# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/issam-makhoul
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:36:33.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/issam-makhoul"
name: "Issam Makhoul"
slug: "issam-makhoul"
description: "Issam Makhoul was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash from 1999 to 2006. A prominent figure in Maki, he served as its General Secretary from 2002 to 2007 and was elected Chairman of Hadash in 2023. In his capacity as party leader, he oversaw the party's domestic activities and its international relations with other communist parties. In 2003, while serving in the Knesset, Makhoul was the target of a failed assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist involving a car bomb at his home in Haifa."
tagline: "Israeli-Arab politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Issam_Makhoul_at_demonstration.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-07-18"
deathDate: "2025-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.1
  momentum:             1.376975169300226
  historical:           7.018143999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issam_Makhoul"
    title: "Issam Makhoul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "عصام مخول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "عصام مخول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B2"
    title: "ইসাম মাখউল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%C3%A1m_Mach%C3%BAl"
    title: "Isám Machúl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issam_Makhoul"
    title: "Issam Makhoul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "عصام مخول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%97'%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "עיסאם מח'ול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2890532"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump