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Ali Salam

File: Then-Nazareth mayor Ali Salam seen after a meeting with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (not pictured) outside the Foreign Ministry offices in Jerusalem, May 22, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 26, 2026, 5:16 pm
Former Nazareth mayor charged with funneling millions from city to crime family
12 defendants allegedly part of decade-long scheme transferring some $20 million in public funds to Bakri syndicate, linked to Arab community violence
By Charlie Summers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to an unidentified woman during his visit to a coronavirus vaccination facility in the northern Israeli Arab city of Nazareth, on January 13, 2021. (Gil Eliyahu/Pool/AFP)
January 14, 2021, 5:03 pm
As Netanyahu courts Arab voters, Likud rules out coalition with Arab parties
PM said to estimate he could get up to 5 Knesset seats from community he has been seen as vilifying until recently; Nazareth mayor says he ‘believes’ premier, lambasts Ayman Odeh
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a coronavirus vaccination facility in the northern Arab city of Nazareth on January 13, 2021. (Gil Eliyahu/POOL/AFP)
January 13, 2021, 6:48 pm
Wooing Arab votes, Netanyahu claims 2015 ‘voting in droves’ remark was twisted
Joint List chief Ayman Odeh: He must think Arab Israelis have a short memory; 19 arrested as PM visits Nazareth, including Knesset aides, with one Joint List MK sent to hospital
By Aaron Boxerman
Nazareth mayor Ali Salam appears at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 30, 2014. (Flash90)
November 27, 2020, 10:08 am
Nazareth mayor announces plan to establish joint Arab-Jewish political party
Ali Salam calls on Arab lawmakers to join him, but pointedly excludes Joint List head Odeh; former Haifa mayor Yona Yahav rumored to represent Jewish half of new faction
By ToI Staff
Mayor of Netanya Miriam Feirberg poses for a picture, in Netanya, on March 6, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 2:51 pm
For some mayors, indictments and criminal probes no impediment to reelection
Ink still fresh on his plea bargain, Tamar regional council head keeps post; Netanya, Hadera, Nazareth leaders also cling to jobs
By Marissa Newman
Mayor of Ashkelon Itamar Shimoni, seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court on January 12, 2016 (Flash90)
October 25, 2018, 1:57 pm
Out of the interrogation room, into the mayor’s office?
Among the candidates for local leadership in the October 30 elections are officials and ex-officials convicted, indicted, or under criminal investigation
By Marissa Newman
Nazareth mayor Ali Salam appears at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 30, 2014. (Flash90)
May 8, 2018, 4:52 pm
Nazareth mayor outs self as official suspected of corruption
Ali Salam confirms he was among city employees interrogated by police this week for theft, accepting illegal gifts and breach of trust
By ToI Staff
Christian Arabs sell Santa Claus hats and dolls in Nazareth ahead of Christmas on December 9, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 16, 2017, 6:39 pm
Nazareth’s Muslim mayor reinstates Christmas
Ali Salam had previously announced festivities were canceled because of Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
By ToI Staff
Nazareth mayor Ali Salam appears at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 30, 2014. (Flash90)
November 10, 2016, 10:24 pm
Israeli-Arab mayor: ‘I taught Trump all he knows’
In local radio interview shared by disbelieving residents, Nazareth mayor acknowledges he never actually met the US president-elect
By AFP
Members of the "Joint Arab List" meet with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the president's house in Jerusalem, March 22, 2015 [Yonatan Sindel/Flash90]
October 12, 2015, 5:25 pm
Arab mayor vs. Arab legislator: Conflict of interests?
Nazareth Mayor Ali Sallam’s attack on MK Ayman Odeh seemed like a clash between pragmatism and belligerency. But there’s more here than meets the eye
By Elhanan Miller
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