What is Jamal Zahalka?
[[File:ג'מאל זחאלקה (cropped).JPG|thumb|Jamal Zahalka]] '''Jamal Zahalka''', Arab: جمال زحالقة , Hebrew: ג'מאל זחאלקה , (born January 11, [[1955]] in [[Kafr Qara]]) is an Israeli [[pharmacist]] and politician. He was political leader of [[Balad]]. Zahalka is an [[Arab Israeli]]. He obtained several degrees in [[pharmacy]] at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], including a [[PhD]]. He was a Member of [[Knesset]] from 2003 to 2019. He was also leading the Balad party from 2007 till 2019, due to the flight of [[Azmi Bishara]] abroad. From 2015 to 2019 he was a [[The Joint List|Joint List]] politician. Zahalka compares Israeli's policy towards the [[Palestinian territories]] with the former [[apartheid]] system of [[South Africa]]. == References == * [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=756 Bio at Knesset Website] {{Commonscat}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zahalka, Jamal}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Knesset]] [[Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni]] [[Category:Israeli political leaders]] [[Category:Pharmacists]] [[Category:Pharmacologists]] [[Category:Social democrats]] [[Category:Socialist politicians]] [[Category:Israeli-Arab people]]