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A former Israeli footballer who currently serves as coach and general manager for FC Ashdod. Outside

A former Israeli footballer who currently serves as coach and general manager for FC Ashdod. Outside of football he is presently taking a degree in politics.[1]Hazan spent most of his playing career in Israel, but did spend 18 months with English side Watford, with whom he achieved two promotions - from Division Two to the Premier League. He turned home to Israel for personal reasons before he could play a part in the top tier of English football.

Is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

A former Israeli football player in a striker position. He is the most prolific scorer in Israeli fo

A former Israeli football player in a striker position. He is the most prolific scorer in Israeli football history.His nickname is The Airplane, referring to the movement he used to do after scoring a goal.

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. A signatory of the Israeli declaration of independenc

Was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. A signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence, he was the country's third Minister of Transport.In 1944 he became a member of the Assembly of Representatives, and between 1947 and 1948 served as a member of the Jewish National Council's directorate. In 1948 he was one of the people to sign the Israeli declaration of independence.

An Israeli-Nigerian football player. His unusual surname is the result of being adopted by his step

An Israeli-Nigerian football player. His unusual surname is the result of being adopted by his step father who is Russian and moved him and his mother from Nigeria to Israel after getting married.

Is an Polish-born Israeli children books author and illustrator. She was born in Poland and hid thro

Is an Polish-born Israeli children books author and illustrator. She was born in Poland and hid throughout the Holocaust, in 1949 she moved to Israel.

An Israeli-American television actress.Tal started her career fresh out of the Israeli army, with a

An Israeli-American television actress.Tal started her career fresh out of the Israeli army, with a children's musical video tape, in which she played an evil witch. Following that, she appeared in a commercial for a laundry detergent. After that she got the lead role in the Israeli film Lihiyot Kohav (Being a Star).During the filming of the movie, she was offered two roles in two different Israeli television shows, and she took both. The first was a soap opera named "Tzimerim" about the life of a family that runs a hotel; the second one was "The Pyjamas", a sitcom about a struggling band, determined to make it in the real world. This sitcom ran for four seasons, and gave Tal the chance to show her musical talent.

Is an Israeli author, educator, and recipient of the Israel Prize for literature (2000).Amalia was b

Is an Israeli author, educator, and recipient of the Israel Prize for literature (2000).Amalia was born at Kibbutz Ein Harod. Her father, Haim Kahana, was one of the founders of the kibbutz. She moved to Tel Aviv, where she studied at the Herzliya secondary school. During the Israeli War of Independence she served in the Negev Brigade of Palmach as a signals operator and wrote the famous telegram for the capture of Eilat.

An Israeli chess master. Won the Israeli youth championship in 1965.Balshan represented Israel six-t

An Israeli chess master. Won the Israeli youth championship in 1965.Balshan represented Israel six-times in World Student Team Chess Championships (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974).

Is a professional tennis player. His highest singles ATP ranking was # 180, in 2003. His highest dou

Is a professional tennis player. His highest singles ATP ranking was # 180, in 2003. His highest doubles ranking was # 87, also in 2003. Most of his success has been on the challenger and future circuits. In May 2002, in the first round of the French Open

An Israeli footballer. He recently made the jump from the youth ranks at F.C. Ashdod to the first te

An Israeli footballer. He recently made the jump from the youth ranks at F.C. Ashdod to the first team. A cousin of club owner, Haim Revivo, he has represented Israel at the Jetix Kids Cup where he guided Israel to a first place finish and received MVP honours.

Is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Labour Party. He is a former Defense Mini

Is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Labour Party. He is a former Defense Minister of Israel and former leader of the Labour Party, having left those positions in June 2007.

Is an Israeli computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1996 for seminal work introducing

Is an Israeli computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1996 for seminal work introducing temporal logic into computing science and for outstanding contributions to program and systems verification.

An Israeli former football player and manager and the current deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. Turk was the

An Israeli former football player and manager and the current deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. Turk was the first Arab to play for the Israel national team and to represent the country at the Olympic Games.After leaving Hapoel Tel Aviv in 1984, Turk signed for Hapoel Jerusalem. He retired from playing in 1987,[1] and went on to manage several clubs, including Hapoel Tayibe, the first Arab club to play in the top division.

