A female Muslim legislator from Israel's Arab minority is set to turn into the first in parliament to wear a hijab, or head scarf, after Arab parties won their biggest ever appearing right now.
Iman Yassin Khatib, 55, won a spot on the Joint List alliance's record of 15 seats in the 120-part Knesset.
The gathering draws a large portion of its votes from Israel's 21% Arab minority - who are Palestinian by legacy however Israeli by citizenship.
The mother of four filled in as the supervisor of a public venue in the Galilee town of Yafat a Nasreh on the edges of Nazareth, the city where Jesus grew up, before entering national legislative issues.
"Its absolutely impossible (the hijab) won't catch individuals' consideration. Be that as it may, what's progressively significant is what is inside: the capacity and potential to propel our locale," said Khatib as she acknowledged congrats and modeled for selfies on a road in Nazareth.
Khatib said she felt her hijab had some of the time blended enemy of Islam opinion in Israel, whose 9,000,000 populace is for the most part Jewish.
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