An Israeli-Arab MP, Haneen Zoabi, has been barred from re-election by Israel's electoral authority on Wednesday, citing her presence on the Gaza flotilla in May 2010.
Claiming that she was "negating Israel's existence as a Jewish state" and that her actions illustrate "support for an enemy state or terrorist organisation", Israel's Central Elections Committee voted 19 to 9 in favour of blocking Zoabi's candidacy for the general election in January 2013. One member abstained.
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