# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basel-ghattas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:55:12.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basel-ghattas"
name: "Basel Ghattas"
slug: "basel-ghattas"
description: "Basel Ghattas is an Israeli Arab politician. A member of Balad, he served as a member of the Knesset for Balad and the Joint List from 2015 until 2017. In December 2016, he was stripped of his parliamentary immunity and arrested after he was caught on video providing convicted Palestinian prisoners with cell phones and SIM cards. He served a two-year prison term over the crime."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basel_Ghattas_(E32J026229).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.6
  momentum:             1.48491879350348
  historical:           8.751153333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 79
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bghattas"
    handle:    "bghattas"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/basel.ghattas"
    handle:    "basel.ghattas"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwdPji5eb1Zm3nJCbZeK2g"
    handle:    "@basselghattasc"
    followers: 79
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Ghattas"
    title: "Basel Ghattas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1sil_Ghatt%C3%A1s"
    title: "Básil Ghattás"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "باسل غطاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "باسل غطاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "বাসিল গাটাস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Ghattas"
    title: "Basel Ghattas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Ghattas"
    title: "Basel Ghattas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "باسل غطاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Ghattas"
    title: "Basel Ghattas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A1"
    title: "באסל גטאס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4300370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump