List of Arab members of the Knesset

There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset ever since the first Knesset elections in 1949. The following is a list of the 102 past and present members. Some Israeli Druze dispute the label "Arab" and consider Druze to be a separate ethnic group. However, because they speak Arabic as their first language they are still included in this list.

Current members (7)

Knesset member	Party(s)	Knesset(s)	Religion Affiliation
Mansour Abbas	Ra'am	21, 22, 23, 24, 25	Muslim
Hamad Amar	Yisrael Beiteinu	18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25	Druze
Yasir Hujeirat	Ra'am	25	Muslim
Waleed Alhwashla	Ra'am	25	Muslim
Iman Khatib-Yasin	Ra'am	23, 24, 25	Muslim
Waleed Taha	Ra'am	22, 23, 24, 25	Muslim
Ahmad Tibi	Ta'al	15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25	Muslim

Past members (96)

Knesset member	Party(s)	Knesset(s)	Religious Affiliation	Notes
Ahmed A-Dahar	Progress and Development	4, 5	Muslim
Afif Abed	Likud	25	Druze
Muhammad Abu Elhega	Yesh Atid	25	Muslim
Afu Agbaria	Hadash	18, 19
Taleb Abu Arar	Ra'am Joint List	19, 20	Muslim	Bedouin
Mahmud A-Nashaf	Agriculture and Development	4	Muslim
Hamad Abu Rabia	Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers Alignment United Arab List	8, 9	Muslim
Labib Hussein Abu Rokan	Cooperation and Brotherhood	4	Druze
Jabar Asakla	Joint List	22, 23	Druze
Assad Assad	Likud	13	Druze
Shafik Assad	Dash Democratic Movement Ahva Telem	9	Druze
Youssef Atauna	Hadash	20, 25	Muslim	Bedouin
Zeidan Atashi	Shinui	9, 11	Druze
Juma Azbarga	Joint List	20	Muslim	Bedouin
Mohammad Barakeh	Hadash	15, 16, 17, 18, 19	Muslim	Former Deputy Knesset speaker
Zouheir Bahloul	Zionist Union	20	Muslim	Sunni Muslim^[1]
Rostam Bastuni	Mapam	2	Muslim
Azmi Bishara	Balad	14, 15, 16, 17	Christian
Ahmed Dabbah	Kadima	18	Muslim
Abdulwahab Darawshe	Alignment Arab Democratic Party	11, 12, 13, 14	Muslim
Abdulmalik Dehamshe	Ra'am	14, 15, 16	Muslim	Deputy Knesset speaker
Yussef Diab	Cooperation and Brotherhood	4	Muslim
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,	Muslim
Hussein Faris	Mapam	12	Muslim
Issawi Frej	Meretz	19, 20, 21, 24	Muslim	Sunni Muslim^[2]
Basel Ghattas	Balad Joint List	19, 20	Christian
Mazen Ghanaim	Ra'am	24	Muslim
Masud Ghnaim	Ra'am Joint List	18, 19, 20	Muslim
Emile Habibi	Maki Rakah	2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Christian
Haneh Hadad	Labor Party	13	Christian
Rafik Haj Yahia	One Nation Labor Party	14	Muslim
Walid Haj Yahia	Left Camp of Israel Meretz	9, 13, 14	Muslim
Faras Hamdan	Agriculture and Development	2, 3	Muslim
Yussuf Hamis	Mapam	3, 4, 5	Christian
Said al-Harumi	Joint List Ra'am	20, 22, 23, 24	Muslim	Bedouin
Akram Hasson	Kadima Kulanu New Hope	18, 20, 25	Druze
Salah-Hassan Hanifes	Progress and Work	2, 3	Druze
Nadia Hilou	Labor Party	17	Christian
Ibrahim Hijazi	Joint List	20	Muslim
Halil-Salim Jabara	Ahdut HaAvoda	5	Muslim
Hussniya Jabara	Meretz	15	Muslim	First female Arab MK
Yousef Jabareen	Joint List Hadash-Ta'al Joint List	20, 21, 22, 23	Muslim
Amin-Salim Jarjora	Democratic List of Nazareth	1	Christian
Muhamad Kanan	Ra'am Arab National Party	15	Muslim
Masaad Kassis	Democratic List for Israeli Arabs	2, 3	Catholic	Melkite
Ayoob Kara	Likud	15, 16, 18, 20	Druze	Former Deputy Knesset speaker
Hamad Khalaily	Alignment	10	Muslim
Tawfik Khatib	Ra'am Arab National Party	14, 15	Muslim
Raleb Majadele	Labour	16, 17, 18, 19	Muslim	First Muslim Arab Minister. Minister without Portfolio (2007), Minister of Science, Culture and Sport (2007–2009)
