the israeli incorporation regime77 detention, she was nevertheless extensively interrogated after the raid and, upon release, called for a transparent and independent international investigation into the incident. To penalize Zoabi for her participation in the Gaza-bound ship, the Knesset vote was passed on July 13, 2010 and included revoking her right to have a diplomatic passport, entitlement to financial support should she require legal representation, and her right to visit countries without ties to Israel. Moreover, Zoabi was also denied the right to contribute to Knesset discussions and vote in parliamentary committees.62 This vote was the result of numerous confrontational sessions in the Knesset where Zoabi was verbally assaulted by fellow parliamentarians and confronted with a range of racist and sexist statements, attacks and threats. Zoabi has also been targeted by various Knesset members who have called for her to be criminally prosecuted, stripped of her post and, as part of a new legislation mentioned below, even called for the revocation of her Israeli citizenship.63 On December 19, 2012, during the course of the 2013 Israeli elections, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) voted narrowly against disqualifying the entire NDA-Balad and the United Arab List parties from participating, but went on to approve by a majority of 19-9 a motion to only bar Zoabi from running for the nineteenth Knesset on the grounds of her participation in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in 2010.64 62 Jonathan Lis, “Arab MK stripped of further parliamentary privileges for role in Gaza flotilla,” Haaretz, July 18, 2011, http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/arab-mk-stripped -of-further-parliamentary-privileges-for-role-in-gaza-flotilla-1.373859. 63 Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, The Inequality Report, 58. In May 2011, Zoabi was banned from the Haifa University campus from speaking with the Balad party student campus group. Citing the visit as providing “an excuse for exhibiting violent behaviour” the university banned her participation in the student political activity on campus. As an MK, and under The Knesset Members (Immunity, Rights and Duties) Law, Zoabi has the right to enter a university campus without restrictions. Despite the ban, Zoabi attended the scheduled event, accused the university of “using the same tactics as the Shin Bet security service to keep Arab political activity to a minimum” and encouraged students to bring the matter to the attention to university donors. See Jack Khoury, “Haifa University Students protest ban on Israeli Arab MK who sailed on Gaza flotilla,” November 15, 2011, http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haifa-u-students-protest-ban-on -israeli-arab-mk-who-sailed-on-gaza-flotilla-1.324701; Fadi Eyadat, “Arab MK Zuabi visits Haifa University despite campus ban,” Haaretz, November 15, 2010, http://www.haaretz .com/news/national/arab-mk-zuabi-visits-haifa-university-despite-campus-ban-1.324825. 64 In a statement after the CEC decision on Article 7A of The Basic Law: The Knesset (explained above), Adalah, the legal centre representing NDA-Balad, the United Arab List and MK Haneen Zoabi, explains: “Over the past ten years this article has been used repeatedly against Arab candidates and political parties before every round of Knesset elections for calling for ‘a state for all its citizens’, for example, or for expressing any criticism of Israel’s Occupation or support for the Palestinian national struggle for independence. Therefore, the elected representatives of the Arab national minority in Israel find themselves having to justify their struggle for full equality and defend their demands for the