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Haneen Zuabi, New Arab-Israeli Knesset Member, Praises Iranian Nuclear Ambitions

Haneen Zuabi, New Arab-Israeli Knesset Member, Praises Iranian Nuclear Ambitions

New Balad MK Haneen Zuabi, the first woman to be elected to the Knesset as a representative of an Arab party, has welcomed Iran's growing influence on Palestinian affairs and praised Iran's quest for a nuclear weapon as a means of offsetting Israel's regional military edge. Having Israel as the region's sole nuclear power, she said, was "dangerous to the world."

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