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100 Notable alumni of University of Haifa

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Haifa is ranked #560 in the world and #7 in Israel by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Haifa sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Haifa won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Daniel Ben-Simon

1. Daniel Ben-Simon

1954-. (aged 72)
politician writer journalist
Daniel Ben-Simon is an Israeli journalist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2009 and 2013.
Reda Mansour

2. Reda Mansour

1965-. (aged 61)
historian poet diplomat writer
Reda Mansour is an Israeli Druze poet, historian and diplomat. He has published three books of Hebrew poetry and received the University of Haifa Miller Award as well as the State President Scholarship for young writers.
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Eyal Doron

3. Eyal Doron

1969-. (aged 57)
writer television director
Eyal Doron is a lecturer and researcher in the field of creative thinking, author, executive coach and organizational consultant in Israel and worldwide, and head of the executive management program at the Reichman University. Formerly a TV and theater creator. In recent years Doron has been engaged in the field of creative education and the challenges of the new world...
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Amos Shapira

4. Amos Shapira

1949-. (aged 77)
manager chief executive officer
Amos Shapira is an Israeli businessman. He is the former president of El Al Airlines, Cellcom, and the University of Haifa.
Eli Somer

5. Eli Somer

1951-. (aged 75)
psychologist researcher
Eliezer "Eli" Somer is an Israeli Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Haifa, School of Social Work. He is the former President of both the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD, 2009-2011) and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD, 2005-2006), and serves as scientific advisor in Trauma and Dissociation Israel.
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Yossi Yona

6. Yossi Yona

1953-. (aged 73)
activist educator university teacher politician
Yosef "Yossi" Yona is an Israeli academic and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2015 and 2019.
Fateen Mulla

7. Fateen Mulla

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Fateen Mulla is an Israeli Druze politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in two spells between 2019 and 2022 and served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
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David Ben-Besht

8. David Ben-Besht

1950-. (aged 76)
military officer
David Ben-Besht is a general in the Israel Defense Forces. Until 2007 he was commander of the Israeli Navy.
Zvi Gendelman

9. Zvi Gendelman

1956-. (aged 70)
politician military officer
Zvi "Zvika" Gendelman is an Israeli politician who is the current mayor of Hadera. He is also a former Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces. A member of a centrist independent political group, Gendelman was elected in the 2013 municipal elections, defeating then-Mayor Chaim Avitan. He was re-elected in 2018.
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Shalom Simchon

10. Shalom Simchon

1956-. (aged 70)
social worker politician
Shalom Simhon is an Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset for Independence and the Labor Party. He previously served as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour and Minister of Minorities in the Israeli cabinet.
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Orna Berry

11. Orna Berry

1949-. (aged 77)
computer scientist
Orna Berry, is an Israeli computer scientist, high-tech entrepreneur, and senior executive in the Israeli science and technology industries. In 1996, Berry became the first woman to serve as chief scientist and head of the industrial R&D operation of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour. She was awarded the "Yekirat Hanegev" award from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev...
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Aleksandr Lapshin

12. Aleksandr Lapshin

1976-. (aged 50)
explorer blogger photographer
Alexander Valerievich Lapshin is a Soviet-born travel blogger and journalist. Lapshin holds Ukrainian and Russian citizenships. In 2016 Lapshin was arrested in Minsk at the request of the Azerbaijani authorities and extradited to Baku due to a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. On May 20, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on the blogger's complaint against the Republic...
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Salah Tarif

13. Salah Tarif

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Salah Tarif is a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2006. When appointed Minister without Portfolio by Ariel Sharon in 2001, he became Israel's first non-Jewish government minister.
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Sheizaf Rafaeli

14. Sheizaf Rafaeli

1955-. (aged 71)
computer scientist researcher journalist columnist
Sheizaf Rafaeli is an Israeli researcher, scholar of computer-mediated communication and newspaper columnist. He is professor and dean at the School of Management (Graduate School of Business Administration) Haifa GSB, University of Haifa Israel and additionally director of the Center for Internet Research Center for Internet Research and the Games for Managers Project. In the 1980s and 1990s he served...
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Mehereta Baruch-Ron

