Arab-Israeli lawmaker Basal Ghattas , of the Arab political party Balad, wore the black-and-white checkered scarf around his neck Wednesday while addressing the Knesset plenum, angering some fellow lawmakers.
Arab-Israeli opposition to the recent Gaza conflict, which ended with a late August truce, brought the predicament of Israel’s 1.7 million Arabs into stark relief.
Israeli lawmakers called for Balad to be expelled from the Knesset after its lawmakers visited Qatar and perhaps the Arab-Israeli party’s founder, Azmi Bishara.