03.11.2014 - 09:07 [ Mondo Weiss ]

Israel’s Knesset upholds longest suspension in state’s history against Haneen Zoabi

For the next three months Knesset member Haneen Zoabi (of the Balad party) will not be allowed to speak on the parliament floor or introduce discussions in committee. Though she will be allowed to enter the building of Israel’s Knesset in Jerusalem, and sit quietly. Last Wednesday her peers confirmed her suspension from office, the longest in Israel’s history.