- Ariel Sharon
"' (also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק"' is a former Israeli Prime Minister and military leader whose political career was ended by a massive stroke that he suffered in early 2006. Sharon served as Prime Minister from March 2001 until April 2006, though the powers of his office were exercised by acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert following Sharon's stroke on 4 January2006. At that time, Sharon fell into a coma; as of July 2007, … - Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert ; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert became Prime Minister on April 14, 2006 but had been exercising the powers of the office since they were transferred to him on January 4, 2006 after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. Olmert's title for that period was Acting Prime Minister. Olmert has previously been the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, Finance minister, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, … - Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense, deputy prime minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party. Barak served as the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. After losing the 2001 election, Barak embarked on a business career. On June 12, 2007, he completed a political comeback by winning election to the Labor Party leadership. He was appointed as Israeli Minister of Defence, … - Uri Avnery
Uri Avnery (also transliterated Uri Avneri, born September 10, 1923 in Beckum, Germany as Helmut Ostermann), is a German-born Israeli journalist, left-wing peace activist, and former Knesset member, who was originally a member of the right-wing Revisionist Zionist movement. - Benjamin Netanyahu
"', transliterated Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu"', born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is Chairman of the Likud Party. As leader of the conservative Likud party, he was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He is the first (and to date only) Prime Minister of Israel to be born after the State of Israel's foundation. He was Finance Minister of Israel until August 9, 2005, … - Azmi Bishara
Azmi Bishara is a Palestinian Christian who was a Member of the Israeli Knesset and leader of the Balad party from 1996 until resigning in April 2007. His resignation took place amidst news of a series of "serious" but "unspecified" criminal charges being laid against him by Israeli security services, which were later revealed to be treason and espionage. By resigning, Bishara lost his parliamentary immunity and has chosen to remain abroad, … - Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958), he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new State of Israel. - Amir Peretz
Amir Peretz (born 9 March, 1952) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset. He is a former Defense Minister of Israel and former leader of the Israeli Labour Party, having left those positions in June of 2007. Peretz is the former chairman of the Histadrut trade union federation and defeated Shimon Peres in the primary elections for the Labour leadership in November 9, 2005. He led the Labour Party to a second place showing in the 2006 Israeli elections. - Tzipi Livni
Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni (born July 8 1958 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is Foreign Affairs Minister, Acting Prime Minister of Israel, and a leading member of the Kadima party. Following the March 2006 Knesset election and the subsequent negotations for formation of Israel's 31st Government, some observers believed that Livni had emerged as "the second most powerful politician in Israel," after Ehud Olmert. - Yossi Beilin
Dr. Yossef ("Yossi") Beilin is a leftist Israeli politician, Knesset member, and a former deputy foreign minister and justice minister within the Israeli Labour Party. He is currently chairman of Meretz-Yachad. He is best known for his involvement with the Oslo accords, the Geneva Initiative and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in general. - Shaul Mofaz
"'"' (born 1948 in Tehran, Iran) is the current Israeli Minister of Transportation and a Deputy Prime Minister, and a former Minister of Defense. Previously he was the 16th Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was the first Israeli of Iranian origin to achieve that post. Mofaz was born in Tehran, although his parents came from Isfahan. Mofaz has had the unique distinction of serving under four different Israeli Prime Ministers, … - Yitzhak Shamir
Shamir first described a meeting he had recently had with a Vermont-based psychoanalyst, the nephew of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion. The nephew prided himself on the fact that his closest friends were Palestinians, and that he rejected the idea of a Jewish "tribal" identity, preferring to view all human beings as brethren. Shamir observed, "That is the last thing the bosses want. - Avigdor Lieberman
Avigdor Lieberman, also Liberman is an Israeli politician and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party. He has served as the Minister of Strategic Affairs and as a Deputy Prime Minister of Israel since November 2006. In October 2006, Lieberman and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signed a coalition agreement. Under the agreement, Lieberman became the Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, … - Haim Ramon
