Iman Khatib-Yasin

עמדות ופועל

• Social worker who in 2020 became the first hijab-wearing woman elected to the Knesset, representing Ra'am (United Arab List)
• Focuses on women's rights, education and welfare in Arab society
• Sanctioned by the Knesset Ethics Committee in November 2023 with a one-month suspension and two-week pay freeze after telling the Knesset Channel that Hamas attackers on Oct 7 'didn't slaughter babies and didn't rape women', claims contradicted by extensive evidence; Ra'am chief Mansour Abbas called on her to resign, and she later apologized
• Represents the Southern Islamic Movement's conservative-religious base
• Advocates greater representation of Arab women in Israeli public life