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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Hanin Zoabi suspended for six months
The Knesset Ethics Committee suspends Balad MK Hanin Zoabi from participating in debates on the Knesset floor for six months.
Zoabi, from the Arab city of Nazareth, was under investigation for saying that the killers of three Israeli teens in June were not terrorists. She is also under investigation for accosting a police officer in Nazareth.
Zoabi is no stranger to controversy. She said on Al Jazeera that the “Palestinian resistance will not surrender.”
She was also aboard the Gaza blockade-busting ship from Turkey, the Mavi Marmara, in 2010 when Israeli commandos boarding the ship came under attack and opened fire, killing nine.
Balad MK Hanin Zoabi protesting at a Haifa demonstration against the IDF’s operation in the Gaza Strip (photo credit: Channel 2 screen capture)
