List of Arab citizens of Israel

This is a list of notable Israeli Arab citizens.

Academia

• Ghazi Falah, geography professor
• Toufik Mansour, mathematician and professor at Haifa University in the field of combinatorics.^[1][2][3]
• Rami Zeedan, author, political scientist, and historian^[4]

Journalism

• Lucy Aharish, Journalist and actrees
• Yoseph Haddad, journalist and social media influencer
• Rafik Halabi [he], journalist and politician
• Suleiman Maswadeh, chief political correspondent for Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
• Ayman Sikseck, author and journalist

Culture

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
• Lucy Ayoub, television presenter (mother was born Jewish, converted to Christianity)
• Mohammad Bakri, actor and film director
• Nas Daily, vlogger
• Salim Daw, actor
• Elham Dwairy Tabry, author
• Angelina Fares, beauty pageant contestant; finalist in Miss Israel 2007.^[5]
• Emile Habibi, writer of literature
• Rashid Hussein, poet, orator, journalist and Arabic-Hebrew translator
• Norman Issa, actor
• Hanna Jubran, sculptor
• Nasrin Kadri, singer (converted to Judaism as an adult)
• Ahmad Kanaan, painter and sculptor
• Sayed Kashua, author and journalist
• Clara Khoury, actress
• 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^[6]
• Samih al-Qasim, poet^[7]
• Rana Raslan, Miss Israel 1999
• Samira Saraya, actor, filmmaker, and rapper
• Anton Shammas, poet and translator
• Fatma Shanan, painter

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
• Zouheir Bahloul, Knesset member for Zionist Union
• 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
• Masud Ghnaim, Knesset member for United Arab List
• Mazen Ghnaim, Knesset member for United Arab List
• 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
• Captain Ella [she], senior office in the Arabic division of the IDF spokesperson
• Imad Fares, IDF brigadier general, commander of the Givati Brigade
• Mahmoud Kheir el-Din [he], a Lieutenant colonel who died in the line of duty in 2018 in an operation in Khan Yunis
• 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

• 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

• List of Israeli Arab Muslims
• List of Israeli Arab Christians