Aida Touma-Suleiman

Knesset passes bill to form national authority to fight poverty

The law will come into effect in six months, and Welfare Minister Yaakov Margi (Shas) said he will begin staff work immediately in order for the directorate to be operational by then.

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.
 Students protest on behalf of Lions' Den members at the entrance to Tel Aviv University on October 27, 2022.

Tel Aviv University students demonstrate on behalf of slain terrorists

 Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman

Arab MKs' statements supporting terror influence Jewish Israelis too - analysis

Arab MKs (L-R) Aida Touma-Suleiman and Ahmad Tibi attend a Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality during a discussion on the segregation between women in maternity wards, in the Israeli parliament on April 13, 2016.

Israeli Arab MK calls Lions' Den 'martyrs,' says 'resistance has risen'


Bill forcing violent men to receive psychological treatment passes

The bill, proposed by Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman, passed its second and third readings on Monday and will come into effect in May 2023.

The Knesset plenum on October 4, 2021.

Joint List MK introduces bill to install electronic supervision on violent partners

Suleiman had been trying to promote the bill for years and has been rejected multiple times, but has recently promised to advance the law quickly this time.

MKS MOSSI RAZ and Aida Touma-Suleiman are seen at the Knesset event they organized: ‘After 54 years: Between occupation and apartheid.’

MKs hold discussion on Kan sexual harassment allegations

Accusations were made against Israel's public broadcaster that instances of humiliation, insults and sexual harassment were not properly addressed.

MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint List)

Lapid wishes officers a speedy recovery as Arab MKs blame police, gov't

The most controversial incident of the night was one in which Israeli officers appear to throw stun grenades directly into al-Aqsa Mosque, as Muslim worshippers were praying.

Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas is seen meeting with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid.

Screening of 'Jenin, Jenin' film prohibited in Israel, Lod court rules

The court also decided that Israeli-Arab film director and actor Mohammad Bakri will pay IDF Lt.-Col. Nissim Meganji NIS 175,000 as compensation for defamation.

Israeli Arab actor and filmmaker Mohammed Bakri attends the Dubai International Film Festival

Netanyahu hints at Saudi Arabia visit in Likud meeting

The Likud leader also said he is going to campaign for Israeli Arabs' votes.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in May.

Arab MK: LGBTQ rights are human rights, Arab community is evolving

"We know well what it means to fight for the most basic of rights."

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019

Over 160 vehicles damaged in suspected Jerusalem 'price tag' attack

MK Touma-Sliman: If price tag attackers are ignored, there will be a pogrom on the Palestinians

Police investigate suspected price tag attack in Jerusalem's Shu'afat neighborhood on December 9, 2019

Woman, 30, stabbed to death in Acre

The victim's husband was taken for questioning after he assaulted police who arrived on the scene.

Murder scene in Acre, December 11, 2018

Arab MK on Ari Fuld: There'd be less deaths if settlers left West Bank

'It’s just like saying to me, 'If you do not go with a bikini, you won’t get raped.'' Likud MK Haskel charged back.

MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint List)

Think about it: Four Arab MKs who traveled to Brussels and Paris

I suspect the issue of the four MKs’ meetings in Europe last week will be brought up in the House Committee and/or Ethics Committee.

Haneen Zoabi and Jamal Zahalka