Tawfik Khatib

Tawfik Khatib was born in 1954 in Jaljulia

Khatib was born in Jaljulia on 21 April 1954. He is married and has 5 children.

He earned a BA in political science and wrote an MA thesis on taxation in Islam at Bar-Ilan University. He also holds a diploma in economics and banking from the College of Management.

A member of the Islamic Movement, he headed the Jaljulia local council from 1989 to 1996. He entered the Knesset on the United Arab List in 1996 and kept his seat in 1999. In 2001 he left the party with Muhamad Kanan and founded the Arab National Party.

Before the 2003 elections there were reports of talks with Meretz, and his party joined Meretz late in the campaign. He was not placed in a realistic spot on the list and lost his seat.

He later taught Arabic at Beit Berl College. He also trained as a pilot and flight instructor, taught at flight schools at Herzliya Airport, and now works as a pilot examiner at the Civil Aviation Authority.