His mother, who was a journalist, was offered the opportunity to manage a Muslim orphanage in Acre, and the family subsequently moved there.

[1][2] He stated that if elected, he would first focus on changing the national education system to foster more diversity and Jewish–Arab dialogue.

[2] In a 9 February 2015, interview with Al-Monitor, Bahloul said he joined the Zionist Union, an alliance of Labor and Hatnuah, because he saw the Labor Party's potential to integrate "the Arab population in the state's affairs" and because Hatnuah leader Tzipi Livni had "stood like a bulwark against" anti-democratic legislation during her time as Justice Minister.

He called on Arab parties to adopt a different strategy and demonstrate willingness to join a Labor-led coalition after the 2015 elections.

In October 2018, he resigned from the Knesset due to his opposition to the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.