Who they are
Hazzan studied political science at the University of Haifa and has worked as an interpreter and director of Al-Ittihad. She joined Haifa’s youth committee in 2019 and became the Communist Party’s Haifa district secretary in 2022. Police questioned her over a film screening in August 2024 and released her with conditions; the case’s final outcome is unverified.
Positions and record
Palestinian statehood: Supports two states and a territorially united Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
Gaza’s political future: Says Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority must participate in deciding Gaza’s future, and supports Palestinian elections rather than an externally imposed administration.
Equal citizenship: Opposes the Nation-State Law and calls for equal rights and dignity for Arab and Jewish citizens, including equality in employment, education and infrastructure.
Municipal services: Supports cooperation among Haifa’s Arab and Jewish democratic councillors to improve planning, education and cultural services for Arab residents.
Where they stand
Holds the Hadash line on every issue.
Judea & SamariaHadash lineEnd the occupation: a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, talks with the PLO, and a just solution for refugees under Resolution 194.
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityHadash lineMake the end of the war permanent, lift the siege and end military control of Gaza, with aid, rebuilding, the return of the displaced and UNRWA back at work.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentHadash lineOpposes drafting Haredim or anyone else and would sanction no one who does not enlist; rejects military and civil service schemes for Arab youth.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryHadash lineThe court as rights guarantor
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyHadash lineA minimum wage of at least 70% of the average wage, progressive tax, price controls on basics, and no privatisation of health, education, housing or welfare.
Social spendingFree market
EducationHadash lineArab schools run themselves, setting their own curriculum and administration, on budgets equal to Jewish schools' and with no privatisation.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateHadash lineSeparation of religion and state, with freedom of conscience and belief, written into a constitution of equal citizenship.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipHadash lineEqual citizenship in a constitution, recognition of Arab citizens as an indigenous national group, and repeal of the Nation-State Law.
Equal citizenshipJewish national state