Posted on 08/11/2014 3:30:30 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) arrived on Monday morning to a police station in Lod, to be investigated by the Lahav 433 unit over incitement to violence and insulting a public worker.
Zoabi's arrival for investigation comes after Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein ordered her to do so last Tuesday, after she more than once refused to show up, at one point claiming she has "no time" to sit for the police investigation.
Nationalist activists waving Israeli flags, led by Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, were waiting at the station as Zoabi pulled up in her car, at which they tried to approach her car shouting "terrorist!" only to be pushed back by police.
Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Ben-Gvir said "this investigation is simply a joke, they're just lying to the whole nation of Israel."
"What are they investigating her for? For insulting a public worker? For disrupting public order?" asked Ben-Gvir. "These are trivial. After all, she's an enemy member of the Knesset, a spy."
Ben-Gvir elaborated his criticism of the investigation, saying "the (legal) clauses of treachery could easily be used against her, she could have been tried for inciting to violence and terror, and the Attorney General is investigating her for insulting a public worker."
The attorney suggested Weinstein's investigation "was apparently only due to a lack of options and so as to silence the Israeli public opinion. This is a travesty."
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NO COUNTRY ON EARTH, NO MATTER HOW DEMOCRATIC WOULD ALLOW AN MP (MK) OF ANY GIVEN PARLIAMENT TO SEDITION AGAINST THE STATE SHE REPRESENTS. Most countries would bar her from sitting in the Knesset, (Parliament).
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