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Women in politics: Israel’s Arab political surge

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According to Daily Times, newly elected Israeli MP Iman al-Khatib, greeting supporters in Nazareth, shook hands with women but tapped her heart with her right hand for men.
The gestures signaled the Muslim identity of the woman who is about to become Israel’s first hijab-wearing MP and part of a group of Arab women poised to expand their voice in Israel’s male-dominated politics.Foreign Affairs Magazine subscription in Pakistan
All major parties in the Jewish state are led by men, with women making up only 25 percent of lawmakers in the Knesset, or parliament.
Khatib will be part of the Knesset’s largest ever contingent of Arab women, including three Joint List colleagues and a Druze woman from the centrist Blue and White party.

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Iman al-Khatib (3-R), an Ararb Israeli newly elected to Israel’s parliament, speaks to supporters in the northern Israeli town of Kafr Kanna on March 4, 2020. – Al-Khatib is about to become Israel’s first hijab-wearing MP and is part of a group of Arab women poised to expand their voice in Israel’s male-dominated politics.
All major parties in the Jewish state are led by men, with women making up only 25 percent of lawmakers in the Knesset, or parliament. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

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