Former Israeli-Arab Lawmaker Arrested For Incitement, Terror Support | World News

The Israeli police detained former Arab Knesset member Haneen Zoabi on Sunday morning due to suspicion of support for a terrorist organization.

The arrest follows Zoabi’s complaints about the statements made at the Palestinian Congress in Vienna in October 2024, where Hamas justifies the October 7 attack.

Zoabi said in his speech, “The resisting Hamas; he was the Palestinian people. And yes, you can’t separate Hamas from the Palestinian people, Z Zoabi said in his speech. “When they entered on October 7, they did not enter the territory of Israel, they entered their territory. This is their land.”

Police, comments “support for a terrorist organization and a terrorist act of executing incentives,” he said.

In a statement, the Israeli police, “after receiving the report, collecting evidence and reviewing the relevant authorities, his statements were suspected of expressing the crime of support for a terrorist organization and conducting terrorist acts of terrorist organization. will be identified, to protect public security. ”

Hadash, a common Arab-Jewish political party, condemned the arrest and called it “political cruelty”, aiming to silence the opposition to the Gaza War.

Approximately 1,200 people were killed and 252 Israelis and foreigners were hostage of attacks on the Israeli communities near the Gaza border on 7 October.

Zoabi, who represented Balad in Knesset from 2009 to 2019, has been a controversial figure for a long time. In 2010, he joined Mavi Marmara Flotilla, a Gaza, which ended in violent clashes with Israeli sea commandos. In 2022, he was convicted in a forgery case containing party donations and received a one -year -old imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 NIS ($ 22,400).