Knesset revokes Arab MK Zuabi's privileges over Gaza flotilla

Too much Democracy kills Democracy? Never heard of this phrase ? Well, this is true in the case of MK Zoabi. By joining the enemies of the country she is supposed to represent she has abused that Democracy? Is she with Israel or against Israel? There are other ways to show dissent other than joining the enemies to attack the Army that is protecting her. She brought shame upon herself only, and achieved nothing, zilch, zero.

All members of a govt take an oath of loyalty to that govt and when they violate that oath, they are either impeached or imprisoned depending on the laws of the particular country. However, this Arab 5th columnist aided and abetted an enemy organization and participated, along with others of her ilk, in a despicable act of anti-Israel propaganda. Therefore, she has forfeited her priveleg of sitting in Israel's Knesset and committed an act of treason for which she should be imprisoned, at the very least. Her citizenship, like felons in the US prison system, should be revoked and she should be deported. Yes, she was born in Israel, but obviously has no allegiance to the country so she should be sent to the same place her fellow terrorist friends came from-or, she can go with all her fellow traitors, straight to hell.

I believe the AG is about to file charges against Zoabi and the Kenesset does not want to deal with another fugutive like Bishara. Otherwise revoking her Diplomatic Passport would have been sufficient, which is considered a privilege. The Kenesset is actually doing her great service with this restriction so as not to end up next to Bishara in Iran or Syria.

If an american congressman worked with Germany or japan when we were still at war with them, then they could be executed for treason. Look up the law before you talk of democracy. You kids are so excited that Arabs live like slaves to their dictators. They blame Israel rather then feed their own people and you help them do it with this nonsense. If Arabs had any self respect then they would allow a vote and stop trying to take down countries that do.

With all these beacons of darkness, there is still much to struggle for in the name of enlightenment, democracy and equal rights. This goes for Arabs as well as Westerners and others, not at least Israelis and Texans. Wherever the latter two belong. In spite of all the badwill created by some, I would not be ashamed of occasionally mention my grandmothers father who was a Jew in a Jutlandish town. But then, I would rather see him as part of that local Jutlandish community just as the descendants of Catholics, Reformed Christians, Germans, Russians, Poles and Frenchmen that, together with other Jutlanders, populate a former Jutlandish freetown that my family have connections to.

Dear Ms. Zuabi, you should be a bit cleverer and more loyal to the state which gives you privileges. Or this or that, but you cann't serve two masters at the same time.

MK Zuabi stands for two of the most popular causes today--the freedom of the Palestinian people and the equality of rights rights and ac- cess of her constituents. Dutch

Israel is still the only democracy in the Middle East, and if this was going to happen in any other Arab country she would by now be decapitated. Or even better, I would like to see her in the Iranian government talking like this. And for those saying that Israel has broken the international law, please get your facts right. The state of Israel has the full rights to stop ships going to Gaza under the current conflict with Hamas – even in International waters.

People around the world believe strongly in the just and noble cause of the Palestinian people to take back their sovereign land from the Zionist land thieves in Israel -especially in the Palestinian territories and have their rights restored. Not to mention the granting of equality of rights and access to Zoabi's constituents likewise. What a bunch of lowly MKs voting against such popular worldly and democratic causes today. I imagine at this point in time if anyone is going to lose their rights in the near future it will be the Israeli people as people around the world refuse to handle Israeli goods and quite possibly Israeli travelers also. Just think about it---the world is outraged today in all four corners of the world towards Israe and the big question is can they survive such unfavorable ratings today...I don't think they can personally. Dutch

The democracy of Israel is the best way to define the freedom of rights. No one should be opposing this idea. Everyone has to pay attention to objectivisim.

the death sentence for TREASON.

