Shachiv Shnaan (Arabic: شكيب شنان, Hebrew: שכיב שנאן; born 20 June 1960) is an Israeli-Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Independence.

Shnaan then returned to his home town, working between 1989-1995 as a teacher and acting principal of the local six-years secondary school.

Prior to his entry to the Knesset, Shnaan was considered by party chairman Amir Peretz as his candidate for the post of minister, eventually given to Raleb Majadele.

He subsequently joined the breakaway Independence party, and returned to the Knesset on 14 February 2012 as a replacement for Matan Vilnai,[1] who had been appointed as ambassador to China.

[3] They presented the community's opposition to clauses in Israel's newly enacted "Nationality law", impacting minority populations' status regarding self-definition and removing Arabic as an official language of the state.