Jamal Zahalka an Israeli-Arab lawmaker from the Joint Arab List, is taken from the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. Israel’s government is promoting legislation to ban three Arab lawmakers who met with families of Palestinians who carried out deadly attacks. The Arab parliamentarians, Hanin Zoabi, Basel Ghattas and Jamal Zahalka, met the families last week to help lobby the release of some of their relatives’ bodies. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Palestinian MKs Suspended For Visiting Families Of Those Killed By Israeli Aggression

Few have recognized the Knesset members’ actions to negotiate for the bodies being held by Israeli forces as being part of their duty to serve their constituency. Instead, they’re accused of showing support for terrorism and building ‘walls of hate.’

by Richard Silverstein