Forget political ideology, this was a strictly humanitarian act, which was refused for Shalit. She represents the vast majority of Israeli Arabs in this act. To deny parliamentary rights is wrong for our democracy, and won't solve anything. The solution is to offer those Israeli Arabs who feel they belong to the Palestinian people, to swap their Israeli citizenship for a Palestinian one. They can live in Israel as today, and vote for a Palestinian parliament.

No gallows for the traitor? or is that later?

Now Israel has proven that it is a true middle eastern coıuntry just like any other. Very well, give it another 10 years you will see people hanged in Dizengoff according to rabbinical decisions :)

Although I see being an Israeli MP and being a part of the Turkish Flotilla as problematics, if she was one of the "peaceful" activists, I think this alone is not grounds to strip a parlimentarian of his/her rights. What I find much more disturbing is the allegations that she allegedly identifies with the Iranian government. Aligning oneself with a regime which wants to destroy Israel is terribly disturbing, and to my opinion, any Israeli member of parliament with such views should be removed from the Knesset.

I am sorry but this Arab Mks call of democracy does not include responsibility. `Democracy is not a freedom card to do as one pleases when one pleases and expect no consequences. Democracy has obligations and is not just a ballot box. This Mk is guilty of stupidity. She does not represent her responsibility- Israeli Arabs and their future, but has jumped into bed with an agenda-ed international politic. If she were a UK or US politician would it be very different? Crossing red lines is not democracy but a thinking common to professional Politicians- that they will be protected by their status and immunity. If A US politician joined beds with Al Quada, would they expect no consequence. Hamas is Israel's enemy, not it's friend. I am not sure whether this is right or wrong but I do think democracy is over abused and used to justify many stupid things that do not help anyone.

A total disgrace what this country and nation have become. I feel nothing but shame. The repression of dissent and the brutality are disgusting, and mark the beginning of the end of the Zionist experiment.

I would ask anyone criticizing this decision to compare the actions of another country if one of its elected members of parliament performed some equivalent activity. If other counties do not do such thing, then criticism of Israel is deserved. But if other countries do worse things when their elected leaders actively engage in such activities, then your criticism is unfounded.

Keep telling yourselves that if you like...but first maybe you should ask some elderly Germans how well that really works. Even some of your German holocaust survivors should be able to tell you it doesn't...

A politician is punished for taking a political stance discordant with national policy. I'm sorry, but this is an absolute failure of democracy. If Hanin's position was in accordance with those she represents then it was not just her right but her DUTY to do what she did. Israel has no right to claim to be the first, best, etc. middle east democracy if it continues to punish those who don't assume the ruling cabal's positions. Brings to mind how they restricted Arab MKs floor speech time a while back. Democracy within the constraints of extreme zionism is sort of like democracy so long as you agree with your dictator.

With astounding sanctimoniousness, Zuabi dares to criticize the Israeli parliament for discrimination. In a radio interview with her yesterday (what a true democracy Israel is - giving even the worst enemies the right to free speech - she expressed her hatred for Israel, and subliminally, her desire that Israel be elliminated from the face of the earth. She has expressed her anti-Israel sentiments time and again. Why on earth should have priveleges that help her with Israel's destruction? Israel needs decent people in the Knesset, not enemies like Zuabi. She was elected democratically, but she has no clue what true democracy means.

Revoking rights of a person for being un-Israeli... This gives very unpleasant associations. It is not normal for democracies to act this way.

no matter how she represents , she has mo right to brake the law , and please i'm tired of hearing racist every time ,from the mouth of Zuabi ... mabey its because she's a women that its racist ,,, but of coarse she chooses because she isa Arab MK

"Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party — though they are quite numerous — is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters." Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist, revolutionary, and martyr. And a jew !

how to u see the presence of the two member of ger paliament ? r they mentioned in israel ? as what ? antisemitics ? terrorsupporters ? naive passengers ?

