MK Zoabi petitions High Court against removal from Knesset

MK Hanin Zoabi petitioned the High Court against the decision of the Knesset Ethics Committee to remove her from the plenum for a period of six months following her statement that the kidnappers and murderers of the three teenagers at the West Bank "are not terrorists."

In a petition filed together with ACRI (Association for Civil Rights in Israel) and Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, it was argued that Zoabi is politically prosecuted because she didn't commit an ethical offense, but her punishment is unprecedented in its severity.