Ahmad Tibi

Ahmad Tibi (Arabic: أحمد الطيبي‎, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈ(ʔ)æħmæd (atˤ)ˈtˤiːbi], Hebrew: אחמד טיבי, Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈʔaħmed tiːbi], sometimes spelled Ahmed Tibi; born 19 December 1958) is an Arab-Muslim Israeli politician and leader of the Arab Movement for Change (Ta'al), an Arab party in Israel. He has served as a member of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) since 1999, and currently serves as one of ten Deputy Speakers of the Knesset, representing the Arab Israeli MK block. Tibi was acknowledged as a figure in the Israeli-Palestinian arena after serving as a political advisor to the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (1993–1999). He describes himself as Arab-Palestinian in nationality, and Israeli in citizenship. Tibi is also a trained physician and graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a gynecologist.