15. Mehereta Baruch-Ron

1974-. (aged 52)
actor activist politician
Mehereta Baruch-Ron Hebrew: מהרטה ברוך-רון; born 3 December 1974) is a politician in the State of Israel.
Masud Ghnaim

16. Masud Ghnaim

1965-. (aged 61)
historian educator politician
Masud Ghnaim is an Israeli Arab politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List between 2009 and 2019.
Yusef Mishleb

17. Yusef Mishleb

1952-. (aged 74)
military officer
Aluf Yusef Mishleb (sometimes spelled Yosef Mishlev) (Arabic: يوسف مشلب, Hebrew: יוסף מישלב; born 1952) is a retired Druze general in the Israel Defense Forces serving last in the position as the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. Mishleb retired in September 2008 after four years in the job and over 35 years in the Israel Defense Forces.
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Gideon Ezra

18. Gideon Ezra

1937-2012 (aged 75)
geographer businessperson politician
Gideon Ezra was an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kadima between 1996 and 2012 and also held several ministerial portfolios.
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Dov Tamari

19. Dov Tamari

1936-. (aged 90)
military officer
Dov Tamari was an Israeli military leader. He retired as a brigadier general. He held several prominent posts, including the IDF's Chief Intelligence Officer.
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Tomer Persico

20. Tomer Persico

1974-. (aged 52)
religious studies scholar
Tomer Persico is an Israeli scholar of religion, writer, and public intellectual. His research and public writing focus on the history of ideas, Jewish modern identity, forms of secularization and religiosity, and the liberal order, with particular attention to the theological origins of modern notions of individualism, rights, and autonomy. He is also recognized for his contributions to Jewish mysticism...
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Iman Khatib-Yasin

21. Iman Khatib-Yasin

1964-. (aged 62)
social worker politician
Iman Khatib-Yassin is an Israeli Arab social worker and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List. She was first elected to the Knesset in 2020 as a member of the Joint List, becoming the first woman from the United Arab List and the first hijab-wearing woman elected to the Knesset.
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Heba Yazbak

22. Heba Yazbak

1985-. (aged 41)
sociologist politician
Heba Yazbak is an Israeli Arab politician, sociologist and academic. She served as a member of the Knesset for Balad and the Joint List from 2019 to 2021.
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Moshe Shahal

23. Moshe Shahal

1934-. (aged 92)
advocate lawyer politician
Moshe Shahal is an Israeli former politician.
Eyal Ben-Reuven

24. Eyal Ben-Reuven

1954-. (aged 72)
politician military officer
Aluf Eyal Ben-Reuven is a retired major general in the Israel Defense Forces and commander of the IDF Military Colleges and senior field commander. He is the former deputy commander of the Northern Command, for which he still serves as a reserve.
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Yedidia Ya'ari

25. Yedidia Ya'ari

1947-. (aged 79)
military officer
Yedidya Ya'ari was the commander of the Israeli Navy from 2000 to 2004. He was succeeded by David Ben Ba'ashat.
Azar Gat

26. Azar Gat

1959-. (aged 67)
historian author military historian university teacher
Azar Gat is an Israeli researcher of war, nationalism and ideology, and a professor at the School of Political Science, Government, and International Relations at Tel Aviv University. His research combines expertise in the fields of history, evolution, anthropology, and social sciences. He is the author of twelve books that deal with the history of military thought, the fundamental questions...
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Mtanes Shehadeh

27. Mtanes Shehadeh

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Mtanes Shehadeh is an Israeli Arab politician. A former leader of the Balad, he served as a member of the Knesset from 2019 to 2021.
Jacob Edery

