Nazareth-born Christian-Arab journalist and longtime Communist activist who founded Women Against Violence in 1992 and has served in the Knesset for Hadash since 2015.
Positions and record
- Founded Women Against Violence in 1992 and has used her Knesset platform to advance women's rights, gender-violence and honor-crime legislation
- In the Knesset since 2015 as a senior figure in the anti-Zionist Hadash (Communist) party
- Sharp critic of IDF operations against Hamas in Gaza and of Israeli policy in Judea and Samaria, regularly echoing Palestinian narratives
- Suspended by the Knesset Ethics Committee in November 2023 for two months and docked salary after a social-media post accusing the IDF of a 'war crime' at al-Shifa Hospital during Israel's defensive war against Hamas
- Opposes the Abraham Accords; announced in 2026 she will not seek re-election, declaring the Knesset embodies 'Jewish supremacy', a framing Israel's democratic institutions and Arab citizens' full voting and civil rights plainly refute
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Aida Touma-Sliman, The State of Israel. https://thestateofisrael.com/mk/aida-touma-sliman