# 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.

## Religious figures

* 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.

## Activists

* 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.

## Cultural figures
### Film, TV, and stage

* Talleen Abu Hanna – beauty pageant winner and television personality
* Valerie Hamaty – singer and actress
* Clara Khoury – actress.
* 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.
* Lina Makoul – singer
* Amal Murkus – actress and singer.
* Nasri - singer.
* Elia Suleiman – film maker and actor.
* Yousef (Joe) Sweid – actor, dancer and puppeteer.
* Hisham Zreiq – award-winning Independent film maker, poet and visual artist.

### Popular musicians

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

### Writers

* 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.

## Military

* 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.

## Politicians and government officials

* Tawfik Toubi - was an Israeli Arab communist politician.
* 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.
* Daud Turki – poet and the leader of the Israeli Jewish-Arab left-wing organization Revolutionary Communist alliance.
* Salim Joubran – Justice on the Supreme Court.
* George Karra - Justice on the Supreme Court.
* Hana Sweid – Member of the Knesset for Hadash.

## Criminals

* Elias Abuelazam – suspect of racial. serial killing and multiple stabbings.

## Miscellaneous

* 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.

## Medicine

* 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.
* 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.

## High tech

* Johny Srouji a Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies at Apple Inc.

## Sports

* 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 and the Israel national team.
* Karam Mashour - professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Premier League.
* 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.