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Nawaf Massalha
Arab Israeli politician (1943–2021)
Nawaf Massalha (Arabic: نواف مصالحة, Hebrew: נואף מסאלחה, 26 November 1943 – 26 October 2021,[1] also spelt Nawaf Mazalha or Nawaf Masalha) was an Israeli Arab politician and a member of the Knesset. He became the first Muslim Arab to hold a ministerial position in the Israeli government when he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health by Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.