28. Jacob Edery

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Ya'akov Edri is an Israeli politician, serving as the mayor of Or Akiva. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kadima between 2003 and 2013, as well as holding the posts of Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Minister of Negev and Galilee Development, Minister of Health and a Minister without Portfolio.
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Ruth Calderon

29. Ruth Calderon

1961-. (aged 65)
activist educator pedagogue politician
Ruth Calderon is an Israeli academic and politician. She served as a member of Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2015.
Majalli Wahabi

30. Majalli Wahabi

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Majalli Wahabi is a Druze-Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud, Kadima and HaTnuah between 2003 and 2013. He briefly assumed the position of Acting President due to the President of Israel Mr. Moshe Katsav's leave of absence as well as due to Interim and Acting President of Israel Mrs. Dalia Itzik's diplomatic trips abroad...
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Isaac Aharonovich

31. Isaac Aharonovich

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Yitzhak Aharonovich is an Israeli businessman and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2015 and also held the posts of Minister of Tourism and Minister of Public Security. He is currently Chairman of Mekorot.
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Salman Zarka

32. Salman Zarka

1964-. (aged 62)
researcher physician
Salman Zarka is an Israeli physician and the current Director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed. He is a reservist of the Israel Defense Forces in the rank of Colonel, and a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health in the School of Public Health of Haifa University and the Department of Military Medicine in the military...
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Israel Hasson

33. Israel Hasson

1955-. (aged 71)
manager businessperson chief executive officer politician
Yisrael Hasson is an Israeli politician and former Deputy Director of Shin Bet. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and Kadima between 2006 and 2014, before becoming Chairman of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Lorenzo Dellai

34. Lorenzo Dellai

1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Lorenzo Dellai is an Italian politician. He is a former member of the Chamber of Deputies, former mayor of Trento, former governor of the Autonomous Province of Trento, and former president of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
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Yochanan Vollach

35. Yochanan Vollach

1945-. (aged 81)
association football player chief executive officer association football coach businessperson military officer
Yochanan Vollach is an Israeli former footballer. He was a member of the Israel national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the Israeli Football Hall of Fame.
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Moti Yogev

36. Moti Yogev

1956-. (aged 70)
politician military officer
Mordechai "Moti" Yogev is a former IDF colonel and Israeli Jewish politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home between 2013 and 2020. He was formerly the Secretary General of Bnei Akiva, Chairman of the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter, and Deputy and Acting Head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional...
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Anna Azari

37. Anna Azari

1959-. (aged 67)
diplomat
Anna Azari is an Israeli diplomat, and the current Ambassador of Israel to the Czech Republic. She has previously been Israel's Ambassador to Russia (2006–2010) and Poland (2014–2019).
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Yair Naveh

38. Yair Naveh

1957-. (aged 69)
chief executive officer military officer manager
Yair Naveh is a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In 1975, he was drafted into the IDF where he served in all positions in the Golani Infantry Brigade from Company Commander to Brigade Commander. He lives in Zikhron Ya'akov.
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Moshe Idel

39. Moshe Idel

1947-. (aged 79)
historian philosopher philologist university teacher
Moshe Idel is a Romanian-born Israeli historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism. He is Emeritus Max Cooper Professor in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
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Ariel Kallner

40. Ariel Kallner

1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Ariel Kallner is an Israeli politician. He has served as a member of the Knesset for Likud since 2023, having previously served between 2020 and 2021 and from April to September 2019.
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Uri Sagi

41. Uri Sagi

1943-. (aged 83)
chief executive officer military officer
Uri Sagi is an Israeli retired general who held several prominent posts including commander of the Golani Brigade and chief of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate.
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Yechiel Leiter

42. Yechiel Leiter

1959-. (aged 67)
political scientist rabbi
Yechiel "Michael" Leiter is an American-born Israeli historian of philosophy, public policy analyst, rabbi and settlement activist. He is a resident scholar at the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem. On January 27, 2025, he assumed the position of Israeli ambassador to the United States. He previously served as chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli Ministry of Finance and...
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Sharon Afek

