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Israeli Politician Now Suspended for This Water Attack on a Colleague

Israel Politician Suspended From Parliament for Throwing Water in Colleagues Face

JERUSALEM (The Blaze/AP) — On Monday, a heated debate in Israel’s parliament ended up with one member deliberately pouring water into a glass, which she then tossed in her colleague’s face. The ethics committee of Israel’s parliament has now suspended the lawmaker for her actions.

During the outburst, Anastassia Michaeli threw water on colleague Raleb Majadale after he told her to shut up. Dripping wet, he chuckled and called her “crazy” as she stormed out of the room.

Watch the footage of the scene:

The incident occurred during a debate over whether an Arab-Israeli school had the right to take its students to a Tel Aviv human rights march.

Haaretz (via Globe Post) reported some of the dialog leading up to the dousing:

“You are marching against the state,” Michaeli shouted at Majadele, who answered back, “Shut up.” He then added, “She won’t shut me up. This is not Yisrael Beiteinu. Fascism will not be allowed to take over the house.” Michaeli replied, “It is disrespectful to the status of women in the Knesset. We will discuss the matter in the Ethics Committee.”

Michaeli is a member of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, while Majadale is an Arab lawmaker with the centrist Labor Party.

The committee ruled Tuesday that Michaeli will not be allowed to participate in plenary or committee discussions for a month. She will be allowed to vote.

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  • janmil200
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:28pm

    A little display of temper now and then not always a bad thing.

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  • TEARS FOR AMERICA
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:45pm

    Anastassia has a temper, kinda like some lefties I know…

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  • MR_ANDERSON
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:27pm

    Know why he was smiling? Because he won the argument.

    Very few women can contain the emotion required to be a politician. If you let your emotions get to you at the level this woman did, you can’t be a successful politician.

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    • sondoggie
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:01am

      Can you just imagine what would be said about a man, if he had thrown water and a tantrum? Women want to be “equal”, but just can’t take it. By the way, I am a woman, and I know that “being just like a man”, isn’t possible. Women’s lib, is a farce.

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    • Heb4Seven
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:28pm

      Oh so true…if it were just an’ un-emotional man’…he would have just ‘spit’ or ‘punched’ him and then the whole room would have burst out in to a brawl…seen this happen too many times in the news from ‘around the world’…Yea sure, no emotions involved there. (sarcasm)
      Women can and do still get the job done even if they have ‘emotions’.

      Throwing a glass of water is a womans way of still maintaining a level of respect by Not Spitting (or punching).

      I’m Not a liberal feminist – I am 100% conservative female with traditional Christian values. Just get kinda’ tired of this waa-waa, ‘women are too emotional to handle certain jobs,’ cr@p. …Stepping down off my soapbox now.

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    • Heb4Seven
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:54pm

      BTW: Mr_Anderson, Smiles don’t necessarily mean victory…they are also often used by devious, instigating manipulators.

      SONDOGGIE, I agree 100% Women cannot be like men…and shouldn’t…and WHY (!?) would we want to be?!!?!!? Torks me out of shape when I see movies where they portray the female as tough as a Rambo type man…makes me sick….God made us, Man and Woman…Male and Female under His Plan. I like His Plan just as it is. Problem is the Human race keeps screwing it up.

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    • MR_ANDERSON
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:13am

      “BTW: Mr_Anderson, Smiles don’t necessarily mean victory…they are also often used by devious, instigating manipulators.” -HEB4SEVEN

      I know, they are also used by little children who just farted, but in this case it is a devious instigating manipulator who won the argument.

      BTW, Politicians could also be defined as devious instigating manipulators.

      (Stepping up on your soapbox now)

      To quote you, “Just get kinda’ tired of this waa-waa, ‘women are too emotional to handle certain jobs,’ cr@p. …”

      You seem to have gotten a little emotional; take a deep breath while I break down the trap you just fell for in my original post.

      FIRST: “Very few women can contain the emotion required to be a politician.”

      1. It is a true statement.
      2. I left out the other side of the statement which would read, “Very few men can contain the emotion required to be a politician,” which would also be true.
      3. It set up the next sentence to make it appear that it was a one sex sided statement.

      SECOND: “If you let your emotions get to you at the level this woman did, you can’t be a successful politician.”