Very quick to react to call the humanitarian boat to be redirected to Egypt instead of the Hangry children and women of Gaza, but when the democratic rights of an Arab Mk by are violated by the "closest ally" she suddenly turned deaf!!! Thank you for defending democracy Mrs. CLIENTon

Anything beyond the borders outlined in the partition plan is Palestine. Israel has already illegal occupation of Palestinian land is enshrined in numerous UN resolutions. Zuabi is correct in pointing out that its an abuse of democratic rights to be threaten or intimidated because she joined the flotilla of human rights activists, intent on relieving the suffering of the illegally besieged Palestinians. Of course Israel can't manufacture 'spin' when one of its own Parliamentarian will be called as an eyewitness to Israel Piracy on the high seas.

...as fascist as the commentary claiming her to a traitor to her country. The blockade is illegal. She is doing the right thing, morally and legally.

If only! The essence is freedom for its legislators!

About time to revoke zoabi Israeli citizenship ,and send her to pack and his good friend of her Tibi . This is long over due ...

like the 10 unarmed Turkish humanitarian workers!

Get rid of her and good riddance. Go to Iran!

Israeli racism on display here. Time to be rid of the Zionists.

You don't like her politics so you forbid her from leaving the country or, in other words, you imprison her in it?! Joe McCarthy lifted the passports of left-wingers in the 1950's so they couldn't leave, an episode that many then and most Americans now find shameful. And in a democracy, the ability to travel abroad is not a "privilege," it is a right! Refuseniks if freed fom jail were denied foreign travel. Sharansky was forbidden to recieve his Nobel Prize in person. How short our memories are! The victims become the victimizers! Finally, when you examine which privileges are revoked, it's clear that Zuabi is being set up either for a false criminal charge that per force will land her in jail or for a financially ruinous bogus lawsuit. In either case the intent is clearly to ruin her life and to shut her up instead of debating w/ her, dialoguing, learning from her (O m'gosh!) or, if you wish, simply ignoring her. These are the ways of totalitarianism, not the paths of peace or democracy and in adopting them, Israel weakens itself while myopically believing that such travesties strengthen the State.

This kind of decision will be just the ammunition Israel haters will use to slam us. Our short sited, low-brow law makers don't really care about what is good for Israel - but rather what is good for their re-election.

Aiding a terrorist organization is and should be considered a crime. How can anyone condone or excuse these actions? She should answer to the full extent of the law.

shame on israel! israel is not a real democracy, and this is a racist decision it should be terrible for a democrat living in israel

Israel is indeed democratic...for the jews. it is a racist Jewish state for the arabs. The knesset's decsion clearly proves this fact. Israel is for the Jews For the Arabs it is Isra-hell !!!

this is only one of the aspects of racism in Israel, this is besides the fact that the government of Netanyahu is a coalition of racists and extremists who she be sent to international courts for crimes against the Palestinian people, and crimes against humanity

Thank you Reuven Rivlin for maintaining some sanity in the midst of all this hatred and hysteria towards an elected member who followed her conscience.

there should be a march to show the world that people are with MK Zuabi.

I'm sorry, but if you want to be a member of a countries government then you can't outright work for it's destruction.

...had participated in an IHH sponsored event in support of Hamas. Or a Basque sponsored event or or Al Qaeda, etc.... The only disgrace here is that she was not jailed.

Propaganda abused us for years about Israel being the only democracy in a sea of barbaric peoples. May be there is democracy but it is selective and for jews. Yes, Arabs reel are under dectators who were imposed and protected by the real occupiers of most of Arab and Muslims lands. The West is runnning the show almost everywhere in the planet. Palestinians of 1948 played the Israeli game, despite all of its obvious imperfections. As MPs they may better off than the MPs of Arab countries. But the game is turning more and more into a farce. These courageous Arabs under the occupation and not at all secure having an Israeli passports. In response to what they are suffering they should take a collective and historic decision. They should resign and never take any part of the game. Even local and timid goals or services to their Arab electorate are impossible to obtain with zealous zionists MPs who agree only to hate and humiliate Arab MP's of the Knesset. Azmi Beshara, Ahmed Tibi, Hanin Zouabi, etc. are excellent individuals but they better be out of this ridiculous game. Israel is clearly a racist state and unless the balance of power is corrected in the region, and it will no matter what, there is point to make the occupation a bit less ugly. Cosmetic on ugly creature is counterproductive.

the world must now start treating israel, like a third world country. TERRIBLE!!!