43. Sharon Afek

1970-. (aged 56)
military personnel military officer
Sharon Afek is the Deputy Attorney General (Director of Legal Counsel and Legislative Affairs) in the Israel's Ministry of Justice. Previously, Afek was the chief military advocate general of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 2015–2021.
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Dan Harel

44. Dan Harel

1955-. (aged 71)
civil servant military officer
Dan Harel is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Harel served as the Director General of the Ministry of Defense from 2013 to 2016.
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Moran Samuel

45. Moran Samuel

1982-. (aged 44)
rower basketball player wheelchair basketball player
Moran Samuel is an Israeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rower. She was chosen to light a ceremonial torch on Israel's Independence Day in 2019. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She won a gold medal competing for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's single sculls.
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Yom-Tov Samia

46. Yom-Tov Samia

1954-. (aged 72)
politician military officer
Yom Tov Samia is a retired Israeli general. He was head of the Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command from January 2001 to December 2003. He retired from military service as a major general.
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Carmi Gillon

47. Carmi Gillon

1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat politician spy
Carmi Gillon is an Israeli politician and a former Israeli ambassador to Denmark and head of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, from 1994 to 1996.
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Amram Mitzna

48. Amram Mitzna

1945-. (aged 81)
politician military officer
Amram Mitzna is an Israeli politician and former general in the IDF. He is a former mayor of Haifa (1993–2003) and Yeruham (2005–2010) and led the Labor Party from 2002 to 2003. In 2012 he joined Hatnuah.
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Ram Rothberg

49. Ram Rothberg

1964-. (aged 62)
naval officer military officer
Aluf Ram Rothberg is a retired admiral in the Israel Defense Forces who was the head of the Israel Navy.
Pedro Brieger

50. Pedro Brieger

1955-. (aged 71)
journalist sociologist
Pedro Rubén Brieger is an Argentine journalist and sociologist. He is a professor of Middle East Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Social Sciences. He worked for different newspapers, including Clarín, El Cronista, La Nación, Página/12, Perfil and Miami Herald; and magazines like Noticias, Tres Puntos, Revista Veintitrés and Le Monde diplomatique.
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Amir Haskel

51. Amir Haskel

1953-. (aged 73)
historian military officer
Amir Abraham Haskel is an IDF brigadier general and Air Force pilot in reserve and a researcher of the Holocaust. Haskel is one of the prominent figures in the ongoing wave of protests against Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Avi Benayahu

52. Avi Benayahu

1959-. (aged 67)
journalist military officer
Avraham Benayahu, is an Israeli public figure, former military officer, and journalist. He is known for his role as a former spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and his involvement in various media and public relations projects.
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Erez Gerstein

53. Erez Gerstein

1960-1999 (aged 39)
military personnel military officer
Erez Gerstein was an Israeli Brigadier General (Tat Aluf) who commanded the Israel Defense Forces Lebanon Liaison Unit and died in the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) with Hezbollah and Lebanese proxy militias.
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Haim Yavin

54. Haim Yavin

1932-. (aged 94)
television presenter film director journalist
Haim Yavin is an Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker. He was one of Israel's leading news presenters, associated with the job for so many decades that he was known as "Mr. Television."
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Saar Salame

55. Saar Salame

1969-. (aged 57)
warrior military officer
David Saar Salama is an Israeli Vice Admiral (Aluf) who currently serves as the commander-in-chief of the Israeli Navy.
Shmuel Ben-Artzi

56. Shmuel Ben-Artzi

1914-2011 (aged 97)
poet educator writer
Shmuel Ben-Artzi was a Polish-born Israeli writer, poet and educator. Ben-Artzi was also the father in-law of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Yaakov Amidror

57. Yaakov Amidror

1948-. (aged 78)
military officer
Yaakov Amidror is a former major general and National Security Advisor of Israel and was also the head of the Research Department of Israeli military intelligence. Today, he is the Anne and Greg Rosshandler Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, a conservative security think tank.
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Effie Eitam

