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Former MK Haneen Zoabi questioned for inciting terror | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Israel Politics Zoabi was arrested over remarks she made several months ago at a conference held abroad. MK Haneen Zoabi(photo credit: BALAD SPOKESPERSON)ByHODAYA RANSEPTEMBER 21, 2025 08:26

POLITICAL TWIST: Meretz MK Returns To Coalition In Exchange For NIS Millions

Following a meeting on Sunday between Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, Zoabi announced that she is returning to the coalition, just four days after she announced her resignation. Zoabi was accompanied to the meeting by Nazareth mayor Ali Salam and a number of other Arab mayors. Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej, who was also at the meeting, said that the Arab…

New elections? Bennett coalition becomes minority as another MK resigns

With the coalition down to just 59 seats, a no-confidence vote next week may lead to the Knesset being dissolved and elections in September 2022. Israel’s eclectic coalition government officially became a minority in the Knesset after the bombshell resignation of a left-wing MK, leaving Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government with just 59 seats. Although the struggling coalition had already…

Prosecuting Israeli Officials In International Courts

By Hanin Zoabi The victim always honours the truth while the perpetrator evades it. Israel refuses to accept, discuss or even refute conclusions reached by any investigation into its actions. Instead, it begins to curse, incite and prevent UN delegations from entering the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, we bless any serious investigation regarding what has happened and is happening in Gaza, despite the…

For Shame: Zoabi Under Attack

The bravest politician in the world has once again come under verbal and physical attack at the hands of racist right-wing thugs, at a panel at Ramat Gan College yesterday.

The assailants violently interrupted the panel [Hanin] Zoabi was speaking on, before physically getting on the stage and pouring cola on her head. Moatti [Zoabi's media advisor and spokesperson for the Joint Arab List] was reportedly hit in the head with a flagpole outside the building while Zoabi’s staff members attempted to evacuate the MK. Moatti was taken to the emergency room and reportedly suffered a light concussion.

In the lead-up to the panel, Israeli politician Baruch Marzel (a Kahanist) had posted threats to Zoabi on his Facebook, including the message "Zoabi I'm coming for you," calling on his supporters to attend. Marzel has been campaigning on the slogan "I will wipe Zoabi’s smile off her face." Although police were notified of a threat to Zoabi's safety, security at the event was lax. After the attack, Marzel posted a picture of the drenched MK with the message "We kept our promise."

MK Zoabi is frequently subjected to violent and racist incitement, and this is not the first time she has been assaulted as a Member of the Knesset. MK Zoabi was aboard the Gaza Flotilla from Turkey when it was attacked by the IDF and tried to acquire medical attention for two of her comrades as they bled to death. In the Knesset, Zoabi has been assaulted and interrupted and has received countless death threats. One of the most high profile of those death threats was from Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, following Zoabi's refusal to call the Palestinians who had kidnapped and murdered three Israeli boys "terrorists". "The fate of the kidnappers and the fate of Zoabi," Lieberman said, "ought to be the same." It should be noted that it is Zoabi, not Lieberman, who has been charged with incitement and nearly stripped from her political position for her views.