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Amal Nasser el-Din

Founder

Amal Nasser el-Din is an Israeli Druze author and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud Party between 1977 and 1988. In 1969, his son Lutfi was killed on the last day of his national service. In 2008, his grandson, also named Lutfi, was killed during Operation Cast Lead, the IDF's counter-offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He is the founder of the "Zionist Druze Circle," which aimed to encourage support and understanding for Israel among the Druze community. "We believe in the same Bible as the Jews," he famously said. "We believe that Isaac, not Ishmael, was brought for sacrifice. Muhammed is not our prophet. We are the descendants of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law." In 2023, el-Din was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement. (Photo: Wikimedia / Creative Commons License)