Jamal Zahalka

Man arrested for waving Palestine flag at joint Jewish-Arab anti-government protest

The protest set out on Thursday afternoon, initiated by “Partnership for Peace” and dozens of other organizations and parties, marking 59 years since the Six Day War.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
JEWS AND Arabs take part in a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank and to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War in Haifa, northern Israel, June 6, 2026.
Haneen Zoabi Joint List MK during a Knesset discussion

Zoabi unlikely to return to next Knesset

Zoabi has long been one of the Knesset’s most controversial members, since first being elected to the legislature in 2009.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV
Joint List MK Jamal Zahalka

Arab MK removed from Knesset for calling former Shin Bet head a murderer

The incident occurred July 2 in a fierce debate in the Knesset plenum over the Taylor Force Law.

|ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli Arab lawmaker Jamal Zahalka

Yisrael Beytenu MK petitions High Court against Joint List’s Zahalka

Zahalka responded that Forrer’s petition is spiteful and part of a Yisrael Beytenu campaign against Israeli Arabs.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV

Think about it: Four Arab MKs who traveled to Brussels and Paris

I suspect the issue of the four MKs’ meetings in Europe last week will be brought up in the House Committee and/or Ethics Committee.

NOVEMBER 19, 2017BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Haneen Zoabi and Jamal Zahalka