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HANEEN ZOABI is a political activist, a member of the National Democratic Assembly (NDA) of Tajamoa, a political party which was established in 1995, to counteract the Oslo Accords. She is the first Palestinian woman representing a Palestinian party in the Israeli Knesset 2009–2019. Zoabi joined the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the “Mavi Marmara,” in 2010, to break the international silence on the inhumane Israeli siege on Gaza, which was imposed since 2007. She has an MA in Communication Studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Haifa University.