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Hanna Swaid
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October 12, 2014, 2:22 pm
Facing extinction, Israel’s Arab parties move toward unity… and growth
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
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
March 10, 2014, 9:26 pm
For sole Jewish-Arab party, new law may be a death blow
But some Arab MKs view Governance Bill, raising electoral threshold to 3.25 percent, as a possible blessing in disguise
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Elhanan Miller
March 7, 2014, 12:42 pm
What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers
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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Haviv Rettig Gur
February 4, 2014, 9:39 am
Government denies plans to ‘Judaize’ the Galilee
Knesset panel told of work in progress for a new Druse village and Arab town
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January 20, 2014, 7:20 pm
Harper: Support for Israel is morally and strategically right
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
By
Lazar Berman
December 26, 2013, 12:20 pm
Knesset speaker: Christmas trees bring back bad memories
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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Stuart Winer
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Haviv Rettig Gur
December 24, 2013, 9:12 pm
Christian Arabs top country’s matriculation charts
Students from the religious minority, which makes up only 2% of Israel’s population, most likely to graduate high school
By
Adiv Sterman
December 23, 2013, 7:07 pm
Israel to Abbas: No, Jesus was not a Palestinian
Foreign Ministry pans PA president’s ‘outrageous rewriting of Christian history,’ says he needs a hug from Santa
By
Raphael Ahren
December 22, 2013, 2:18 pm
Knesset speaker nixes on-site Christmas tree
‘You’re welcome to place one in your office,’ Edelstein tells Christian Arab lawmaker Hanna Swaid, who calls the decision ‘crazy’
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
December 19, 2013, 7:20 pm
Christian MK calls for Knesset Christmas tree
Israeli parliament considering request from lawmaker Hanna Swaid, who also wants House closed for Christian holidays
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
January 22, 2013, 10:21 am
Vote for us: The profiles
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
January 6, 2013, 9:36 pm
Ethics Committee docks Liberman four days’ pay for playing hooky, again
Former foreign minister and Yisrael Beytenu chief missed 22 Knesset meetings during the summer session
By
Ilan Ben Zion
November 10, 2012, 9:41 pm
Hadash party reelects Barakeh as chairman
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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Ilan Ben Zion
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