58. Effie Eitam

1952-. (aged 74)
politician military officer
Efraim "Effi" Eitam is an Israeli brigadier general, former commander of the 91st Division, and politician. A former leader of the National Religious Party, he later led a breakaway faction, Ahi, which merged into Likud in 2009. He served as a member of the Knesset between 2003 and 2009.
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Aida Touma-Sliman

59. Aida Touma-Sliman

1964-. (aged 62)
politician activist
Aida Touma-Suleiman is an Israeli Arab journalist and politician. She has been a member of the Knesset for Hadash since 2015.
Eli Sharvit

60. Eli Sharvit

1966-. (aged 60)
military officer
Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit is a general in the Israel Defense Forces who served as the Commander of the Israeli Navy between 2016 and 2021.
Carine Goren

61. Carine Goren

1974-. (aged 52)
pastry chef
Carine Goren is an Israeli pastry chef, bestselling cookbook author, and television personality. She began her culinary career at age 26 as a recipe writer and editor at the Israeli food magazine Al Hashulchan (Around the Table), and in 2006 published her first dessert cookbook, Sweet Secrets. As of 2016 she has published five cookbooks, including one for children, and...
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Yoram Cohen

62. Yoram Cohen

1960-. (aged 66)
Yoram Cohen is a retired Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director of Shin Bet, from May 15, 2011 until May 8, 2016, when he was replaced by Nadav Argaman.
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Ofir Sofer

63. Ofir Sofer

1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Ofir Sofer is an Israeli politician. He is currently the Minister of Aliyah and Integration and a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party–Religious Zionism.
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Naama Lazimi

64. Naama Lazimi

1986-. (aged 40)
politician activist
Naama Lazimi is a politician and Member of the Knesset for the Democrats and previously for the Labor Party. Previously, she was a member of the Haifa City Council and vice chairman of the Student Association at the University of Haifa.
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Mira Awad

65. Mira Awad

1975-. (aged 51)
television presenter actor local politician composer singer-songwriter
Mira Anwar Awad is a Palestinian-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Arab Palestinian and Bulgarian descent.
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Ram Ben-Barak

66. Ram Ben-Barak

1958-. (aged 68)
spy politician
Ram Ben-Barak is an Israeli politician and former member of the Israeli security forces. He served as deputy director of the Mossad and director general of the Ministry of Intelligence Services and the Ministry of Strategic Affairs.
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Amir Eshel

67. Amir Eshel

1959-. (aged 67)
air force officer military personnel military officer
Amir Eshel is a former Israeli general who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force and served as Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense until January 2, 2022.
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Eli Marom

68. Eli Marom

1955-. (aged 71)
naval officer
Eliezer "Eli" Marom "Chayni" is the former Commander of the Israeli Navy serving from 2007 to 2011. As of 2015 he serves as the head of the Israel Airports Authority.
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Yifat Shasha-Biton

69. Yifat Shasha-Biton

1973-. (aged 53)
educator politician
Yifat Shasha-Biton is an Israeli educator and politician who served as Minister of Education between 2021 and 2022. She also served as a Member of the Knesset between 2015 and 2024, as minister without portfolio between 2023 and 2024, and as Minister of Construction and Housing from 2019 to 2020.
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Ronen Bergman

70. Ronen Bergman

1972-. (aged 54)
investigative journalist historian writer political analyst jurist
Ronen Bergman is an Israeli investigative journalist and author. He is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, based in Tel Aviv, and a senior political and military analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth.
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Nadav Argaman

71. Nadav Argaman

1960-. (aged 66)
intelligence officer
Nadav Argaman is a former director of Shin Bet from 8 May 2016 to 13 October 2021. He previously served as deputy head of Shin Bet, Operations Division chief, and the Shin Bet representative in the United States. He was appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 11 February 2016 and assumed office in May 2016.
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Asaf Hamami