Of all the news today coming out of israel this story upsets me the most. And it will tomorrow also. I think it is another nail in the coffin of israel's democracy. Sadly.

She wants the destruction of Israel. It's clear. Even she won't deny it. So, why help her in anything she does or says unless you want to destroy Israel too. That's her only meaning in life and her only objective. Anyone who has 1 gram or 1/28th of an ounce of honesty in their veins, knows this is true. She is a traitor and an enemy of the state. It is shameful to let her sit in the Knesset., and stupid and suicidal for Israel.

well done, israel – another reason to isolate you globally. zoabi is expressing the views of a good chunk of the arab population and you rescind rights that you grant to blatant, foul racists like lieberman. you are doing a good job in isolating israel further and making the call for BDS stronger. free yourselves before BDS liberates you the hard way!

The words of MK Yariv Levin say so much. In a democracy it would be the voters who decide who is an MK and other MK's would respect that. When the legislature think that they are best to determine what representatives are acceptable... look out!

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Attack another female citizen!

I have always been a supporter of Israel and will always be but I will not be unconditional to anyone or anything. I understand the need to stop weapons from entering Gaza but I believe excesive force was used to stop the Turkish ship. It probably wasnt intended to cause the death of so many people but there was a lack of addeecuate planing on how to deal with violent response without killing 10 people. Regarding Ms. Zuaby´s participation I do no like her participation in this provocative act. I understand she may be stripped of her second and third privileges but the " privilege to exit a country" ??? This is crazy. This is not a privilege. This is a RIGHT in any democracy as Israel. I absolutely disagree with this. Unless she has a judicial acussation there is no reason to forbid her to leave the country with her "ordinary" passport. In a democracy we must all learn to deal with people who do things we do not agree with. I strongly support Israel and hope that in the name of defending its security it takes the necessary steps to avoid taking excessive measures that will damage its democratic standing.

God love you, Hanin. You must have some Irish in you to spit in their faces like that. A very courageous lady.

Israelis have enough trouble to try to get the rest of the world on their side. Now, Israel has stipped the democratic rights of someone because people disagree with her; that is not how a true democracy functions - people have the right to express whatever opinion they want in a real democracy. Now, thanks to you, right-wing Israelis, normal peace-loving Israelis have to suffer even more. People in the Israeli and diaspora communities often talk about the hasbara crisis - now we know who is the worst to blame. If, right-wing, your goal is to destroy Israel, you should be very proud of yourselves.

I would like to express my highest admiration to MK Zuabi for acting as a real leader and serving the people who voted for her. Her courage in the name of justice and protecting human rights is commendable. It only highlights even more the cowardice of the Israeli government and it's army. Fro over 60 years Israeli's have been speaking about peace - while at the same time the have invested all their energy and resources in occupying, killing and stealing from the very people they declare they want to make peace with.

If Hamas can get the naval blockade lifted, then it will be able to import weapons by sea and be better able to make war against or seriously injure Israel. A blockade is only legal if it can be enforced, thus if one or more ships succeed in breaching it, it will no longer be a legal blockade. Therefore, attempting to run the blockade was an attempt to place Hamas in a better position to make war against or seriously injure Israel, which sounds to me like it fits this definition of treason.

Zoabi was a volunteer in an army fighting against Israel and its right to exist.

Well done. In my country we say : such a woman spits in the plate where she eats.

If Israel truly "stripped the fundamental rights of its Arab citizens", there wouldn't be any Arabs in the Knesset for a start! The very fact that she could be elected proves that Arabs have the fundamental right to vote in Israel. As for George Galloway - he was expelled from the Labour (Left) Party in 2003 for his activities.

She is a traitor who harms Israel.

We have legislators who opposed the Iraq war. Fine, whatever. At least those Congressmen didn't go around committing military acts against the United States. Attempting to breach a blockade is considered a military act under international maritime law. Ms. Zubai was willingly involved in a military act against her own country. That's treasonous. Here in the U.S., Ms. Zubai would probably be punished a lot more severely.

To punish MK Zoabi for participating in a humanitarian mission to help the needy in Gaza is nothing but brutal , racist and inhumane. The Keneset is becoming a circus for the misfits not a paliament that represent the people of Israel. The home made radical are doing more damage to Israel than the traditional foes.

"MK Yariv Levin (Likud), chairman of the Knesset committee that decided on rescinding her privileges, told Zuabi that she doesn’t belong in the Knesset." Any Knesset member who is democratically elected to the Knesset belongs in the Knesset. This government is a bunch of goons. That has now been amply proven.

now strip her of her citizenship...and give her Palestinian citizenship. Democracy is not an excuse to commit treason. Allowing such activity is not democracy it's stupidity. Good for Israel

Another example of a theocracy and a dictatorship disguised in a democratic dress. While Israel is giving every Jew who has never been to Israel automatic citizenship, its law makers are expediting stripping the natives of their citizenship. What an injustice that will haunt Israel for eternity. Unless Israel starts treating its native Palestinians as equals, they must not expect them to look at Israel in favor.

Let's clear the air on this Israel democracy bs. It is not a democracy and people should stop implying that it is. When the majority (Jews) make laws to insure that they remain the majority forever, then even the facade of Democracy is gone. Israel may be a democracy for Jews, which is not the same thing as being a western style democracy. Israel gets away with this stuff, because the American politicians fear to cross Israels path. The American congress is remotely controlled by Israel. This is why America not only stands for the injustice, inequities, and oppression comeing out of Israel, but America subsidizes it to the tune of billions every year. It is a huge problem which is likely beyond the power of America to repair. The only nation working toward a fix is Iran. True Americans can only wish Iran well.

If only she made some effort to represent Israel as per her oath this would not of happened. When Zuabi decided she has more in common with Israel’s enemies she has no part in being a protected Knesset member. good riddance to a worthless terrorist sympathizer.

why are arabs so often a nuisance whenever they live in a non arab state, from Israel to Australia, from Sweden to Argentina ? are all the societies in which they live racist or do the arabs have a common problem of not being able to find a modus vivendi with their non arab environment ?

And that should be music to the ears of anyone who loves Israel and true democracy at work; its a clear indication that the Knesset did the right thing today. Ko hakavod, Knesset.

Since when did everybody have to follow the official party line in a democracy! If you look it up in the dictionary you will find that this is called totalitarianism......... and the fact that you have elections now and again does not change anything.

in the Near East? How can ever this young Jewish-Israeli lady, whom I met in Center City of Strasbourg, prevail this again? Nasty must be these parlamentarians of Knesset, spoiling their country. Not thousands Hasbara-agents will be able to repair this bad image in the world.

Next Israel could declare others in solidarity with providing relief to the Gazan refugees to be in treason, then it would be the members of the public, both Palestinian and Jewish, then it would be all who oppose the occupation, then only the government would not be in prison. Already 15,000 Israelis were put in prison for being absent from military service in 2008 according to the verificator general. An yet Israel still calls itself a democracy! Administrative Secretary Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians

Mk Zoabi's responsibility job as a representative of the Israeli government is to follow the rules and laws of the country that pays her salary. She should be glad she is not being persecuted for Treason or other hostile acts against the country she serves. Its one thing to criticize a governments policy its another to partake in activities and join those who want to break laws and question the existence of the nation she represents. This type of arrogance and treasonous activity can be found in other lawmakers, Bishara, and Ahmed Tibi to name a few. She has made a mockery of Israeli democracy and spat in the face of every Israeli citizen be it Arab or Jew.

israel finally caved in and ended (or significantly reduced) the illegal civilian blockade of gaza after the flotilla massacre enraged the world. now to justify the last four years of hell that they put the gazans through they blame any arab they can get their hands on. shameful.

