List of Israeli Arab Christians

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.

• Father Gabriel Naddaf - Greek Orthodox Church – priest and judge in religious courts. Spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
• Munib Younan – elected president of the Lutheran World Federation since 2010 and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Bishop of Palestine and Jordan since 1998.
• Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia — Bishop of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
• Elias Chacour – Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee of the Melkite Eastern Catholic Church.
• Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal – former Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.

• Father Gabriel Naddaf - Greek Orthodox priest dedicated to integrating the Christian Arab community within Israel into Israeli society via service in military and national social service.
• Ameer Makhoul – a writer and public figure, the executive director of Palestinian network of non-governmental organizations Ittijah and the head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel.
• Sabri Jiryis – writer and lawyer, a graduate of the Hebrew University law faculty, and prominent Palestinian activist.

• Makram Khoury – the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel. He is one of the most accomplished and well-known Israeli Arab actors.
• Amal Murkus – actress and singer.
• Nasri - singer.
• Elia Suleiman – film maker and actor.
• Hisham Zreiq – award-winning Independent film maker, poet and visual artist.
• Clara Khoury – actress.
• Yousef (Joe) Sweid – actor, dancer and puppeteer.
• Lina Makoul – singer
• Talleen Abu Hanna – beauty pageant winner and television personality

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

• Emile Habibi – writer of Arabic expression, leader of the Israel Communist Party and Member of the Israeli Knesset.
• Anton Shammas – writer, poet, translator and editor.
• Daud Turki – poet, was the leader of the Israeli Jewish-Arab left-wing organization Revolutionary Communist alliance.
• Anton Shammas – essayist, writer of fiction and poetry and translator.
• Hisham Zreiq – award-winning Independent film maker, poet and visual artist.
• Sabri Jiryis – writer and lawyer, graduate of the Hebrew University law faculty, and prominent Palestinian activist.

• 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]

• Tawfik Toubi - was an Israeli Arab communist politician.^[2]
• Emile Habibi – writer of Arabic expression, leader of the Israel Communist Party and Member of the Israeli Knesset.
• Azmi Bishara – former member of the Knesset who left Israel after being suspected of spying for Hezbollah during the Second Lebanon War.
• Nadia Hilou – politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2006 and 2009. She was the second female Israeli Arab MK after Hussniya Jabara, and also the first female Christian MK.^[3]
• Daud Turki – poet and the leader of the Israeli Jewish-Arab left-wing organization Revolutionary Communist alliance.
• Salim Joubran – Justice on the Supreme Court.^[4]
• George Karra - Justice on the Supreme Court.^[5]
• Hana Sweid – Member of the Knesset for Hadash.

• Elias Abuelazam – suspect of racial.^[6] serial killing and multiple stabbings.

• Elias Khoury – lawyer specializing in real property law who gained fame in the 1970s when he led a legal battle against the Israeli settlers of Sebastia and Elon Moreh.

• 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]

• Johny Srouji a Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies at Apple Inc.^{[9][10][11][12]}

• Azmi Nassar – football manager and served as manager of the Palestinian national football team.
• Joel Abu Hanna - German-born Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Legia Warsaw^[13] and the Israel national team.^[14]
• Karam Mashour - professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Premier League.^[15]
• Marc Hinawi – swimmer.
• Maroun Gantous - association football player.
• Salim Tuama – soccer player playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv who has in the past played for Standard Liège, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Kayserispor, Larissa and the youth club Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda.

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