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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Ra’am’s Iman Khatib-Yasin returns to Knesset, filling late MK’s seat
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Ra'am MK Iman Khatib-Yasin is sworn in as a Knesset member on August 31, 2021. (Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset Spokesperson)
Iman Khatib-Yasin of the coalition’s Ra’am party is sworn in as a member of Knesset, filling MK Said al-Harumi’s seat following his death from a heart attack last week.
Khatib-Yasin first entered the Knesset after elections in March 2020, becoming the first-hijab wearing MK. She was placed on fifth on Ra’am’s electoral slate ahead of the March 2021 elections, but with the Islamist party picking up only four seats, she did not return to parliament then.
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