Besides this one today: demolition of the EJ buildings, the next freedom ship to Gaza to come etc. And you denounce as the only democratic state in ME, the most moral army - what else lies? Have a look on your record book and plz, come on, try not to second all possible horrors of the WW2!

"It's not surprising that a country that strips the fundamental rights of its Arab citizens would revoke the privileges of a Knesset member who loyally represents her electorate." Zoabi responded

Israelis feel safer now knowing Arab MK treachery does not go rampant without a proper response. If they waited a year until charged were placed she'd escape to Hezbollah just like Bishara. If a British MK would openly support the IRA, claim he's not British and even found on an IRA ship, he'd get executed. Israel is too merciful and our enemies cynically use this.

Israel is becoming experts in faking passports.

MK Hanin Zoabi chose to be an MK, yet is more loyal to a foreign power and its alliances with Israel's sworn enemies. Perhaps she should consider emigrating to a country, more attuned to her political and philosophical leanings.

Then why would the Knesset make a laughing stock of itself over these petty & futile sanctions. The UN regards the blockade as illegal, though we understand that the Knesset doesn't give a toss for international law. In the rational world, one elected party is much the same as any other. Israel has killed more civilians than Hamas ever will. They might not be nice people but with your human rights record, who are you to talk. Why not act like leaders and instigate real actions for peace. The PA has bent over backwards in recent years, what did you do?. Please don't cite your unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, which looks very much like a move to cover more illegal land theft in the West Bank. Do you want peace or all of the 1948 mandate. You have the current US & UK politico's in your pocket, but you are losing the people who vote the cowardly (perhaps treasonous) bastards in. As Dylan once sang, The Times They Are a-Changin.

One has to ask do the Israel arabs who support this party indeed have the same opinion as Zuabi about this issue. If they do they would be considered traitors as well. If they are traitors then what?

She shouldn't be in the Knesset at all with an attitude like that. She's got one of those persecution complexes and she still thinks that her treason behavior was acceptable. Too bad they didn't take her out completely - Zoabi does not belong there at all!

She is there to protect Arabs, not the settlers and not the occupiers of Arab land. What the knesset did to her shows that Israeli "democracy" is reserved for Jews, and not for Arabs who were in Palestine before the likes of Netanyahu immigrated.

Zoabi aided and abetted the enemies of Israel, How does that qualify her to be an Israeli MK? She knows that there are other chanles through which aid to Gaza can be brought, why participate in confrontational flotilas?

to their representative if they support Israel.

good

Without getting into the merit of the mk zoabi, i was horrify by the grand-standing of A. Michaeli, (yisrael Beiteinu) how low can one go in the political world, as Mr Rivlini so wisely said ,leave it up to the Attorney General to sort it out, .

She isn't being punished - she is not a naughty child, she knew what shewas doing. (why does she look so surprised in the photograph?). She is being reprimanded for behaving in a certain (very stupid) manner that goes against her position as a member of the Israeli parliament, to whic she swwore allegiance. In any other country she would have been charged as a traitor. She's lucy she got off so lightly. Our politicians became used to acting as they wishe without any consequences. It's about time things change in this respect.

the "only democracy in the middle east" at work.

Vengeance certainly is a motiver. make a lesson out of MK Zoabi. this is the doing of lieberman and his ilk and is another ratcheting up of israeli racism coated in hypocracy. Of course it bodes ill for Isral's Arabs. liberman and his moldovan ilk wnat Israel free of Arabs. This is just a stone in their path of getting there. Ah, what an ethnocracy passing itself off as a "democracy".

