Issam Makhoul | |
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 Issam Makhoul at a demonstration | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1999–2006 | Hadash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1952 Israel |
Issam Makhoul (Arabic: عصام مخول Arabic pronunciation: [ʕiˈsˤaːm maˈxuːl], Hebrew: עיסאם מח'ול; born 18 July 1952) is an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash between 1999 and 2006. As the Secretary General of Maki, and together with the Central Committee of the party, he directs all communist activities in Israel as well as being responsible for relationships with communist parties in other countries. In late 2003, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt, when a car bomb exploded beneath his vehicle as his wife was backing it out of their driveway.