Haim Ramon (born 10 April 1950) is an Israeli politician and Member of the Knesset for Kadima. He was appointed Minister of Justice on 4 May 2006 and announced his resignation from the post on August 18 of the same year, following allegations of sexual misconduct. Despite being found guilty of the harassment, he was reappointed to the cabinet in July 2007 as Vice Premier and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for state policy. - Yossi Sarid
Yossi Sarid (born October 24, 1940) is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician. Sarid was member of the Meretz-Yachad party in the Knesset until he withdrew from politics shortly before the 2006 elections. Sarid holds a Master's degree in Political Science from New School for Social Research, New York. He writes a weekly column for the daily, … - Silvan Shalom
"'"' (born 4 October 1958) is an Israeli politician and former Foreign Minister (2003-2006) and Finance Minister (2001-2003). He remains a Likud Party member of the Knesset, in which he has served since 1992. Born in Gabès, Tunisia to the Beit Shalom dynasty, Shalom emigrated to Israel in 1959. Like most Israelis, Shalom was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces at the age of 18 and achieved the rank of Sergeant. Shalom attended Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, … - Yuval Steinitz
Dr Yuval Steinitz, is an Israeli philosopher and politician who has been a Knesset member for the Likud party since 1999. In the years 2003–2006, he chaired the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He is married to Gila Cnafi-Steinitz, a judge in the District court of Jerusalem. - Shlomo Ben-Ami
Shlomo Ben-Ami (born July 17 1943) is an Israeli diplomat, politician and historian. Ben-Ami was born in Tangier, Morocco to Sephardic Jewish parents. He immigrated to Israel in 1955. He was educated at Tel-Aviv University and Oxford University (England) from which he received a Ph.D. in History. He was a historian at Tel-Aviv University from the mid-1970s, serving as head of the School of History from 1982 to 1986. His initial field of study was Spanish history, … - Levi Eshkol
"', born Levi Shkolnik, Hebrew לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק"'; October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office. Levi Shkolnik was born in the village of Oratov near Kiev, Ukraine. His mother came from an Hasidic background and his father came from a family of Mitnagdim. - Yuli Tamir
Professor Yuli Tamir (born Yael Tamir, 26 February 1954) is an Israeli scholar and politician and former Minister of Immigrant Absorption. She is now Minister of Education, representing the Labour Party. Between 1972-1974, she served in Aman's 848 Unit, and during the Yom Kippur War, she served as an officer in an outpost on the Sinai. Tamir received a BA in Biology and an MA in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. - Dalia Itzik
Dalia Itzik (born 20 October 1952) is an Israeli politician, and currently holds the position of Knesset speaker. A member of the Kadima party, she was elected and took office as the first female speaker of the Knesset on May 4, 2006. Itzik was born in Jerusalem to a family of Iraqi origin. Before being elected to the 13th Knesset in 1992, she served as Jerusalem's deputy mayor. As a member of the Labour party, she served as Commerce, Environment and, most recently, … - Shulamit Aloni
Shulamit Aloni (born November 29 1928) is an Israeli politician and left-wing activist. She is a prominent member of the Israeli peace camp, founded the Ratz party and was leader of the Meretz party and served as Israel's minister of education from 1992 to 1993. Born Shulamit Adler in Tel Aviv, her mother was a seamstress and her father was a carpenter, both descended from Polish Jewish rabbinical families. - Ami Ayalon
Ami Ayalon (born 27 June 1945) is an Israeli politician and Member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. He was formerly head of the Shabak, Israel's domestic security agency, and commander-in-chief of the Navy. He came second to Ehud Barak in a Labor leadership runoff on the 12th of June, 2007. - Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Brigadier-General (Res.) Binyamin "Fouad" Ben-Eliezer (born February 12, 1936) is an Israeli politician and former soldier. He was the first Iraqi Jew to lead the Israeli Labour party. On May 4, 2006, he became Minister of National Infrastructure in the Kadima led coalition government. Born in Iraq, Ben-Eliezer immigrated to Israel (an action known to Zionists as the aliyah) in 1950. Ben-Eliezer entered the army in 1954, and became a career soldier. - Avi Dichter
Avraham "Avi" Dichter (born 4 December 1952) is an Israeli politician, former head of the Shabak, and member of the Knesset. He is number five on Kadima's list and, as of May 2006, Israel's Minister of Internal Security. Dichter was born in Ashkelon and was a member of Hashomer Hatzair. During his military service, he served in Sayeret Matkal, and refused the offer of his unit commander, Ehud Barak, … - Abba Eban
Abba Eban (born February 2, 1915, died November 17, 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. Born with the name Aubrey Solomon Meir in Cape Town, South Africa, Eban moved to England at an early age. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School before studying Classics and Oriental languages at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating with a "Triple-Starred First", he researched Arabic and Hebrew as a Fellow of Pembroke College from 1938-1939. - Jamal Zahalka
