Haneen Zoabi

Haneen Zoabi
حنين زعبي
Haneen Zoabi in 2012
Member of the Knesset
In office
24 February 2009  30 March 2019
Succeeded byOfer Cassif
ConstituencyJoint List
Faction represented in the Knesset
2009–2015Balad
2015–2019Joint List
Personal details
Born (1969-05-23) 23 May 1969
Nazareth, Israel
NationalityPalestinian-Israeli
Political partyBalad
EducationUniversity of Haifa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
OccupationPolitician

Haneen Zoabi (Arabic: حنين زعبي, Hebrew: חנין זועבי; born 23 May 1969), is a Palestinian-Israeli politician. The first Arab woman to be elected to the legislature on an Arab party's list, she served as a member of the Knesset for the Balad party between 2009 and 2019. In 2021, she was convicted of forgery and fraud after pleading guilty.