Tag: Basel Ghattas

In recent years, dozens of terrorists imprisoned in Israel have been placed in solitary confinement and punished after being exposed by Hakol Hayehudi.

With the August 1 deadline nearing fast, the four Arab forced-partners will have to come up with a slate, or suffer even greater rejection by their voters.

Ghattas refused ... to end his membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization.

Zahalka slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands."

"Ayman Odeh is a terrorist in a suit. What he has managed to conceal for two years of smiling – he revealed in one phone call with Haniyeh."

Disagreement over a rotation agreement is threatening to dismantle the Joint Arab List, which to date has been a monumental success story in Israeli politics.

In his ruling, Judge Itay Bresler-Gonen wrote that Ghattas "took advantage of his status as a member of the Knesset and the trust given him by the democratic system and the IPS.'

Ghattas was caught smuggling cellphones to convicted terrorists in jail.

It is inconceivable that the Israeli public should pay out of its own pocket the pensions of MKs convicted of supporting terror and harming Israel’s security.

Ghattas will be replaced by the next in line on his party's Knesset list, Jomaa Azbarga.

State prosecutors will also ask the court to attach a clause of moral turpitude to the confession.

Formal impeachment proceedings against Israeli Arab MK Basel Ghattas are in the initial stages; sufficient signatures have been obtained.

When even the Knesset's leftwing parties want to kick out an Arab MK, you know it's bad.

Balad party MK Basel Ghattas has been indicted on a range of charges linked to allegations he sneaked communications equipment into prison for Hamas terrorist inmates.

MK Ghattas is accused of using his diplomatic immunity to pass coded information and communications equipment to convicted Hamas terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prisons.

An Israeli Arab parliamentarian is arrested for aiding Hamas terrorists in an Israeli prison.

MK Ghattas is aware that police have the goods on him: during his initial interrogation, he was shown video documenting clearly how he passed the phones and the documents to Arab terrorists behind bars.

MK Ghattas will be allowed by law to appear at the Knesset Committee and argue his case, following which the committee would vote on whether or not it recommends a vote at the plenum on removing his immunity.

An Israeli Arab lawmaker used his diplomatic immunity to smuggle in cell phones and passed messages to jailed terrorist prisoners.

The Balad party on Sunday morning revealed that party politburo member Nibin Abu Rahmoun has also been interrogated by police.

No Balad Knesset members have been arrested at this point.

Another demoted Balad leader is Jamal Zahalka who landed the fifth spot, which would only get him a seat should the Joint Arab List pick up between 18 and 20 mandates

Herzog did not explain how a 55% majority of the house can be considered "extremist" while the remaining 45% are the proverbial moderates.

One of the three Arab MKs who visited the families of terrorists last Tuesday attempted to justify the actions of the terrorists on Palestinian television yesterday.

"It’s inappropriate to condemn the victim."

Riot started when Muslim students wore the Pal. kaffiyeh and Druze students demanded them removed

Arab Israeli MK Basel Ghattas (Balad) wears a keffiyeh around his shoulders as he addresses the Israeli Knesset on November 12, 2014.