Hashem Mahameed	Hadash Balad Ra'am National Unity – National Progressive Alliance	12, 13, 14, 15	Muslim
Issam Makhoul	Hadash	15, 16
Ibtisam Mara'ana	Labour	24	Muslim
Mufid Mari	Blue and White	24	Druze
Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf	Joint List	20	Druze
Nawaf Massalha	Alignment Labor Party One Israel	12, 13, 14, 15	Muslim	Deputy Minister, Deputy Knesset speaker
Mohammed Miari	Progressive List for Peace	11, 12	Muslim
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	Druze	Deputy Minister
Gadeer Mreeh	Blue and White Yesh Atid-Telem	21, 22, 23	Druze
Fateen Mulla	Likud	21, 23, 24	Druze
Hanna Mwais	Hadash	9	Christian
Mohamed Naffa	Hadash	12	Druze
Said Nafa	Balad	17, 18	Druze
Elias Nakhleh	Progress and Development Cooperation and Development Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood	4, 5, 6, 7	Christian
Amal Nasser el-Din	Likud	8, 9, 10, 11	Druze
Diyab Obeid	Cooperation and Brotherhood	5, 6, 7	Muslim
Ayman Odeh	Hadash	20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25	Non-religious (raised Sunni Muslim)
Niven Abu Rahmoun	Joint List	20	Christian
Saleh Saad	Zionist Union	20	Druze
Osama Saadi	Joint List Hadash-Ta'al Joint List	20, 21, 22, 23, 24	Muslim
Ahmad Sa'd	Hadash	14
Samir Bin Said	Ta'al	25	Muslim
Ali Salalha	Meretz	24	Druze
Taleb el-Sana	Arab Democratic Party Ra'am	13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18	Muslim	Bedouin
Sondos Saleh	Joint List	23	Muslim
Saleh Saleem	Hadash	13, 14	Muslim
Ibrahim Sarsur	Ra'am	17, 18, 19	Muslim
Mtanes Shehadeh	Ra'am–Balad Joint List	21, 22, 23	Christian
Sami Abu Shehadeh	Joint List	22, 23, 24	Muslim
Shachiv Shnaan	Labour Independence	17, 18	Druze
Saleh Suleiman	Progress and Work	3	Muslim
Hana Sweid	Hadash	17, 18, 19	Christian
Wasil Taha	Balad	16, 17	Muslim
Salah Tarif	Alignment Labor Party One Israel	12, 13, 14, 15, 16	Druze	First Arab Minister (Minister without Portfolio), also Deputy Knesset speaker
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
Aida Touma-Suleiman	Hadash	20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25	Non-religious (raised Christian)
Wael Younis	Joint List	20	Muslim
Majalli Wahabi	Likud Kadima Hatnuah	16, 17, 18	Druze	Former Deputy Knesset speaker, briefly acting President
Muhammed Wattad	Alignment Mapam Hadash	10, 11	Muslim
Abd al-Hakim Hajj Yahya	Joint List Ra'am–Balad	20, 21	Muslim
Heba Yazbak	Ra'am–Balad Joint List	21, 22, 23	Muslim
Jamal Zahalka	Balad Joint List	16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Abbas Zakour	Ra'am	17	Muslim
Tawfiq Ziad	Rakah Hadash	8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Haneen Zoabi	Balad Joint List	18, 19, 20	Muslim	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	Muslim	First Arab Deputy Minister
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi	Meretz	24

References

↑ Israeli Arab sportscaster to get into game from inside Knesset Times of Israel, 5 December 2014
↑ International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by 54 Knesset Members at Auschwitz The Algemeiner, 27 January 2014
↑ 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.

External links

Knesset members Knesset website

[1] Israeli Arab sportscaster to get into game from inside Knesset Times of Israel, 5 December 2014

[2] International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by 54 Knesset Members at Auschwitz The Algemeiner, 27 January 2014

[age20090516-3] 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.

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Current members (7)

Past members (96)

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