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.
Amal Nasser el-Din – author and former politician who served as a member of theKnesset forLikud between 1977 and 1988; awarded theIsrael Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize for the Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers, and the Yakir Haifa Award
Akram Hasson – politician who served as a member of theKnesset from 2012 to 2019, first forKadima and then forKulanu; he was Kadima's leader, marking the first time aDruze had led a Jewish party.
Gadeer Mreeh — journalist and politician, serving as a member of the Knesset forBlue and White since April 2019. She is the first Druze woman to serve in the Knesset, and the first Druze woman to anchor a Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.[7]
Jabr Muadi – politician who served as a member of the Knesset for seven different parties between 1951 and 1981.
Majalli Wahabi – politician who served as a member of the Knesset forLikud,Kadima, andHatnuah. He briefly assumed the position ofPresident of Israel due to PresidentMoshe Katzav's leave of absence and Acting PresidentDalia Itzik's trip abroad in February 2007, making him the first non-Jew to act as Israel's head of state.[12]
Munir Amar – Brigadier General in the IDF, served as commander of theSword Battalion, he died in a plane crash while serving as the Head of the Civil Administration of the West Bank, which functions as a subdivision of theCOGAT.[14]
^A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry - Victims of A Map by Samih al-Qasim, Adonis, and Mahmoud Darwish. Al-Saqi Books 26 Westbourne Grove, London W2 1984