Facts: - profession: diplomat - death place: kafr qara , israel - death date: 2014 - country: finland greece - term end: 1999 2014 - term start: 1995 2006 - birth date: 1947 - name: ali yahya - nationality: israeli arab - birth place: kafr qara , mandatory palestine - religion: muslim - ambassador from: israel israel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ali yahya .
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ali yahya -lrb- , arabic : ; born 1947 , died 2014 -rrb- was an israeli arab diplomat .he became the first israeli ambassador of arab descent in 1995 when he was appointed ambassador to finland , a post in which he served until 1999 .in 2006 yahya was appointed israeli ambassador to greece .