Arab MK quits Knesset over prisoner cellphone smuggling

Joint (Arab) List MK Basel Ghattas resigns from the Knesset as part of a plea bargain that will see him serve a two-year jail sentence for smuggling cellphones to Palestinian security prisoners.

Joint Arab List member Basel Ghattas arrives for a court hearing at the Lod Magistrate's Court, January 8, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
Joint Arab List member Basel Ghattas arrives for a court hearing at the Lod Magistrate’s Court, January 8, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

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