel.
- Hussein Faris – former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and Meretz between 1988 and 1992.
- Masud Ghnaim – politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List.
- Hussniya Jabara – former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz between 1999 and 2003. She was the first Israeli Arab woman to become a Knesset member.
- Hamad Khalaily – former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1981 until 1984.
- Raleb Majadele – member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. Majadele became the country's first Muslim minister when appointed Minister without Portfolio on 28 January 2007.
- Nawaf Massalha – first Muslim Arab to hold a ministerial position in the Israeli government when he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health by Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
- Taleb el-Sana – Israeli Bedouin politician and lawyer. He was the longest serving Arab Member of the Knesset until he lost his seat in 2013 [3][circular reference] Arab Member of the Knesset.
- Ibrahim Sarsur – politician and member of the Knesset for the United Arab List, of which he is the party leader.
- Wasil Taha – politician and member of the Knesset for the Israeli Arab party, Balad.
- Ali Yahya – diplomat. Yahya became the first Israeli ambassador of Arab descent in 1995 when he was appointed ambassador to Finland, a post in which he served until 1999. In 2006 Yahya was appointed Israeli ambassador to Greece.
- Abdel Rahman Zuabi – judge. Zuabi served on the Israeli Supreme Court for nine months in 1999, making him the first Israeli Arab on the country's highest court.
- Jamal Zahalka – Israeli Arab politician who serves as a member of the Knesset representing the Balad party. He is also a Balad party leader.
- Ahmad Tibi – politician and leader of the Arab party Ta'al (the Arab Movement for Renewal). He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.[4]
- Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi (1926–1974) – politician of Arabic descent, first non-Jewish member of the Knesset.
- Seif el-Din el-Zoubi (1913–1986) – politician, elected to the Knesset in 1949, resigned from politics in 1984.
- Haneen Zoabi – politician. In 2009 she became first Israeli Arab woman on an Arab party's list to be elected to the Knesset.
Academic figures
- Ghazi Falah – Bedouin Israeli-Canadian geographer, who is currently a tenured professor at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA.
