Hanin Zoabi

The Arab former Knesset member has been convicted of crimes in the past.

“There is no place in the State of Israel for supporting atrocities the likes of which have not occurred since the Holocaust,” Likud MK Ariel Kallner said.

Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit decides not to put her Balad Party on trial despite evidence indicating its guilt, citing potential harm to a “wider circle.”

Justice Ministry: Balad officials perpetrated a “systematic and meticulously planned act of fraud” during the 2013 Knesset and municipal election campaigns • Balad: “Timing of the announcement” proves political persecution.

She has sparked outrage by supporting Hamas and by labeling IDF soldiers “murderers” • Former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman: “It’s good that a senior representative of the fifth column is leaving the Knesset. I wish her the best of luck in Gaza or Beirut.”

Hanin Zoabi tells reporters at a U.N. press conference that protesters at the Gaza-Israel border over the last three weeks were engaged in a “march of peace,” calling it a “peaceful act of popular struggle.”

“I spoke the truth, and I would be happy to hold a discussions on the matter,” insisted Hanin Zoabi of Joint Arab List.