Israel Matzav: A snake in the grass and her Zionist relative

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

A snake in the grass and her Zionist relative

I've written before about Mohammed Zoabi, who is related to 'Israeli Arab' MK Hanin Zoabi, the traitor who was a passenger on the Mavi Marmara. Mohammed, who is a Muslim Zionist, has put out a video in which he calls the 'Palestinian Authority' the biggest terrorist.

Let's go to the videotape.

Cousin Hanin was unhappy about the video.

“I am happy to see that Israeli hasbara [public diplomacy] is in such a dire state that it needs a stupid boy with a twisted identity who feels a continuous need to apologize to his strong masters,” Haneen Zoabi told Ynet.

“The Israeli desire to highlight this delusional case shows the state’s need for legitimacy, even if it comes from a questionable direction.”

Citing an incitement campaign being waged against Mohammad Zoabi in the wake of the video – including by his lawmaker relative – coalition chairman MK Yariv Levin (Likud) wrote a letter to Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Likud Beytenu) demanding that he guarantee the teen’s safety.

Police have arrested three relatives of young Zoabi for threatening him.

In the meantime, Cousin Hanin has praised the kidnapping.

MK Hanin Zoabi (United Arab List) argued that the three kidnappers responsible for the abduction of three teenage yeshiva students are "not terrorists" on Radio Tel Aviv Tuesday morning, in an inflammatory interview which also saw her denigrate Arab Zionist and distant relative Mohammed Zoabi.

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MK Zoabi initially denied that she knew the brave teenager well during Tuesday's radio interview, but then proceeded to insult him based on what she did know.

"He's from a divorced family," she sniffed. "His mother now lives in Nazareth Illit, where he studies at a Jewish school."

"He's sleazy," she continued. "He's distorted his identity."

Zoabi then claimed that, in her "humble opinion," the kidnappers are not terrorists.

"It is strange that people who are under the Occupation and living the high life ignore the reality that Israel kidnaps Palestinian Arabs and jails them every day," she fired.

"They are not terrorists, I do not agree with you! They have seen no other way to change their reality and they have to resort to these measures until Israel sobers up a bit and feels the suffering of others."

Other MK's were outraged by Zoabi's behavior.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) slammed MK Hanin Zoabi in a Facebook post Tuesday, after the Israeli Arab MK justified the kidnapping of three yeshiva students by Hamas terrorists.

"Not only are the kidnappers terrorists; Hanin Zoabi is a terrorist," Liberman said.
He called for harsh judgement to be meted upon the MK. "The fate of the kidnappers and the fate of Zoabi, an inciter, should be the same."

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"Expel her to Gaza and remove her diplomatic immunity," MK Miri Regev (Likud) stated Tuesday. "This is a betrayal. She identified herself with terrorists on the Mavi Marmara and now she identifies herself with the Hamas terrorists who kidnapped our three boys."

"I was not surprised to hear this," Regev added, "How can a traitor like her blame them? She does not belong to us, but to Gaza."

MK Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) argued that Zoabi's statement breaks all boundaries, and vowed to work diligently to see Zoabi expelled from the Knesset permanently.