List of Israeli Arab Muslims

Religious figures

• Abdullah Nimar Darwish – founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel
• Raed Salah – leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel

Cultural figures

Film, TV, and stage

• Hiam Abbass – actress

Writers

• Khaled Abu Toameh – journalist

Models

• Rana Raslan – fashion model who was Miss Israel in 1999. She was the first, and so far the only, Arab Israeli to win this title.

Military

• Amira al Hayb – first female Bedouin soldier in a combat position
• Amos Yarkoni – Bedouin-Israeli military officer

Politicians and government officials

• Abdullah Nimar Darwish – the founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel.
• Hussein Faris – former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and Meretz between 1988 and 1992.
• Masud Ghnaim – politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List.
• Hussniya Jabara – former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz between 1999 and 2003. She was the first Israeli Arab woman to become a Knesset member.
• Hamad Khalaily – former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1981 until 1984.
• Raleb Majadele – member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. Majadele became the country's first Muslim minister when appointed Minister without Portfolio on 28 January 2007.
• Nawaf Massalha – first Muslim Arab to hold a ministerial position in the Israeli government when he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health by Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
• Taleb el-Sana – Israeli Bedouin politician and lawyer. He was the longest serving Arab Member of the Knesset until he lost his seat in 2013 Arab Member of the Knesset.
• Ibrahim Sarsur – politician and member of the Knesset for the United Arab List, of which he is the party leader.
• Wasil Taha – politician and member of the Knesset for the Israeli Arab party, Balad.
• Ali Yahya – diplomat. Yahya 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.
• Abdel Rahman Zuabi – judge. Zuabi served on the Israeli Supreme Court for nine months in 1999, making him the first Israeli Arab on the country's highest court.
• Jamal Zahalka – Israeli Arab politician who serves as a member of the Knesset representing the Balad party. He is also a Balad party leader.
• Ahmad Tibi – politician and leader of the Arab party Ta'al. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.
• Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi – politician of Arabic descent, first non-Jewish member of the Knesset.
• Seif el-Din el-Zoubi – politician, elected to the Knesset in 1949, resigned from politics in 1984.
• Haneen Zoabi – politician. In 2009 she became first Israeli Arab woman on an Arab party's list to be elected to the Knesset.

Academic figures

• Ghazi Falah – Bedouin Israeli-Canadian geographer, who is currently a tenured professor at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA.

Sports

• Mu'nas Dabbur - professional and Team Israel footballer
• Hatem Abd Elhamed - professional and Team Israel footballer
• Beram Kayal - professional and Team Israel footballer
• Dia Saba - professional and Team Israel footballer
• Abbas Suan - footballer from Sakhnin in the Galilee. As a footballer he was considered by many as one of the best Arab-Israeli players.
• Rifaat Turk - Team Israel Olympic footballer, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv