Jamal Zahalka (Arabic: جمال زحالقة, romanized: Jamāl Zaḥalqa, Hebrew: ג'מאל זחאלקה; born 11 January 1955) is an Arab-Israeli politician.

Zahalka was active in Arab and left-wing groups, and in the communist Maki party.

He later joined the Balad party, having met its founder Azmi Bishara at university in 1977.

[4] Zahalka describes Israel's political discourse about the Palestinians as revolving around the ideas of separation, apartheid, and transfer.

He argues that an apartheid system is already in place, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip separated into "cantons," and Palestinians required to carry permits to travel between them.