72. Asaf Hamami

1982-2023 (aged 41)
military officer
Asaf Hamami was an IDF officer with the rank of colonel, serving as the commander of the Southern Brigade in the Gaza Strip. Prior to that, he served as the commander of the Negev Brigade, commander of the Oz Brigade training school, and commander of the Tzabar Battalion.
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Amikam Norkin

73. Amikam Norkin

1966-. (aged 60)
air force officer military aviator
Aluf Amikam Norkin (Hebrew: עמיקם נורקין; born December 20, 1966) is a retired Israeli general, who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) from 2017 to 2022. Before his selection to succeed Amir Eshel as commander of the IAF, Norkin served as head of the IDF Planning Directorate.
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Yoav Gallant

74. Yoav Gallant

1958-. (aged 68)
military personnel civil servant politician
Yoav Gallant is an Israeli politician and former military officer who served as minister of defense between 2022 and 2024. Gallant was an officer in the Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Israeli Navy. In January 2015 he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party. After being elected to the Knesset he was appointed minister of...
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Moshe Ya'alon

75. Moshe Ya'alon

1950-. (aged 76)
military personnel military officer politician
Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon is a retired Israeli politician and former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 to 2016.
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Gabi Ashkenazi

76. Gabi Ashkenazi

1954-. (aged 72)
military personnel military officer politician
Gabriel "Gabi" Ashkenazi is an Israeli politician and former military leader. He previously served as the minister of foreign affairs. He was the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2011. Ashkenazi served as a member of Blue and White in the Knesset.
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Mansour Abbas

77. Mansour Abbas

1974-. (aged 52)
political activist dentist politician
Mansour Abbas is an Israeli politician. He is currently the leader of the United Arab List and represents the party in the Knesset. He was appointed as the chair of Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs in the Knesset on 27 April 2021. In 2021 Abbas made history by becoming the first Israeli Arab political leader to join an Israeli...
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Moshe Kahlon

78. Moshe Kahlon

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Moshe Kahlon is a retired Israeli politician. Between 2003 and 2013 he served as a member of the Knesset for Likud, and as Minister of Communications and Minister of Welfare & Social Services. After taking a break from politics, he founded the Kulanu party in 2014, and returned to the Knesset the following year. In 2015, he was appointed Minister...
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Moshe Karadi

79. Moshe Karadi

1960-. (aged 66)
police officer
Moshe Karadi is a former Israeli police officer and general commissioner of the Israel Police between 2004 and May 1, 2007.
Gadeer Mreeh

80. Gadeer Mreeh

1984-. (aged 42)
ambassador
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh is an Israeli Druze politician and journalist. She became the first Druze woman to anchor a Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television in 2017. In April 2019, she was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Blue and White alliance, making history as the first Druze woman to become a Member of the Knesset. She was...
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Haim Bibas

81. Haim Bibas

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Haim Bibas is the third mayor of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel, in office since 2008. Bibas has lived there with his wife and three children since 1997. He is the head of The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel since 2014.
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Yoav Mordechai

82. Yoav Mordechai

1964-. (aged 62)
military officer
Yoav "Poli" Mordechai is a retired major general in the Israel Defense Forces.
Yuval Diskin

83. Yuval Diskin

1956-. (aged 70)
Yuval Diskin is a former director of the Israeli internal security service Shin Bet, serving as its 13th director from 2005 to 2011. He was appointed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and later served under subsequent Prime Ministers Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Ofer Winter

84. Ofer Winter

1971-. (aged 55)
military officer
Ofer Winter is a retired Israel Defense Forces Brigadier General who has served in the reserves since 2024. He served as the commander of 98th Paratroopers Division, the military secretary to the Israeli Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff of Central Command, the commander of the Givati Brigade, the commander of the Northern Brigade in the Gaza Strip, the...
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Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi

85. Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi is an Israeli Arab activist, politician and diplomat. She was a member of the Knesset representing Meretz from 2021 to 2022.
Roni Alsheikh

86. Roni Alsheikh

1963-. (aged 63)
police officer
Roni Alsheikh is an Israeli former intelligence officer and head of the Israel Police. After serving as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Alsheikh joined Shin Bet and rose to become its deputy head before being appointed General Commissioner of the Israel Police, serving in the role from 2015 to 2018.
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Isaac Mordechai

87. Isaac Mordechai

1944-. (aged 82)
military personnel military officer politician
Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military service and later periods.
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Tal Russo

88. Tal Russo

1959-. (aged 67)
military officer
Tal Russo is a general of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the reserves. He heads the IDF's Depth Corps. He also served as an MK for the Labor Party.
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Mazi Melesa Pilip

89. Mazi Melesa Pilip

politician
Mazi Melesa Pilip is an American politician in the Nassau County Legislature representing the 10th district. A Republican, she is an Ethiopian Jew who immigrated to Israel when she was 12 years old, and later served as a gunsmith in the Israel Defense Forces. After her IDF service, she attended college at the University of Haifa and graduate school at...
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Amichai Chikli

90. Amichai Chikli

1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Amichai Chikli is an Israeli politician currently serving as the Minister of Diaspora Affairs. He served in the 24th Knesset as part of the Yamina party slate, and in the 25th Knesset as part of Likud.
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Eyal Zamir

91. Eyal Zamir

1966-. (aged 60)
army officer
Eyal Zamir is an Israeli military officer who is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken office on 5 March 2025. Zamir previously served as the Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense (2023–2025), as Deputy Chief of Staff between 2018 and 2021, commander of the Southern Command, Military Secretary to the Prime...
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Avigdor Kahalani

92. Avigdor Kahalani

1944-. (aged 82)
military officer warrior politician
Tat Aluf Avigdor Kahalani (Hebrew: אביגדור קהלני; born 16 June 1944) is an Israeli former soldier and politician.
Meir Dagan

93. Meir Dagan

1945-2016 (aged 71)
spy military officer
Aluf Meir Dagan was an Israel Defense Forces major general (reserve) and director of the Mossad.
Gadi Eisenkot

94. Gadi Eisenkot

1960-. (aged 66)
military officer
Gadi Eisenkot, also spelt Eizenkot, is an Israeli general and politician. A member of the Yashar party, he served from 2015 to 2019 as the 21st chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces and from 2023 to 2024 as a minister without portfolio in Israel's unity government. Eisenkot, who grew up in Eilat, pursued maritime studies and later served...
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Benny Gantz

95. Benny Gantz

1959-. (aged 67)
military personnel politician
Benjamin Gantz is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the minister of defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime minister.
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Meir Javedanfar

96. Meir Javedanfar

1973-. (aged 53)
journalist
Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-born Israeli Middle East commentator and academic. He left Iran in 1987 and now lives in Israel. He has worked as a foreign affairs commentator at BBC Persian. With Yossi Melman, he co-authored The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran.
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Idan Ofer

97. Idan Ofer

1955-. (aged 71)
entrepreneur businessperson
Idan Ofer is an Israeli billionaire businessman and philanthropist, with interests in shipping, energy, mining and sports. He is the founder of the principal of the Quantum Pacific Group, a holding company. He is majority shareholder of the Israel Corporation, listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, as well as Kenon Holdings, listed on the Tel Aviv and New York...
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Mickey Levy

98. Mickey Levy

1951-. (aged 75)
police officer businessperson politician
Mickey Levy is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and is a former Speaker of the Knesset. He served as Deputy Minister of Finance between 2013 and 2014. Before entering politics he was a police officer.
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Joseph Elron

99. Joseph Elron

1955-. (aged 71)
judge
Joseph Elron is an Israeli jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2017 until his retirement in 2025.
Yehuda Lancry

100. Yehuda Lancry

1947-. (aged 79)
diplomat politician university teacher
Dr Yehuda Lancry is a Moroccan-born former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations.