The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/hanna-swaid/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:18:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Hanna Swaid | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/hanna-swaid/ 32 32 Facing extinction, Israel’s Arab parties move toward unity… and growth https://www.timesofisrael.com/facing-extinction-israels-arab-parties-move-toward-unity-and-growth/ Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:22:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1075022 A raised Knesset 'threshold' means all three Arab parties could disappear in the next elections. But running together, they could win unprecedented support. Their leaders are doing the math

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]]> For sole Jewish-Arab party, new law may be a death blow https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-sole-jewish-arab-party-new-law-may-be-a-death-blow/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:26:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=906780 But some Arab MKs view Governance Bill, raising electoral threshold to 3.25 percent, as a possible blessing in disguise

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]]> What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-the-latest-mks-expenses-report-tells-us-about-our-lawmakers/ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:42:50 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=902830 Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?

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]]> Government denies plans to ‘Judaize’ the Galilee https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-committee-calls-for-establishment-of-new-arab-town/ Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:39:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=858772 Knesset panel told of work in progress for a new Druse village and Arab town

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]]> Harper: Support for Israel is morally and strategically right https://www.timesofisrael.com/harper-canada-stands-for-israel-because-it-is-right-to-do-so/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:20:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=837036 In Knesset speech of emphatic solidarity, Canada's PM slams 'disgraceful' hatred of Israel, urges Palestinians to seek peace, says his sanctions on Iran will remain

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]]> Knesset speaker: Christmas trees bring back bad memories https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-speaker-christmas-trees-bring-bad-memories/ Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:20:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=801980 Yuli Edelstein tries to explain why he denied a request from a Christian Arab MK to install a festive pine in the parliament building

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]]> Christian Arabs top country’s matriculation charts https://www.timesofisrael.com/christian-arabs-top-countrys-matriculation-charts/ Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:12:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=799622 Students from the religious minority, which makes up only 2% of Israel's population, most likely to graduate high school

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]]> Israel to Abbas: No, Jesus was not a Palestinian https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-pans-outrageous-rewriting-of-christian-history-by-abbas/ Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:07:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=798034 Foreign Ministry pans PA president's 'outrageous rewriting of Christian history,' says he needs a hug from Santa

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]]> Knesset speaker nixes on-site Christmas tree https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-speaker-rejects-call-to-put-up-christmas-tree/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:18:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=796228 'You're welcome to place one in your office,' Edelstein tells Christian Arab lawmaker Hanna Swaid, who calls the decision 'crazy'

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]]> Christian MK calls for Knesset Christmas tree https://www.timesofisrael.com/christian-mk-calls-for-knesset-christmas-tree/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:20:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=793836 Israeli parliament considering request from lawmaker Hanna Swaid, who also wants House closed for Christian holidays

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]]> Vote for us: The profiles https://www.timesofisrael.com/vote-for-us-the-profiles/ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:21:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=349304 In the final weeks of the campaign, The Times of Israel's Matti Friedman interviewed and profiled six very different Knesset candidates. As voters choose their parties, here's his reminder of some of the more compelling prospective MKs

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]]> Ethics Committee docks Liberman four days’ pay for playing hooky, again https://www.timesofisrael.com/ethics-committee-docks-liberman-four-days-pay-for-playing-hooky-again/ Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:36:19 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=334630 Former foreign minister and Yisrael Beytenu chief missed 22 Knesset meetings during the summer session

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]]> Hadash party reelects Barakeh as chairman https://www.timesofisrael.com/hadash-party-reelects-barakeh-as-chairman/ Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:41:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=276678 Non-Zionist Arab-Jewish socialist party's leader to step down in two years to make room for those lower down

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