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List of Israeli Arab Christians

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This is a list of notable Arab-Israeli Christians (also known as Palestinian-Israeli Christians).

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.

Religious figures

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Activists

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Cultural figures

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Film, TV, and stage

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  • Rim Banna – singer, composer, and arranger who is well known for her modern interpretations of traditional Palestinian Arab folk songs.

Writers

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Military

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  • Elinor Joseph – soldier who has served with the Caracal Battalion of the Israel Defense Forces since 2010. She is the first Arab woman ever to serve in a combat role in the Israeli army.[1]

Politicians and government officials

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Emile Habibi

Criminals

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Miscellaneous

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Medicine

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Hossam Haick
  • Amal Bishara - an Israeli Arab doctor, and the director of Bone Marrow Registry Outreach, Hadassah Medical Center, which is associated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.
  • Hossam Haick - a senior lecturer in chemical engineering and nanotechnology at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology already has several patents in his pocket. Last year he was included as one of the world's 35 "most-promising young scientists" in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's.[7]
  • Yaqub Hanna - an Israeli Arab who is a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, earned his Ph.D. and M.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in the study of embryonic stem cells.[8]

High tech

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Sports

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Salim Tuama

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Caro Weizman, Rotem (26 July 2010). "First Female Arab Combat Soldier in IDF is Proud to Serve Israel". IDF News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011. The difficult dilemma she felt in serving at a border crossing was not easy for her but she said during moments of difficulty and misgiving she would remember, 'there was a Katyusha [rocket] that fell near my house and also hurt Arabs. If someone would tell me that serving in the IDF means killing Arabs, I remind them that Arabs also kill Arabs.'
  2. ^ "Knesset Members – Tawfik Toubi". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  3. ^ Meet the New MK: Nadia Hilou[permanent dead link] Jerusalem Post, 28 April 2006
  4. ^ "And justices all four". Haaretz. 7 May 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Judge in Katsav trial known to be independent, fearless". The Jerusalem Post. 3 January 2011.
  6. ^ Israeli Elias Abuelazam appears in US court accused of racist murders The Guardian August 13, 2010
  7. ^ "Young Israelis of the year: Dr. Hossam Haick, 34: Sniffing out cancer". The Jerusalem Post. 18 September 2009. Dr. Hossam Haick, the Nazareth-born Christian Arab.
  8. ^ "WEIZMANN INSTITUTE: Israeli Scientists Return After Studying In America". Weizmann Institute of Science. 18 September 2009. Born into a Christian family in Rama, a small village near Carmiel in the Galilee, Hanna earned his Ph.D. and M.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  9. ^ "The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of". Bloomberg. 18 February 2016. He was the third child of four. His family was Christian Arab, a minority within a minority in the Jewish state.
  10. ^ "The Israeli In Apple Johny Srouji Receives $24 Million This Year". Bloomberg. 28 December 2017. Johny Srouji, who grew up in Haifa for a Christian Arab family and studied at the Technion.
  11. ^ "Interesting facts about Johny Srouji, the man behind Apple's custom processors". Indian Express. 25 June 2020. Born in a Christian Arab family, Srouji belongs to the city of Haifa in Israel.
  12. ^ "הכירו את הישראלי הכי בכיר באפל". Ynet. 25 June 2020. סרוג'י הוא ישראלי שנולד לפני 56 שנה למשפחה ערבית-נוצרית מחיפה.
  13. ^ "Joel Abu Hanna". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  14. ^ "ג'ואל אבו חנא: מעדיף את נבחרת ישראל על פלסטין - ספורט 5". Sport5.co.il - אתר ערוץ הספורט.
  15. ^ "Israel's most successful basketball team signs its first Arab-Israeli player". i24NEWS. 10 July 2017. Karam Mashour was born in Nazareth to an Arab Christian family.