Arab MK Hanin Zuabi (Balad), who participated in the Gaza-bound flotilla, responded to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s declaration that the blockade on Gaza will be eased, saying "The flotilla succeeded in undermining the blockade's legitimacy, because when the government says it will reassess its conditions, this means it is political.”
The Knesset House committee voted to remove Zuabi’s immunity following her participation in the flotilla in which Israeli soldiers were beaten and taken hostage. But Knesset Speaker MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) has delayed voting on the issue in the Knesset. Zuabi says she will participate in the upcoming flotillas as well.