Tag: Basel Ghattas
Rightwing News Website’s Investigation Sends Convicted Terrorist to Isolation
In recent years, dozens of terrorists imprisoned in Israel have been placed in solitary confinement and punished after being exposed by Hakol Hayehudi.
Most Anti-Zionist Arab Party Returns to Joint List
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.
Jailed Israeli Arab MK Denied Early Parole, Refused to Renounce Terror Ties
Ghattas refused ... to end his membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization.
Balad Chair: Party is ‘Inseparable Part of Palestinian National Movement’
Zahalka slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands."
Israeli Pols Slam Arab List Chief for Congratulations Call to Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh
"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."
Report: Internal Rotation Fight Threatens Future of Joint Arab List
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.
Former MK Basel Ghattas Starts Serving Prison Term for Security Violations
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.'
Former MK Basel Ghattas Sentenced to Two Years in Plea Bargain Deal
Ghattas was caught smuggling cellphones to convicted terrorists in jail.
‘Ghattas Law’ Seeks to Revoke Salaries, Pensions of MKs Convicted on Security Charges
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.
MK Ghattas Submitted Resignation to Knesset Speaker
Ghattas will be replaced by the next in line on his party's Knesset list, Jomaa Azbarga.
Ghattas to Plead Guilty, Two Years Jail Expected
State prosecutors will also ask the court to attach a clause of moral turpitude to the confession.
Knesset Signatures Secured for MK Basel Ghattas Impeachment
Formal impeachment proceedings against Israeli Arab MK Basel Ghattas are in the initial stages; sufficient signatures have been obtained.
Zionist Union and Yesh Atid Line Up Against MK Ghattas
When even the Knesset's leftwing parties want to kick out an Arab MK, you know it's bad.
Israeli Arab MK Basel Ghattas Indicted on Abuse of Diplomatic Immunity, Use of Property...
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.
Israeli Arab Balad MK Basel Ghattas Barred from Voting in Knesset
MK Ghattas is accused of using his diplomatic immunity to pass coded information and communications equipment to convicted Hamas terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prisons.
MK Basel Ghattas Arrested For Aiding Hamas Prisoners in Israeli Jail
An Israeli Arab parliamentarian is arrested for aiding Hamas terrorists in an Israeli prison.
Arab MK Gives Up Immunity as Police Reveal How He Got Caught
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.
UPDATE: Knesset Committee Votes to Remove MK Ghattas’ Immunity
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.
Israeli Arab MK Basel Ghattas Admits to Giving Cell Phones to Jailed Terrorist Inmates
An Israeli Arab lawmaker used his diplomatic immunity to smuggle in cell phones and passed messages to jailed terrorist prisoners.
Police Summon Arab MK Ghattas on Suspicion of Security Violations
The Balad party on Sunday morning revealed that party politburo member Nibin Abu Rahmoun has also been interrogated by police.
13 More Balad Activists Arrested in Fraud Crackdown
No Balad Knesset members have been arrested at this point.
Arab Primary Voters Dump Terror-Supporting MKs Zoabi, Ghattas
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
Netanyahu Tells Knesset He Wants ‘Broader Government,’ Herzog: Stop Zigzagging
Herzog did not explain how a 55% majority of the house can be considered "extremist" while the remaining 45% are the proverbial moderates.
Arab MK Describes Terrorists As “Precious Sons”
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.
Knesset Arabs in Split Over Condemnation of Be’er Sheva Attack
"It’s inappropriate to condemn the victim."
Israel’s Arabs Need Better Leaders
Riot started when Muslim students wore the Pal. kaffiyeh and Druze students demanded them removed
No Apartheid Here
Arab Israeli MK Basel Ghattas (Balad) wears a keffiyeh around his shoulders as he addresses the Israeli Knesset on November 12, 2014.