      1. It is a true statement.
      2. It was written for either a male or female to be able to read it correctly.
      3. You being female allowed yourself to read into it, and thus allow for an emotional response.

      Also, I don’t understand why you got down off your soapbox but decided to keep going, it made it more difficult to hear you.

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    • MR_ANDERSON
      Posted on January 12, 2012 at 10:28am

      I hope you understand this was all just to try and get someone to laugh while realizing what is said (types in this case) and what is implied. Politicians do this all the time; bating people into responses when you are not even really bating them is a great means of winning an argument.

      Personally, I was hoping to get a guy trying to stick up for women’s rights, but I hope you can look at this and laugh.

      I enjoyed the bonding moment you had with SONDOGGIE, and the sarcasm was my favorite. (Honestly, I’m a huge fan of sarcasm.)

      Before I step down off your soapbox, I wanted to let you know one thing, but I hope this doesn’t sound too egotistical:

      I won‘t hate you if I’m now your favorite poster on theblaze.

      I am an American who’s a 100% conservative male with traditional Christian values for the record.

      (Steps down off your soapbox)

      (Tiny Emoticon)
      =)

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:22pm

    Those girls are tough – but you have to immerse them in water and use Acts: 2:38.

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    • ninja97
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:03pm

      Amen!

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    • TexasEagle
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:09pm

      I’m not making the connection between being immersed for forgiveness of sins and ….. Oh, I get it, she sprinkled him instead of immersing him…?

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  • HYPNOTOAD
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:13pm

    Wouldn’t you hate to be her husband? Things like this probably happen every night.

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  • NOTAMUSHROOM
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:09pm

    Lets see here. Male Arab “lawmaker” tells an ISRAELI WOMAN lawmaker to shut up. What could possibly be wrong with that?

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    • sondoggie
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:02am

      She should have fought back with words that would belittle him, not throw water like a child.

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  • Todd P
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:05am

    Romney / Christie 2012

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  • randy
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:05am

    Censoring again Glenn?
    Where’s my comment?

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    • BenInNY
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:36am

      The site sometimes takes 5 or 10 minutes to post mine. Other option: maybe someone reported it, whatever it was.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:50am

      I think it depends upon how fast your internet is… somedays mine seems fast and others slow as mollasses! I even sometimes don’t find it at all.. I really don’t think they take peoples posts down.. not after ready some of the vile remarks I have seen??

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    • nelbert
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Alas, I‘m pretty sure you’re not being censored. Sometimes a comment will post immediately, and other times I’m not sure anything ever happens. I’m on a nice, high-speed fiber connection that sucks down a 600 MB file in moments, yet it’s always a role of the dice here. From a communication with their website people, I gather some changes are in the works, so they are not deaf to the problems.

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  • American Mensch
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:31am

    Maybe you should try getting your mind out of the gutter. Comments like yours serve no purpose, except to offend. Grow up.

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  • hitofly
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:06am

    Some more of beck’s obsession with Israel.

    Who cars about them or any other foreign squabble.

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    • randy
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:29am

      Actually it‘s people like you we don’t care about.

      I support Israel.

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    • Tony
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:50am

      I support Israel too. Israel is the only nation in the middle east that protects all of its citizens regardless of nationality and religion. There are at least a million Arab Israeli citizens, just like the politician who had water thrown in his face.

      Just remember, as Israel goes, so goes America. No matter what we may or may not do, God has a plan for the nation of Israel and on on that tiny plot of land. And God will make it happen. As a nation, we will be well served to understand what God is doing in that region and be on His side.

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    • THIS GENERATION
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:55am

      HITOFLY; God bless those who bless Israel and cures those who cures Israel. This nation has turned away from Israel and look at the mess we’re in now and more to come. Don’t believe me? Read the bible. Bible prophecies are easier to understand in these ‘end times’ and proven it self to date.
      Keep reading, watching and comparing and watch it unfold.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:51am

      I care.. I stand with Israel.. it makes me sick that they are having problems also with corruption!

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    • Susie
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:47am

      Hey HITOFLY If your just coming on to make asinine comments like yours – please don’t.
      It’s a waste of good space and our time.
      Maybe you could find something more useful to do, like help mommy with the dishes.

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  • timej31
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:04am

    Disgusting.

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:59am

    It was a water tribute, see Dune series for reference.

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  • justafollower
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:56am

    sweet. go her. =D nuff said. Sometimes I wish we could inject a little passion into our political discourse without being called an extremist.

