List of Arab members of the Knesset


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There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset ever since the first Knesset elections in 1949. The following is a list of the 89 past and present members. Some Israeli Druze dispute the label "Arab" and consider Druze to be a separate ethnic group. However, as they speak Arabic as their first language they are still included in this list.

Current members (14)

Knesset member Party(s) Knesset(s) Comments
Mansour Abbas   Ra'am–Balad
Joint List
Ra'am		 21, 22, 23, 24 Sunni Muslim
Hamad Amar   Yisrael Beiteinu 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 Druze
Issawi Frej   Meretz 19, 20, 21, 24 Sunni Muslim[1]
Mazen Ghanaim   Ra'am 24
Said al-Harumi   Joint List
Ra'am		 20, 22, 23,24 Bedouin
Ibtisam Mara'ana   Labour 24
Fateen Mulla   Likud 21, 23, 24 Druze
Ayman Odeh   Joint List
Hadash-Ta'al
Joint List		 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Non-religious
Osama Saadi
 
 Joint List
Hadash-Ta'al
Joint List 		20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Sunni Muslim
Sami Abu Shehadeh   Joint List 22, 23, 24
Walid Taha Joint List
Ra'am 		22, 23, 24
Ahmad Tibi   Balad
Ta'al
Ra'am
Joint List
Hadash-Ta'al
Joint List 		15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Sunni Muslim
Aida Touma-Suleiman   Joint List
Hadash-Ta'al
Joint List		 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Christian
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi   Meretz 24