Dr. Jamal Zahalka (born January 11, 1955) is an Israeli Arab politician and member of the Knesset. He was elected to the 16th Knesset on the Balad party list, along with Party Leader Azmi Bishara and Wasil Taha. Zahalka resides in Kafar Kanna, Israel and received a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Zahalka describes Israel's political discourse about the Palestinians as revolving around the ideas of separation, apartheid, and transfer. - Limor Livnat
Limor Livnat (born in Haifa, 22 September 1950) is an Israeli politician, former education minister and currently a member of the Knesset for Likud. A senior member of the party, Livnat served in Ariel Sharon's government before resigning on January 14, 2006. Her departure followed Sharon's formation of the new Kadima party, while Livnat remained in Likud and left the cabinet along with other Likud members. A resident of Tel Aviv, Livnat is married and has two children. - Moshe Arens
Moshe Arens (born 27 December 1925 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is an Israeli politician. He was a member of the Likud party, and served as Minister of Defense three times. Arens immigrated to the United States with his family in 1939 and became an American citizen. As a youth, Arens became a leader in the Betar Zionist youth movement. In 1948, when Israel achieved its independence and was invaded by seven Arab armies, Arens immigrated to Israel and joined the Irgun forces, … - Tzachi Hanegbi
Tzachi Hanegbi (born 26 February 1957) is an Israeli politician and Member of the Knesset for Kadima. A former Justice Minister, in 2006 he was indicted for making political appointments to civil service posts during his time as Environment Minister, despite his claims that it was normal practice. His trial is ongoing. - Gideon Ezra
Gideon Ezra (born 30 June 1937) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Kadima. He is Minister of Environmental Protection in the current government. Ezra was born in Jerusalem and served in the Israeli Defense Force between 1955 and1958 in the Nahal. He studied Geography and Political Science at the University of Haifa before starting work in Shabak in 1962. - Meir Sheetrit
Meir Sheetrit (born 10 October 1948) is an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and Minister of the Interior. He also served as Acting Justice Minister for three months in 2006. Sheetrit was born in Ksar Souk (now Errachidia), in Morocco, in 1957 his family immigrated to Israel. Sheetrit holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Bar-Ilan University. Sheetrit is married and is a father to two children. - Michael Melchior
Rabbi Michael Melchior (born 31 January 1954) is a Danish-Norwegian rabbi, an Israeli politician and leader of the left-wing religious party Meimad, which he represents in the Knesset. - Colette Avital
Colette Avital (born May 1, 1940) is an Israeli Knesset Member on behalf of the Labor Party, which she has represented since 1999. Born in Bucharest, Romania, she immigrated to Israel with her family in 1950. While still a student, she began working in Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a secretary in order to cover the cost of her tuition. Over the years, she rose through the ranks at the Ministry; she served with the Israeli delegation to Paris (1982-1985), … - Effie Eitam
Efraim (Effie) Eitam (Fein) (b. June 25, 1952), is an Israeli politician. Eitam is a Knesset member, head of the Renewed Religious National Zionist party, and the former leader of the National Religious Party. He serves on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees. An orthodox Jew (Hebrew: חזר בתשובה), he wasborn on Kibbutz Ein Gev and received a secular education. When he was old enough, Eitam joined the Israeli Defence Forces. - Eli Yishai
Eliyahu (Eli) Yishai (in Hebrew אליהו (אלי) ישי) (born December 26, 1962) is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He is married and has seven children. - Rafael Eitan
Rafael Eitan <font color="white">a</font>(January 11, 1929 - November 23, 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member, and Minister of Agriculture. He was known by the nickname of "Raful" (רפול). Rafael Eitan was born in 1929 in Afula, in the British Mandate of Palestine and was raised in Moshav Tel Adashim, where he spent most of his life. - Uzi Landau
Uzi Landau (born August 2, 1943) is an Israeli politician from the Likud party. Landau was born in Haifa. He served in the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defence Forces, and reached the rank of Major. Landau is a systems analyst, with B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Technion and a Ph.D. from MIT. He served as the Director-General of the Ministry of Transport, a lecturer in the Technion, a member of the Boards of El Al Israel Airlines, … - Ran Cohen
Ran Cohen (born 20 June 1937) is an Israeli politician and Knesset member for Meretz-Yachad. He is a resident of Mevaseret Zion and married with four children. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Cohen was 13 years old when he immigrated to Israel through Iran. He grew in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, where he absorbed Socialist and Zionist ideologies. During his military service he rose to the rank of Colonel (Aluf Mishne). - Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon (born October 10, 1918, died February 29, 1980), commander of the Palmach, was an Israeli politician, serving as one of the leaders of Mapai and the Alignment, acting Prime Minister of Israel, member of Knesset and government minister from the tenth through the seventeenth Knessets. Alon was born in Kfar Tavor and studied at the Kadoori Agricultural High School. As a young man he joined the Jewish Settlement Police as a police officer.
|
| |