An Israeli football player. He has been playing for Beitar Jerusalem since Youth level.Ben Shushan c

An Israeli football player. He has been playing for Beitar Jerusalem since Youth level.Ben Shushan can play as a striker or as a supporting forward on the wing.He made his debut for the Israel national football team vs Estonia on September 2, 2006 when he came in as a sub for fellow team-mate Michael Zandberg. In the next match vs Andorra he played for 90 minutes scoring his first senior goal for his country and assisting for 2 more goals. On October 7, Ben Shushan scored Israel's only goal in the away match against Russia securing a draw that could have turned vital for Israel.

Is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.10 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he

Is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.10 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he currently plays for APOEL. Tamir started to play on Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team in 1997, and got the chance to play in the professional team from 1998 u

An Israeli association football (soccer) player who currently plays for Beitar Jerusalem.Idan Tal st

An Israeli association football (soccer) player who currently plays for Beitar Jerusalem.Idan Tal started his career at Maccabi Petah Tikva during the 1996-97 season and played 71 games until his move to Hapoel Tel Aviv in December 1999. He played 14 games until the end of the season before moving on again, this time to Mérida UD for the 1999-2000 season.

Is an Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily Maariv fo

Is an Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily Maariv for six years.In the 1970s, Dankner was the spokesman of the Israeli Ministry of Education and the Jewish Agency. He was a reporter for Haaretz, the Washington correspondent for Davar, a columnist for Hadashot and the editor-in-chief of Maariv.

Is an Israeli author of thrillers, an historian and a literary editor.Jackont was allowed to postpon

Is an Israeli author of thrillers, an historian and a literary editor.Jackont was allowed to postpone his military service for law studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the summer breaks he would serve in the military, but was injured and became disabled. He stopped his studies and became a successful businessman, active in real estate, investements and insurance.

Is a former Israeli politician.Linn joined Mapai, the ruling party, in 1951, and was appointed direc

Is a former Israeli politician.Linn joined Mapai, the ruling party, in 1951, and was appointed director of the Arab Department of the party in the north of the country, a job he held until 1965 when he became national Director of the Arab Department. In the same year Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda merged to form the Alignment.

Is a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Member of the Knesset and Minister of Trans

Is a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Member of the Knesset and Minister of Transportation and Tourism.In 1999 Lipkin-Shahak joined the new Center Party, headed by Yitzhak Mordechai. On this party ticket he was elected to the 15th Knesset, when Ehud Barak was elected as Prime Minister. Lipkin-Shahak joined Barak's government as Minister of Tourism and later on also as Minister of Transport following Mordechai's resignation.

Is a journalist with the weekly newspaper, Makor Rishon. His articles and essays about media, film a

Is a journalist with the weekly newspaper, Makor Rishon. His articles and essays about media, film and politics have been published in The Jerusalem Post, Nativ, Azure (journal) and Achshav. Lord wrote and anchored a TV series about the beginnings of Israeli cinema. His publications include, The Israeli Left: From Socialism to Nihilism, a political and historical analysis of the Israeli Left from a personal perspective. (It is scheduled for publication (English) in the US, in 2003.)

Is an Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist. A member of the Knesset between 1977 and 2002,

Is an Israeli law scholar, politician, and columnist. A member of the Knesset between 1977 and 2002, he served in several ministerial positions. He is currently dean of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya and a patron of Liberal International.

Is an Israeli author and poet.. In his childhood he immigrated to Palestine and participated in the

Is an Israeli author and poet.. In his childhood he immigrated to Palestine and participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh, where he has resided ever since. He engaged in education and instruction.

Is an Israeli composer and guitar player.Elkana’s works have been performed and recorded around th

Is an Israeli composer and guitar player.Elkana’s works have been performed and recorded around the world. His first saxophone quartet was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1993. The Berlin Festival commissioned his song-cycle Arabic Lessons and premiered it in 1998. His concerto for clarinet Tru’a was recorded by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.