MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) is loudly berated in the Knesset plenum by lawmakers who attempt to approach the podium and have her removed.
Zoabi urges Israel to apologize for the deaths of Turkish activists on the Mavi Marmara who had violently attacked Israeli soldiers in 2010. Zoabi had participated in the Gaza flotilla at the time.
“Those who murdered need to apologize, you need to apologize,” she says.
Knesset members proceed to approach the podium and loudly demand Zoabi be removed. The lawmakers are held back by security personnel.
Yisrael Beytenu MK Hamad Amar, who is leading the session, said Zoabi “lied to me.” Zoabi requested permission to speak because she wanted to “apologize,” says Amar. “She lied.”
Zoabi is eventually led out of the plenum, escorted by security.
מהומת ענק לאחר שחברת הכנסת זועבי סירבה לעזוב את המליאה. רק בזכות המאבטחים זה לא גלש לאלימות pic.twitter.com/ZR4IuSPnCY
Joint (Arab) List MK Hanin Zoabi, center, rows with fellow lawmakers in the Knesset plenum over her comments on the Israel-Turkey reconciliation agreement on June 29, 2016 (screen capture: Knesset Channel)Joint (Arab) List MK Hanin Zoabi, center, rows with fellow lawmakers in the Knesset plenum over her comments on the Israel-Turkey reconciliation agreement on June 29, 2016 (screen capture: Knesset Channel)
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