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Israeli Arab Knesset Members Protest Change in Electoral Law

Despite the theatrical panic show of Arab Knesset members, raising the electoral threshold is just a minor change, not even consolidating Israel’s governability.

Mazal Mualem
Mazal Mualem
Aug 2, 2013
Jamal Zahalka, an Israeli Arab lawmaker from the Balad party, speaks to the media during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 23, 2007. Israeli Arab lawmaker Azmi Bishara, under criminal investigation in Israel, resigned from the Knesset on Sunday at the Israeli embassy in Cairo and said he would stay abroad for a time because of a "racist" climate. Bishara, who heads the anti-Zionist party Balad, has clashed with Israel's justice system in the past by making solidarity trips to Syria a
Jamal Zahalka, an Israeli Arab lawmaker from the Balad Party, speaks to the media during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 23, 2007. — REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel

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