33 Notable alumni of Ono Academic College
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Ono Academic College is ranked #3,922 in the world and #14 in Israel by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 33 notable alumni from Ono Academic College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Ono Academic College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Erez Malul
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Erez Malul is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas.
2. Semion Moshiashvili
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Semion Moshiashvili is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas from 2023-2025. He previously served as a member of the Kiryat Ata City Council.
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3. Yitzhak Gagula
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Yitzhak Gagula is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1999 and 2003.
4. Nitzan Chen
1963-. (aged 63)
journalist
Nitzan Chen is an Israeli journalist, author, and news manager. He is currently the Director of the Government Press Office (Israel) and has served as Chairman of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
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5. Kochavi Shemesh
1944-2019 (aged 75)
advocate
activist
lawyer
Kochavi Shemesh was a lawyer, leftist activist, and one of the leaders of the Israeli Black Panthers and the editor of its main publication Ha'panter Ha'shachor (Hebrew: הפנתר השחור, lit. 'The Black Panther'). He also helped form the Israeli political party Hadash, which formed as a merger between the Black Panthers, the Israeli Communist Party, and other leftist organizations.
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6. Moshe Mishaelof
1983-. (aged 43)
association football player
Moshe Mishaelof is a former Israeli professional football (soccer).
7. Hillel Horowitz
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
rabbi
Rabbi Hillel Ilan Horowitz is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician. He briefly served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home in 2015.
8. Avraham Betzalel
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Avraham Beniyahu Betzalel is an Israeli politician who served as member of the Knesset for Shas from 2022 until 2025.
9. Moshe Roth
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Moshe Shimon Roth is an Israeli lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for United Torah Judaism.
10. Talal Alkernawi
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Talal Alkernawi is an Arab-Muslim Israeli politician. He has served as the mayor of Rahat various times since 1993.
11. Shlomo Molla
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Shlomo Molla is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and Hatnuah between 2008 and 2013. He became Israel's second MK of Ethiopian origin. He later joined the Meretz party.
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12. Taleb Abu Arar
1967-. (aged 59)
lawyer
politician
Taleb Abu Arar is a Bedouin Israeli-Arab politician who previously served as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List.
13. Debbie Biton
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
politician
Dvora "Debbie" Biton is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.
14. Eliyahu Revivo
1973-. (aged 53)
entrepreneur
politician
Eliyahu Revivo is an Israeli politician and Likud activist.
15. Moshe Solomon
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
rabbi
Moshe Solomon is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party following the 2022 Israeli legislative election.
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16. Pnina Tamano
1981-. (aged 45)
lawyer
activist
advocate
politician
journalist
Pnina Tamano-Shata is an Israeli lawyer, journalist, and politician. The first Ethiopian-born woman to enter the Knesset in 2013, in 2020 she also became the first Ethiopian-born Israeli cabinet member after being appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption.
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17. Mowafaq Tarif
1963-. (aged 63)
qadi
Muwaffaq Tarif is a Druze religious leader, and the main sheikh of the Druze in Israel.
18. Uriel Busso
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Uriel Menachem Buso is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas and who served as Minister of Health.
19. Rachel Adato
1947-. (aged 79)
physician
gynecologist
lawyer
politician
Dr Rachel Adato-Levy is an Israeli gynaecologist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and Hatnuah between 2009 and 2013.
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20. Hagit Yaso
1989-. (aged 37)
singer
Hagit Yaso is an Israeli singer. She won the ninth season of Kokhav Nolad, an Israeli television show, similar to Pop Idol.
21. Yaakov Hagoel
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Yaakov Hagoel, is the Chairman of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization. He was formerly acting chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel.
22. Bezalel Smotrich
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Bezalel Yoel Smotrich is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the National Religious Party–Religious Zionism, he previously served as a Knesset member for the Jewish Home and Yamina, leaving in 2023 after resigning under the Norwegian Law, allowing him to remain a minister in the government while his...
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23. Miri Gerev
1965-. (aged 61)
military officer
spokesperson
politician
Miriam "Miri" Regev is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Minister of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety. Previously she was Minister of Culture and Sport and Acting Prime Minister of Israel. She entered politics following an extensive military career. In her last military post, she was a brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces and served as the IDF...
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24. Linoy Ashram
1999-. (aged 27)
gymnast
rhythmic gymnast
Linoy Ashram is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around Champion, the 2018 World All-around silver medalist, two-time (2017, 2019) World All-around bronze medalist, the 2020 European All-around champion, and the 2019 European Games All-around silver medalist. She is the third Israeli athlete and first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal in any...
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25. Tahounia Rubel
1988-. (aged 38)
television presenter
fashion model
model
Tahounia Rubel is an Israeli fashion model, singer, and television personality. She became widely known as the first person of Ethiopian origin to win HaAh HaGadol (the Israeli version of Big Brother), in the fifth season.
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26. Moshe Arbel
1983-. (aged 43)
rabbi
advocate
politician
Moshe Arbel is an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician. He currently serves as an MK for Shas. He previously served as the Minister of Interior, having been appointed a permanent replacement for Aryeh Deri, who was disqualified from holding the offices by the Israeli Supreme Court. Arbel previously served as Minister of Health between April and October 2023.
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27. Itamar Ben-Gvir
1976-. (aged 50)
lawyer
politician
Itamar Ben-Gvir is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of National Security since 2022, except for a two-month gap in early 2025. He is the leader of Otzma Yehudit ("Jewish Power"), an Israeli far-right, Kahanist, and anti-Arab party that won six seats in the 2022 legislative election and is part of the thirty-seventh government of...
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28. Amnon Cohen
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Amnon Cohen is an Israeli former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Shas from 1999 until 2015.
29. Nurit Koren
1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer
politician
Nurit Koren is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 2015 and 2019.
30. Yossi Dagan
politician
community organizer
Yossi Dagan is an Israeli activist and politician who has been the head of the Shomron Regional Council since August 2015.
31. Omer Yankelevich
1978-. (aged 48)
lawyer
politician
Omer Yankelevich is an Israeli attorney, educator, social activist, and politician. She was the Minister of Diaspora Affairs and was a Member of the Knesset for the Blue and White from 2019 to 2021. She is a co-founder of the "Just Begun Foundation", which sponsors social initiatives to help integrate peripheral and marginalized populations in Israel, with an emphasis on...
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32. Roi Levy
1979-2023 (aged 44)
military officer
Roi Yosef Levy was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with the rank of colonel who served in his last position as commander of the Multidimensional Unit. He had previously served as commander of the Fire Training Center in Melah, commander of the Bar'am Brigade, commander of the Unit 621 – 'Egoz', commander of the Hadar Battalion and...
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33. Gila Gamliel
1974-. (aged 52)
trade unionist
politician
Gila Gamliel-Demri is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Minister of Science and Technology and as a member of the Knesset for Likud. She also previously served as Minister for Social Equality, Minister of Environmental Protection and Minister of Intelligence.
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