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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut at a memorial service marking 22 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin held at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 1, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
January 30, 2023, 8:17 am
From a rogue MK to Haredi subsidies, 8 times High Court struck down laws, decisions
As the coalition moves to radically constrain the top court’s capacity to thwart legislation and decisions it considers undemocratic, here’s a look at some of its key interventions
By Jeremy Sharon
Mtanes Shihadeh, a member of Balad within the Joint List. (Courtesy of Balad)
September 24, 2019, 1:07 pm
A brief history of Balad, the renegade Joint List faction that passed on Gantz
The secular Arab nationalist party is opposed to exclusively Jewish statehood, has long courted controversy with members such as Azmi Bishara, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, February 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 24, 2019, 4:43 pm
Leading US Jewish journalists denounce Netanyahu for deal with extremists
Bloomberg’s Eli Lake says PM’s embrace of Otzma Yehudit is a ‘stain that can’t be ignored,’ New York Times’ Bret Stephens calls it a ‘shameful bargain’
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2018. (Screen capture: AIPAC)
February 24, 2019, 6:56 am
Despite censure over Kahanists, AIPAC confirms Netanyahu to speak at confab
Prime minister to appear in person at annual policy conference in Washington, pro-Israel lobby says, day after rebuking bid to bring racist Otzma Yehudit faction into Knesset
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, February 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
February 23, 2019, 7:20 pm
After AIPAC rebuke, Netanyahu defends aiding Kahanists: ‘Hypocrisy by the left’
PM says ‘left acted to bring extreme Islamists into Knesset’ while now damning ‘union with right-wing parties’; Otzma Yehudit: AIPAC want left in power, government that cedes land
By ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on April 22, 2007 Israeli Arab then-Knesset member Azmi Bishara talks on his mobile phone in front of the Arab league headquarters after a meeting with the Secretary General Amr Mussa in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO/Khaled DESOUKI)
June 5, 2018, 7:51 am
Azmi Bishara, from Knesset black sheep to Qatar insider
Runaway MK, who fled Israel amid claims he spied for Hezbollah, slammed on media outlets close to Saudi Arabia as ‘Doha’s Rasputin,’ a Mossad agent and the ‘godfather of terrorism’
By Shatha YAISH
Former Israeli Arab Knesset member Azmi Bishara (photo credit: Flash90)
July 30, 2017, 9:30 pm
Minister seeks to strip citizenship of fugitive ex-MK
Aryeh Deri consults with AG on move against ex-Balad head Azmi Bishara, who fled Israel in 2007 amid allegations of spying for Hezbollah
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian Muslim raises his arms and shouts slogans before Israeli security forces in the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
July 30, 2017, 1:50 pm
PA said to offer millions in subsidies to East Jerusalem protesters
Putin: 755 US diplomats must leave Russia; Elor Azaria to enter prison on August 9, barring appeal; would-be terrorist turns himself in to Tel Aviv police
By ToI Staff
Arab Joint List member Basel Ghattas, left, is brought to court for a remand hearing after his arrest on December 22, 2016 on suspicion of smuggling cellphones to Palestinian prisoners, at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, December 23, 2016. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
December 27, 2016, 8:23 am
Brother of jailed terrorist arrested for giving smuggled cellphones to MK
65-year-old suspect identified by media as sibling of Walid Daka, convicted of 1984 murder of soldier; will appear in court for remand hearing Tuesday
By Raoul Wootliff
Joint List MK Basel Ghattas appears at Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court for a remand hearing on December 26, 2016, following his arrest on suspicion of smuggling cellphones to Palestinian security prisoners. (Photo by Meged Guzani/POOL)
December 26, 2016, 6:39 pm
Court extends detention of MK suspected of security offenses
After saying there was a major development, judges give cops until midday Tuesday to question Arab lawmaker Basel Ghattas
By ToI Staff
Arab Joint List member Basel Ghattas, left, is brought to court for a remand hearing after his arrest on December 22, 2016 on suspicion of smuggling cellphones to Palestinian prisoners, at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, December 23, 2016. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
December 25, 2016, 8:31 pm
Arrested Arab MK has office searched, is barred from voting
Cops investigate items belonging to Basel Ghattas, who is suspected of security offenses, including passing phones to jailed terrorists
By ToI Staff
Arab MK Basel Ghattas attends a remand hearing at Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on December 23, 2016, a day after he was arrested for allegedly passing cell phones to convicted terrorists jailed in Israel. (AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ)
December 25, 2016, 2:29 pm
Party head says Ghattas prison smuggling ‘unacceptable’
Ayman Odeh says he does not believe the arrested MK wants to harm Israel’s security, but he shouldn’t have broken the law
By ToI Staff
Arab MK Basel Ghattas attends a remand hearing at Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on December 23, 2016, a day after he was arrested for allegedly passing cell phones to convicted terrorists jailed in Israel. (AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ)
December 23, 2016, 8:51 am
Police to court: Arab MK won’t divulge source of phones he smuggled to prisoners
Judge approves 4-day remand for Basel Ghattas, accused of passing cellphones, messages to convicted terrorists; Balad decries ‘vindictive’ arrest
By ToI Staff
Arab Israeli parliament member MK Basel Ghattas of the Joint (Arab) List in the Knesset, February 12, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 19, 2016, 4:26 pm
High stakes gambles don’t always pay
Eased by big government payoff, a looming Amona clash is avoided, but Arab lawmaker Ghattas finds himself in the crosshairs for slipping phones to prisoners
By Ilan Ben Zion
Joint (Arab) List member Basel Ghattas at his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 19, 2016, 5:49 am
Police claim substantial evidence in probe against Arab MK
Balad lawmaker Basel Ghattas, suspected of smuggling phones, SIM cards, to Palestinian security prisoners, decries ‘political witch-hunt’ against Arab community leaders
By ToI Staff
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