Earlier, her faction, the Balad faction, continued their protest measures, following Zoabi's removal from Knesset plenary debates for six months, due to her statements that the kidnappers and murderers of the three boys were not terrorists and other scandalous statements.<\/p>\r\n
MK Basel Ghattas read a letter today on behalf of MK Haneen Zoabi, during the discussion of the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Gender Equality on the subject of promoting women in the security and political discourse.<\/p>\r\n
In the letter, MK Zoabi accused the Knesset members: "Women politicians who incite against me are, in my opinion, especially deserving of reproach because of the hypocrisy of their actions: calling for women's rights and the integration of women, on the one hand, and not hesitating to harm and exclude the only Arab Knesset member, that is, the only Arab women representative in the Israeli Knesset.".<\/p>\r\n
\u00a0The committee chair, MK Aliza Lavie - who herself expelled the Balad MK from the committee - responded to MK Ghattas: "The committee also has limits, and the one who decided to expel her following inappropriate behavior is the Ethics Committee.".<\/p>\r\n
MK Lavie added: "This is part of a well-organized campaign. MK Hanin Zoabi once again proves treason and disloyalty to the state. Her delusional words join a racist, anti-Semitic streak of statements and actions that has long characterized her, and which requires an appropriate response from the legislature. Those who act against IDF soldiers and security forces have no place in the Israeli Knesset.".<\/p>\r\n
As you may recall, last night Balad boycotted the opening of the winter session.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MK Basel Ghattas read a letter on behalf of MK Haneen Zoabi in a discussion in the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Men \u2022 "Women politicians who incite against me are especially deserving of reproach in my opinion because of the hypocrisy of their actions"\"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n