MK Hanin Zoabi from the Joint (Arab) List says she and her colleagues are in the Knesset as part of a Palestinian national project.
Speaking on Lebanese TV station Al Miadin, Zoabi says that the presence in the Israeli parliament of the Arab legislators is intended to show the world who the victims are in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Israel wants Arabs in the Knesset, but only those who will accept Israeli-ness or have found their place in Zionist parties,” Zoabi says, according to Army Radio.
Asked about calls from the Jewish Israeli public that she be sent to Gaza or Jenin, Zoabi says, “First of all, we do not ‘get sent’ to Gaza. Gaza is part of our homeland. In one of the latest demonstrations they also called ‘Hanin to Jenin.’ Jenin is also part of my homeland, like Nazareth, Haifa and Umm el-Fahem.”
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