The Knesset's House Committee on Monday recommended revoking the privileges of Israeli Arab MK Hanin Zuabi, after she participated in last week's Gaza-bound aid flotilla which resulted in an IDF raid that killed nine activists.
The decision was passed by a majority of seven to one, with MK Ilan Gilon of Meretz opposing.
The Knesset committee recommended rescinding from Zuabi three key privileges usually granted to Knesset Members. One is the privilege to exit the country – which is supposed to prevent Zoabi from fleeing Israel if she commits a felony or has debts in Israel.
Another privilege is carrying a diplomatic passport, which according to the Knesset's legal adviser, is a privilege that does not grant diplomatic immunity so revoking it would not make it more difficult for Zuabi to fulfill her duties.
The third privilege is the right to have the Knesset cover litigation fees of an MK if he or she is put on trial. The revocation of Zuabi's privileges is conditional on the approval of the Knesset plenum.
More...
TVNL Comment: Enough of the pretense that Israel is a democracy. This is another attempt to deny the right of protest to Israeli Arabs. Turkey is NOT an enemy of Israel. This is an outrage.
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank...
Ahmed Zeidat was tending his olive trees in the occupied West Bank when a group of...
Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has explained his own strategy more candidly than any critic...
Zvi Sukkot, a member of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party, was filmed smashing the...
