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An undated image of Palestinian security prisoner Walid Daqqa (Courtesy)
June 27, 2023, 12:54 pm
Israel rejects request for release of dying terror convict Walid Daqqa
Committee rejects request by 61-year-old cancer patient, jailed after killing an Israeli soldier in 1984
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Haifa‘s Al-Midan Arabic-language theater. (YouTube screenshot)
February 19, 2018, 11:47 am
State said to defund Arab theater that held play about terrorist
Culture Ministry withholds NIS 1.1 million of promised budget from Haifa’s Al-Midan, citing financial irregularities
By ToI Staff
Culture Minister Miri Regev speaks with the media before the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 16, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
March 28, 2017, 1:34 am
Culture minister to AG: Probe incitement at Arab theater
Battle between Miri Regev and Haifa’s Al-Midan Theater intensifies over definition of ‘terrorist’
By Sue Surkes
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)
January 2, 2017, 12:42 pm
Arab MK banned from Knesset activity over smuggling phones to prisoners
Joint List’s Basel Ghattas, facing criminal investigation into contraband passed to Palestinian terrorists, restricted solely to casting votes until July
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
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
Basel Ghattas reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on July 7, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 19, 2016, 9:45 pm
MK wanted over smuggling phones to jailed Palestinians denies avoiding police
Basel Ghattas ‘will be present for questioning,’ spokesperson says; investigators said to have incriminating video evidence
By ToI Staff
Joint (Arab) List MK Basel Ghattas in his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 19, 2016, 7:06 pm
Police say MK wanted over phone smuggling unreachable for questioning
Public security minister says Ghattas ‘has apparently gone underground’; Joint List chief urges patience in probe
By ToI Staff
Yohanan Plesner, current President of the Israel Democracy Institute, presents Israeli president Reuven Rivlin with the annual Israeli Democracy Index report. December 19, 2016. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
December 19, 2016, 4:30 pm
Rivlin on Ghattas: Israel can protect itself against plotters of evil
President says if allegations of security breaches against Arab MK are true, it shows a ‘cynical abuse’ of parliamentary privileges
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, 11:17 am
Arab MK suspected of passing intel to Palestinian prisoner who murdered soldier
Channel 2 says Joint List MK Basel Ghattas gave ‘significant’ information to jailed killer; fellow lawmakers call for his impeachment
By ToI Staff
The Al-Midan theater in Haifa (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
July 8, 2015, 12:24 am
Arab theater staff to quit if ‘terror’ play pulled
Employees of Haifa’s al-Midan Theater give two-day ultimatum after new CEO says controversial play may be canceled
By Daniel Bernstein
The Al-Midan theater in Haifa (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
July 2, 2015, 1:50 pm
Haifa city funding of ‘terror’ play theater draws fury
Council member claims his approval of restoration of monies was forged; MK Liberman calls on mayor to resign
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Likud MK Miri Regev at a political conference at Tel Aviv University on January 18, 2015 (Tomer Neuberg / FLASH 90)
June 16, 2015, 4:09 pm
Culture minister defunds Arab theater hosting controversial play
Citing financial irregularities, Miri Regev withholds state money from Al-Midan in Haifa over production based on terrorist who abducted and killed Israeli soldier
By Judah Ari Gross
Culture Minister Miri Regev (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
June 14, 2015, 4:42 pm
Israeli artists sign petition against ‘anti-democratic’ censorship
Pledging to fight for artistic freedom, cultural figures defiantly offer their names for a government ‘blacklist’
By ToI Staff
In this Jan. 18, 2015, file photo, Naftali Bennett speaks with the media ahead of a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (Abir Sultan, Pool Photo via AP, File)
June 12, 2015, 6:23 pm
Controversial play sparks debate in Israel
Education minister says state funding for play that humanizes killer of IDF soldier is inappropriate; critics warn of censorship
By Ami Bentov
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