Past members

Knesset member Party(s) Knesset(s) Comments
Ahmed A-Dahar Progress and Development 4, 5
Afu Agbaria   Hadash 18, 19
Taleb Abu Arar   United Arab List
Joint List		 19, 20 Bedouin
Mahmud A-Nashaf Agriculture and Development 4
Hamad Abu Rabia   Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers
Alignment
United Arab List 		8, 9
Labib Hussein Abu Rokan   Cooperation and Brotherhood 4
Jabar Asakla Joint List 22, 23 Druze
Assad Assad Likud 13
Shafik Assad Dash
Democratic Movement
Ahva
Telem 		9
Zeidan Atashi Shinui 9, 11
Youssef Atauna Joint List 20
Juma Azbarga Joint List 20 Bedouin
Mohammad Barakeh   Hadash 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Former Deputy Knesset speaker
Zouheir Bahloul   Zionist Union 20 Sunni Muslim[2]
Rostam Bastuni Mapam 2
Azmi Bishara   Balad 14, 15, 16, 17
Ahmed Dabbah   Kadima 18
Abdulwahab Darawshe Alignment
Arab Democratic Party 		11, 12, 13, 14
Abdulmalik Dehamshe United Arab List 14, 15, 16 Deputy Knesset speaker
Yussef Diab Cooperation and Brotherhood 4
Seif el-Din el-Zoubi   Democratic List of Nazareth
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs
Progress and Development
Cooperation and Development
Alignment
United Arab List 		1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9,
Hussein Faris Mapam 12
Basel Ghattas   Balad
Joint List 		19, 20 Christian
Masud Ghnaim   United Arab List
Joint List		 18, 19, 20 Sunni Muslim
Emile Habibi   Maki
Rakah 		2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Haneh Hadad Labor Party 13
Rafik Haj Yahia One Nation
Labor Party 		14
Walid Haj Yahia   Left Camp of Israel
Meretz 		9, 13, 14
Faras Hamdan   Agriculture and Development 2, 3
Yussuf Hamis Mapam 3, 4, 5
Salah-Hassan Hanifes Progress and Work 2, 3
Akram Hasson Kadima
Kulanu		 18, 20 Druze
Nadia Hilou   Labor Party 17
Ibrahim Hijazi Joint List 20
Halil-Salim Jabara Ahdut HaAvoda 5
Hussniya Jabara   Meretz 15 First female Arab MK
Yousef Jabareen   Joint List
Hadash-Ta'al
Joint List		 20, 21, 22, 23 Sunni Muslim
Amin-Salim Jarjora   Democratic List of Nazareth 1
Muhamad Kanan United Arab List
Arab National Party 		15
Masaad Kassis Democratic List for Israeli Arabs 2, 3
Ayoob Kara   Likud 15, 16, 18, 20 Druze, Former Deputy Knesset speaker
Hamad Khalaily Alignment 10
Tawfik Khatib United Arab List
Arab National Party 		14, 15
Iman Khatib-Yasin Joint List 23
Raleb Majadele   Labour 16, 17, 18, 19 First Muslim Arab Minister. Minister without Portfolio (2007), Minister of Science, Culture and Sport (2007–2009)
Hashem Mahameed Hadash
Balad
United Arab List
National Unity – National Progressive Alliance 		12, 13, 14, 15
Issam Makhoul   Hadash 15, 16
Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf   Joint List 20 Druze
Nawaf Massalha Alignment
Labor Party
One Israel 		12, 13, 14, 15 Deputy Minister, Deputy Knesset speaker
Mohammed Miari Progressive List for Peace 11, 12
Jabr Moade   Democratic List for Israeli Arabs
Cooperation and Brotherhood
Cooperation and Development
Druze Party
Progress and Development
Alignment
United Arab List 		2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Deputy Minister
Gadeer Mreeh   Blue and White
Yesh Atid-Telem		 21, 22, 23 Druze
Hanna Mwais Hadash 9
Mohamed Naffa Hadash 12
Said Nafa   Balad 17, 18 Druze
Elias Nakhleh   Progress and Development
Cooperation and Development
Jewish-Arab Brotherhood
Cooperation and Brotherhood 		4, 5, 6, 7
Amal Nasser el-Din   Likud 8, 9, 10, 11
Diyab Obeid Cooperation and Brotherhood 5, 6, 7
Niven Abu Rahmoun Joint List 20
Saleh Saad Zionist Union 20 Druze
Ahmad Sa'd Hadash 14
Taleb el-Sana   Arab Democratic Party
United Arab List 		13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Bedouin
Sondos Saleh   Joint List 23
Saleh Saleem Hadash 13, 14
Ibrahim Sarsur   United Arab List 17, 18, 19
Mtanes Shehadeh   Ra'am–Balad Joint List 21, 22, 23 Christian
Shachiv Shnaan Labour
Independence 		17, 18 Druze
Saleh Suleiman Progress and Work 3
Hana Sweid   Hadash 17, 18, 19 Christian
Wasil Taha Balad 16, 17
Salah Tarif   Alignment
Labor Party
One Israel 		12, 13, 14, 15, 16 First Arab Minister (Minister without Portfolio), also Deputy Knesset speaker
Tawfik Toubi Tawfik Toubi Maki
Rakah
Hadash 		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Second longest serving Knesset member (41 years, 5 months and 9 days) after Shimon Peres
Wael Younis Joint List 20
Majalli Wahabi Likud
Kadima
Hatnuah 		16, 17, 18 Druze, Former Deputy Knesset speaker, briefly acting President
Muhammed Wattad Alignment
Mapam
Hadash 		10, 11
Abd al-Hakim Hajj Yahya   Joint List
Ra'am–Balad		 20, 21 Sunni Muslim
Heba Yazbak Ra'am–Balad
Joint List		 21, 22, 23 Sunni Muslim
Jamal Zahalka   Balad
Joint List		 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Abbas Zakour United Arab List 17
Tawfiq Ziad Rakah
Hadash 		8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Haneen Zoabi   Balad
Joint List		 18, 19, 20 Sunni Muslim.[3] First Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab party's list.
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi   Mapam
Alignment 		6, 7, 8 First Arab Deputy Minister

See also

References

  1. ^ International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by 54 Knesset Members at Auschwitz The Algemeiner, 27 January 2014
  2. ^ Israeli Arab sportscaster to get into game from inside Knesset Times of Israel, 5 December 2014
  3. ^ Jason Koutsoukis (16 May 2009). "Voice of equality". The Age. My parents are Muslims. They pray, they fast, they have been to Mecca, but they raised their children to think and feel as liberal, open-minded people.