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| An MK accused Israel of ‘genocide.' Now he may be expelled from the Knesset |
| 2024-01-29 |
| [IsraelTimes] On Monday morning, the Knesset House Committee is slated to hear arguments in an unusual debate that will determine the political future of lawmaker Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish member of the Arab-majority Hadash-Ta’al party. If the hearing goes badly for Cassif, he could soon face an unprecedented vote in the Knesset plenum to expel him from the legislative body, the result of his parliamentary colleagues’ intense anger over his public support for a South African petition to the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. In response to Cassif’s "treasonous" actions, Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer set out to invoke a previously unused legal mechanism contained in the 2016 "Suspension Law," under which legislators may expel colleagues from their ranks if they are found to have committed one of a number of infractions, including expressing support "for an armed struggle" against Israel or inciting racism. |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #4 there's a simple psychology behind victim blaming - it helps people make sense of the world "Every problem has a simple, easy to understand, wrong solution." - H.L. Mencken |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-01-29 11:26 |
| #3 ^But, in case of Ofer, the explanation is that he's simply a piece of sh*t. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-29 11:18 |
| #2 I'm a psychiatrist and there's a simple psychology behind victim blaming - it helps people make sense of the world |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-29 11:10 |
| #1 Ofer Cassif: Entering the political sphere, as a student influenced by Marxism and socialism he worked as a parliamentary assistant to Hadash MK Meir Vilner. For the April 2019 Knesset elections, he was placed fifth on the joint Hadash–Ta'al list and filled the "Jewish slot" after the retirement of Dov Khenin. In March 2019, he was banned from contesting the elections by the Central Election Committee due to what it described as provocative statements he had made, such as calling Ayelet Shaked a "neo-Nazi".the first time an individual had been barred from a party list. |
| Posted by: Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-01-29 08:04 |