Riot in Knesset
Ofer Cassif is an Israeli MP – he calls the Gaza war “genocide”
Ofer Cassif is the only Jew in an Arab faction in Israel’s parliament – and has now been suspended by the Knesset. But he doesn’t want to remain silent.
Ofer Cassif is the only Jew in an Arab faction in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. Cassif became an enemy for many when he signed a petition earlier this year endorsing the trial of Israel for possible genocide at the International Court of Justice. The accusation: Cassif supports Hamas’ terror.
This is also why Cassif has now been expelled from the Knesset for six months. However, he doesn’t want to be silenced – no matter the cost: there is a picture of Rosa Luxemburg hanging in his office in Jerusalem. Sometimes, he says, he fears that his life could end like hers: in a violent death.
Source: Stern
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