First Palestinian - Israeli woman in the Israeli Knesset

The Palestinian - Israeli woman Husniya Jabara has won a parliamentary seat for the leftist Meretz Party, a matter which enabled her to join the parliament, and to become the first female Palestinian parliamentarian in the history of Israel.

Jabara said, "I am impressed to be the first Arab woman who joins the Knesset. I will spare no efforts in representing the interests of the Arab people and the Palestinians, because I also consider myself as a Palestinian."

Jabar (41) won the 10th seat on Meretz list after the completion of counting the votes of the Israeli military on Wednesday.

Jabarah, who lives in al-Teibeh district to the east of Tel Aviv, presides over the Middle East Studies department at the university institute of Beit Berl, which is linked to the Israeli Labor Party. She is the mother of three children.