for North Sydney (1996–2015), Ambassador of Australia to the United States (2016-Current) Raymonda Tawil – poet, political activist, journalist, writer and the mother-in-law of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Antonio Saca – President of El Salvador from 2004 to 2009 Justin Amash – U.S. Representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district (2011–2021) which encompasses the Grand Rapids area, and a member of the Republican Party (later Libertarian Party) Vera Baboun – first female mayor of Bethlehem Azmi Bishara – Arab-Israeli politician Janet Mikhail – former mayor of Ramallah Karim Khalaf – attorney and politician who served as the Mayor of Ramallah, but was removed from office in 1982 by Israel Victor Batarseh – former mayor of Bethlehem Elias Bandak – former mayor of Bethlehem Hanna Nasser – former mayor of Bethlehem Elias Freij – former mayor of Bethlehem Emil Habibi – politician born in Mandatory Palestine, leader of the Israel Communist Party and Member of the Israeli Knesset Ameer Makhoul – founder of the Haifa-based Ittijah (the Union of Arab Community-Based Associations, a network for Palestinian NGOs in Israel), who is jailed in Israel until released in 2019, after some claims for spying on behalf of Hezbollah. Amnesty International expressed concern that "his human rights activism on behalf of Palestinians" may be the reason for his imprisonment. George Habash – politician, founder of the PFLP and the Arab Nationalist Movement Nayif Hawatmeh – Palestinian politician, founder and General Secretary of the DFLP Dr. Hanan Ashrawi – politician, legislator, activist, and scholar. Currently, she is a leader of the Third Way party. She was previously notable as a spokesperson for Arafat. Afif Safieh – diplomat and was most recently the Palestinian ambassador to the Russian Federation Joudeh George Murqos – ex-Palestinian minister of tourism Ghazi Hanania – member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Fatah Emil Ghuri – former Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee (AHC), the official leadership of the Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine. He was also the general secretary of the Palestine Arab Party Hanna Nasser (academic) – academic, political figure and ex-president of Birzeit University Ghassan Andoni – a professor of physics at Birzeit University, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and founder of the International Middle East Media Centre Daud Turki – poet and was the leader of the Jewish-Arab left-wing group called the Red Front Imil Jarjoui – former member of the