United Arab List
A member of Hadash, prior to the 2015 elections he was placed thirteenth on the Joint List list, an alliance of Hadash, Balad, the Islamic Movement, the United Arab List and Ta'al. He was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 13 seats. After he was elected, he was required to give up his Russian citizenship. In 2017 he resigned from the Knesset as part of a rotation agreement and was replaced by Said al-Harumi from the United Arab List.