# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jamal-zahalka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:58:31.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jamal-zahalka"
name: "Jamal Zahalka"
slug: "jamal-zahalka"
description: "Jamal Zahalka is an Arab-Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Balad between 2003 and 2019, and was leader of the party between 2007 and 2019."
tagline: "Arab politician in Israel"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jamal_Zhalka2009.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.36443733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/zahalkajamal"
    handle:    "zahalkajamal"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jamal.zahalka.1"
    handle:    "jamal.zahalka.1"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جمال زحالقة"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جمال زحالقه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জামাল জাহালকা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Džamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Zahalka"
    title: "Jamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Zahalka"
    title: "Jamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Zahalka"
    title: "Jamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جمال زحالقه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'מאל זחאלקה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Zahalka"
    title: "Jamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BCamal_Zahalika"
    title: "Dżamal Zahalika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Захалка, Джамаль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Zahalka"
    title: "Jamal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemal_Zahalka"
    title: "Cemal Zahalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2504940"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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