Ahmad Tibi

Dr. Ahmad Tibi is an Arab-Israeli politician and leader of the Arab Movement for Change (Ta’a). He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, head of Raam-Taal Parliamentary faction, and head of the Parliamentary Enquiry Committee on the Employment of Arabs in the Public Sector. Before being elected to the Knesset at 1999, Tibi served as Senior Advisor for the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, and was the spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation at Why River Summit. As one of the most prominent politicians in Israel, he describes himself as Arab-Palestinian in nationality and Israeli in citizenship. Dr. Ahmad Tibi is also a physician, graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.