What is Issawi Frej?
[[File:Issawi Frej.jpg|right|200px]] '''Issawi Frej''' ({{lang-ar|عيساوي فريج}}, {{Lang-he|עִיסָאוּוִי פְרֵיג'}}; born 14 December 1963) is an [[Arab]]-[[Israeli]] politician who currently serves as a minister and was a member of the [[Knesset]] for [[Meretz]] in 2021. He was also a member of Knesset for the party between 2013 and 2019. He is the [[Regional Cooperation Minister of Israel|Minister of Regional Cooperation]] since 2021. He is the second Muslim minister in Israeli history, after [[Raleb Majadle]]. Frej was born in [[Kafr Qasim]], [[Israel]]. He studied at [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. In February 2022, Frej was hospitalized under critical condition in [[Tel Aviv]], Israel after having a [[stroke]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hamodia.com/2022/02/08/minister-frej-suffers-stroke-admitted-to-icu/|title=Minister Frej Suffers Stroke, Admitted to ICU|publisher=Hamodia|accessdate=11 February 2022|archive-date=11 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211080952/https://hamodia.com/2022/02/08/minister-frej-suffers-stroke-admitted-to-icu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frej, Issawi}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Meretz politicians]] {{bio-stub}}