Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is considering filing an indictment against Hadash party chairman Mohammed Barakeh. The attorney general notified Barakeh on Thursday that the matter is under official consideration.
The Arab MK, if indicted, would be charged on three counts of violence, two in connection with attacking police officers.
One of the attacks came in connection with an April 28, 2005 demonstration in the village of Bili'in, where he allegedly assaulted a member of the Israel Prison Service's elite Masada Unit as he was escorting a prisoner to a police vehicle.
Barakeh may also be charged with insulting a public servant, issuing threats, disturbing the peace and refusing to leave a closed military zone, if charged.
The Hadash chairman allegedly also slapped a police officer in the face at a demonstration near the Carmel open air market in Tel Aviv in August 2006. In that attack, Barakeh allegedly also threatened and cursed out the police officer in question.
The MK also allegedly assaulted a civilian passerby a month earlier, during a July 2006 protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. The passerby had reportedly made a comment to another participant at the protest.
The MK will have access to most of the evidence gathered in the investigation by the Tel Aviv District Attorney's Office prior to any hearing that is held. Barakeh is entitled to a hearing prior to Mazuz reaching a final decision on issuing an indictment on any of the charges.