[1] After doing his national service in the Israel Defense Forces between 1978 and 1981, Hasson worked as Director of Youth and Sports at a local council.

[2] Between 2003 and 2008 he served as mayor of Carmel City and a member of the Planning and Building Committee in Haifa.

[3] Although the party won only 28 seats, Hasson entered the Knesset in May 2012 as a replacement for Gideon Ezra, who had died of lung cancer.

[4] In December 2012 he became the first non-Jewish recipient of the Golden Inkwell Word prize, awarded by the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel.

[8] In the 2024 municipal elections, Hasson ran for the leadership of Daliyat al-Karmel, but lost to incumbent Rafiq Halbi.