New consul general to Shanghai attacked for not singing Hatikva

Meretz MK and female Arab diplomat Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi says she wouldn’t be questioned over her comments ‘if I were a Jewish woman’

New consul general to Shanghai under fire for comments on anthem, Jewish state (Times of Israel)
Netanyahu calls Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi’s appointment a scandal; she says she wouldn’t be questioned ‘if I were a Jewish woman’

Uproar over appointment of Meretz MK who ‘doesn’t sing Hatikva’ as Shanghai consul (Jerusalem Post)
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi said the appointment - the highest ever for an Arab woman in Israel - is very meaningful to Arab society.

Meretz MK to become Israel’s highest ranking female Arab diplomat (Jerusalem Post)
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi will be the first Israeli Arab woman to hold such a senior diplomatic position

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Photo: MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)