The only elected Jewish legislator in the Arab world...Now that is something!
(Tunisia is one of the few countries in the Arab world with anything resembling a democracy):
Joseph Roger Bismuth (4 November 1926 – 1 October 2019)[1] was a Tunisian businessman and senator. He was elected into the newly formed upper chamber, the Chamber of Advisors in July 2005 and was the only Jewish elected legislator in the Arab world. Senator Bismuth was also a member of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, formed in 2002 as a platform for Jewish lawmakers to cooperate on issues of common concern such as battling anti-Semitism, forging strong interfaith relationships, and working toward social reform. A successful businessman, he founded the Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce. He was a self-made man. Starting out as a construction worker, Roger Bismuth worked his way into ownership of several corporations. His main holding company was Groupe Bismuth based out of Tunis, Tunisia. He was married to a Danish national, Aase, and they had three children: Stephan, Jean, and Peter. From his first wife Yvette, he had one son and two daughters, Jacqueline, Michelle and Philippe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bismuth
(He missed by less than a month of reaching his number in the periodic table).
(Tunisia is one of the few countries in the Arab world with anything resembling a democracy):
Joseph Roger Bismuth (4 November 1926 – 1 October 2019)[1] was a Tunisian businessman and senator. He was elected into the newly formed upper chamber, the Chamber of Advisors in July 2005 and was the only Jewish elected legislator in the Arab world. Senator Bismuth was also a member of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, formed in 2002 as a platform for Jewish lawmakers to cooperate on issues of common concern such as battling anti-Semitism, forging strong interfaith relationships, and working toward social reform. A successful businessman, he founded the Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce. He was a self-made man. Starting out as a construction worker, Roger Bismuth worked his way into ownership of several corporations. His main holding company was Groupe Bismuth based out of Tunis, Tunisia. He was married to a Danish national, Aase, and they had three children: Stephan, Jean, and Peter. From his first wife Yvette, he had one son and two daughters, Jacqueline, Michelle and Philippe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bismuth
(He missed by less than a month of reaching his number in the periodic table).
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.