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Iran's Representative in the Knesset - Haneen Zuabi

by Daniel Pipes
March 31, 2009

updated Apr 5, 2009

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Haneen Zuabi of the Balad party.

With a new parliament about to be sworn in in Israel, one member to watch is Haneen Zuabi of the Balad party. Her lesser distinction is as the first woman to represent an Arab party in the Knesset. Her greater distinction is as the voice piece for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Some of her comments, according to Samuel Sokol in the Jerusalem Post:

Comment: Haneen Zuabi sitting in the same Knesset in which Avigdor Lieberman has a leadership role should make for a dramatic confrontation, given Lieberman's special focus on disloyal statements by parliamentarians. (March 31, 2009)

Apr. 3, 2009 update: Zuabi protests the interview with her in a letter to the editor, but I see little difference between what she is quoted as saying and what she insists she really said.

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