...democracy and a faux one is how it acts when it's hard, not when it's easy. Unfortunately Israel failed today.

Zoabi is guilty of treason and aiding and abetting an enemy of the stae she has sworn loyalty too. No Arab in Israelwho assists the enemy should be permitted the privilege of Israeli citizenship. she should be de-naturalized, imprisoned and after serving an appropriate sentence, deported. It's time to get tough with these traitorous vermin in our midst.

Acts as the Knesset's today in depriving MK Hanin Zoabi of priviledges will help Jews in the diaspora and others to realize that Israel is not democratic or just and that its leaders are unintelligent. Were other countries today to treat Jews as you in the Knesset have treated Zoabi, what a hypocritical outcry you would make! Shame on you! You are Israel's existential threat, not the Zoabis of this world.

This would not happen in the UK or other European democracy. can one imagine someone such as George Galloway losing privileges in the House of Commons because he expresses his right to freedom of thought and action within the law. Shame on Israel !

If Israel could do it without anyone knowing, we all know that they'd kill every Arab in Palestine (and in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, etc). Zoabi is just lucky that she isn't rotting in jail somewhere without a trial, like so many others. Foolish woman for thinking that these monsters would treat her as an equal. Foolish woman for thinking that trying to break an illegal siege of an impoverished population would win her any respect. Not to worry, though, because a large and increasing number of people outside of Israel regard her as a heroine. And the people of Gaza thank her for helping ease the siege.

really good at making fake passports and undermining democracy and themselves.

has officially arrived in Israel, although it has been present unofficially for decades.

If you are being punished then of course it is simply because you are a traitor to the state of Israel. As an MK your loyalty is to the state where you reside and no the terrorist regime of Hamas. Any decent citizen would leave the country .

From the brief details I've read about her, she seems like a fantastic politician. If the ME ever seems too much for her, she's welcome in Canada. I wish we had politicians like her here. Israelis should be grateful for having her represent them.

....she is a traitor to her country, so as the saying goes..."Suck it up": When you betray your country, vengeance is to be expected and a perfectly normal response.

Her activities on the "freedom flotilla" which included the infamous IHH terror organization is enough to render her suspect re her intentions and loyalty towards the country which she was sworn in to represent. There was an embargo (with good reason) on Gaza. She attempted to break it. Her activities were done purposely and consciously. Now there are consequences.

Israel is showing more of that "special" democracy by silencing and punishing a parliamentarian who the Attorney General of the state has not even leveled charges against. SHAMEFUL!

the arbas mks are a sorry lot of jerks .. they want the freedom to go and actively particpate in terrorist activities designed to hurt the state and then come home like nothing happenend. Try that in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon and on and on. She is not being pucished but held accountable for her actions. Did she try to stop the attacks in IDF soldiers on the boat; NO Did she try to stop the terrorists from starting a confrontation: NO What did she do to protect Israel and the IDF as she protested: NOTHING Zoebi is a disgrace and should be punish ... if she wants to be a good muslim she can have sharia law imposed ... send her to gaza or iran or lebanon to live

We are sliding down to fascism.

Please try excercising your right and duty to fight for the human rights of the Palestinians hijacked by Hamas' continuing futile reign of terror over them.

In Iran she would be tried and sentenced to death. Not that Israel should act like Iran, but it has to be recognized that she is fighting for Hamas, an Iranian backed Islamist group. As such, her statements about democracy and vengeance should be taken in light with her affiliations.

goood in israel you can stop the enemy in the body playing the system... well done.

If the Attorney General has not yet decided whether Zuabi's actions were legal or not, why not wait until he does so? What is the Rush? If Zuabi did not act illegally, or in any way beyond any common illegality committed by other Knesset members, why withdraw her privileges. This will only bring disrepute to Israeli democracy.