David Amsalem is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the Likud Party, and is the country's current regional cooperation minister, ministerial liaison to the Knesset, and a minister in the Justice Ministry.
In the past, Amsalem also served as communications minister and cyber and digital affairs minister.
The Israeli lawmaker also took aim at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments to Elon Musk about judicial reform.
Zena was listed in a 2019 Noam party blacklist which detailed LGBTQ+ figures in media, academics that were feminist, and other government officials perceived as problematic.
"She is a security liability and a true danger to the country's stability," minister David Amsalem charged.
Cushmaro: "A disgusting statement about a soldier in the IDF, a fighter pilot, who almost lost his eye."
Btsalmo director Shai Glick said that Aweke Zena was a "tremendous asset" to the State of Israel, government service and the fight against racism.
Anti-racism czar Aweke Kobe Zena's contract was not continued and activists theorize it is due to a blacklist from the Noam party.
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