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  • Sail Away
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:53am

    I love their passion. At least you know where they stand. With us it is all smiles and back room deals. Our politicians are ice cold snakes….they feel nothing. Have you ever seen the British parliament go at it?? It’s comical.

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  • eric55
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:41am

    you got it wrong she is part of the Yisrael Beitenu party, which is the right wing party he the arab, is a left winger and she just could not stand him i dont blame her

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  • qzak491
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:37am

    This is just another example why women should not be allowed to serve in government, they are unstable when they don’t get their way. After all women are always right,BS.
    Michaeli replied, “It is disrespectful to the status of women in the Knesset. I guess she didn’t think what she did was disrespectful, because she is a woman and she is better than a man. Get rid of her permanently then she won‘t have to worry about her status she won’t have one.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:20am

    She should run for the Atlanta City School Board…she’d fit right in.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:15am

    .
    PMS is a terrible thing. Somebody get her a Midol……………………

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:47am

    Poor guy. He must be hospitalized for shock I am sure. Maybe a lawsuit is in order/ Holy crap…this is news?

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  • BuggiOlleo
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:45am

    Finally! A politician with some salt; her mamma raised NO fools..Good Show LAdy Israel–Just say NO DEAL!!!

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 9:10am

      Um…stop praising her losing her cool.

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    • CMDR6
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 2:30pm

      If you think she lost her cool and that is a problem, then you must be tired of breathing that sand where your head is planted! WE need some passionate people in our government to tackle the Dingy Harrys of the world. Probably the first bath he has taken in weeks…..

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Whatever. It is what it is. She lost her cool and he won because of it. Ghandi.

      I’m all for peaceful civil disobedience… Martin Luther King.

      We ought to have a National Open Carry Day where everyone carries their firearms in defense of the 2nd Amendment. Peaceful civil disobedience. That’s how I got to drink from the same water fountain as some of you.

      Defensive, not offensive.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:35am

    Labor Party=liberal=commies Like our Democommies here in the US. One day I see Sheila Jackson Lee doing this.

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    • Havok
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:50am

      what, getting water splashed on her face?
      I think you have your names confused.

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on January 10, 2012 at 10:16am

      @Havok Yes liberals are nothing but a bunch of whiny babies when they don’t get their own way. All of that over a “Human Rights march”? Really? Liberals are idiots and bullies.

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  • Byzantine_Catholic
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:30am

    Glenn’s Support of Santorum is based on a fundamentalist Religious view on the requirement to protect the State of Israel… Rather than who will protect our Freedoms, provide sound monetary policy and actually CUT OUR SPENDING..

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    • Susie
      Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:06am

      HEY COINDEXTER Let’s not get into the Mormon bashing. What ? Is that Paul’s next tactic?
      With supporters like you, Paul looks weak and ineffectual, reverting back to his “letter” tactics of mud slinging, and, bashing someone’s religion is at the deep end of the mud pit. It will eventually put him in the looser column.
      AND BYZANTINE – CATHOLIC – Another Paul talking point. Bash America.
      Okay we get it ! America is responsible for the Iranians behaving badly and in fact for all the trouble in the world. Now can we move on ? Maybe Paul & his supporters could just run on their platform instead of groveling in the dirt – like running ads about how nasty Americans adopt Chinese children for future political gain.
      Nice – real nice !!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Byzantine_Catholic
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:29am

    IRAN’s democratically elected government was OVERTHROWN by the USA for OIL..

    Back in 1951, a freely elected government of Iran decided to nationalize their oil fields. The US and UK “Big Oil” would have no such thing and lobbied our government to overthrow the Democratic Iranian gov.

    After economic sanctions failed, with the help of the CIA, the brutal regime of the SHAH of IRAN was imposed on the Iranian people In 1953 until 1979, when the SHAH was overthrown by an Anti-USA Revolution.

    This is what Dr. Ron Paul and the CIA mean by Blow back. We created Iran. We as a People as so much better than this.

    Google “TPAJAX Project” for more info..

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:27am

    And yet here we allow political figures to not pay taxes for decades, lie, cheat, embezzle, steal and trade in manners that anyone else would be locked up for and the door welded shut.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on January 10, 2012 at 8:26am

    Water? — In the Middle East? — Are you kidding me?

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