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Haneen Zoabi: I will not be running in the coming elections

Zoabi has long been one of the Knesset’s most controversial members, since first being elected to the legislature in 2009.

MK Haneen Zoabi
Haneen Zoabi Joint List MK during a Knesset discussion

Zoabi unlikely to return to next Knesset

MK Haneen Zoabi [L] speaks at a news conference announcing the Joint List political slate of all the Arab parties with Ahmed Tibi [R], in Nazareth in 2015

Israeli-Arab MK Zoabi: Gazans will not give up because they are right

A general view shows the plenum during the swearing-in ceremony of the 20th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem March 31, 2015.

Knesset passes bill preventing terrorists from being MKs


Let Zoabi talk

When we consider curtailing free speech, it is imperative that we take into consideration exactly what is at stake.

Balad MK Haneen Zoabi at the Knesset.

Liberman calls to ban Balad, 'a branch of Hamas in the Knesset'

MK Ghattas says that "unlike IDF, Islamic State doesn't commit crimes against humanity," echoing Zoabi's statements.

Avigdor Liberman

Former Balad MK Nafa sentenced to 1 year in prison for Syria trip

Nafa traveled to Syria in 2007 where he met with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine official Talal Naji; Likud MK Regev: Zoabi is next.

Former Balad MK Said Nafa

Danon to High Court: Zoabi must be charged with incitement

Balad MK said during interview that Israel encourages kidnapping so long as it ignores the suffering of the Palestinians.

Danny Danon

A-G closes one incitement case against Zoabi

Weinstein says despite problematic nature of Arab MKs statements ethically, she herself has qualified statements on kidnapping of Jewish teens.

Haneen Zoabi

Israel launches criminal probe against Arab lawmaker who allegedly incited against cops

Zoabi will be investigated after she was heard making insulting remarks to police officers during an anti-war rally in Nazareth.

MK Haneen Zoabi.

Zoabi justifies Hamas rockets as fighting 'soft occupation' in Gaza

Palestinians should not negotiate or coordinate security with Israel, Balad MK writes in Hamas publication.

MK Haneen Zoabi.

Israeli-Arab party blames ‘occupation’ for violence’ after kidnapped teens found dead

Balad calls for an end to the “cynical exploitation” of the incident, and “to stop any Israeli revenge operation immediately.”

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Police: There is enough evidence to investigate Zoabi for incitement

A-G to make final decision on whether or not to open official investigation into Balad MK over comments on West Bank kidnapping of 3 teens.

MK Haneen Zoabi.

Life and politics between cultural borders

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