Knesset Ethics Committee Suspends MK Cassif for 45 Days

The ethics committee of the Knesset has voted Wednesday to suspend a Communist lawmaker, MK Ofer Cassif (Hadash-Ta’al), for what it deemed as “anti-Israel statements after the war in Gaza broke out.” Cassif has been suspended for 45 days. “Jews and Arabs against fascism,” MK Ofer Cassif (Photo: Zo Haderech) In a social media post…

Opening Knesset Winter Session Amid Rocket Fire

The Knesset’s winter session opened on Monday with a moment of silence for the more than 1,300 Israelis murdered in Hamas’s attack on Israel last week. After opening statements by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, President Isaac Herzog, far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader MK Yair Lapid, the proceedings were disrupted twice by sirens. Racist…

WHO Pleads for Immediate Reversal of Gaza Evacuation Order to Protect Health and Reduce Suffering

The World Health Organization (WHO) joins the wider United Nations in appealing to Israel to immediately rescind orders for the evacuation of over 1 million people living north of Wadi Gaza. A mass evacuation would be disastrous—for patients, health workers and other civilians left behind or caught in the mass movement. Paramedics transfer injured Palestinian…

Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange Now, MK Ayman Odeh

MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) called on Israeli government to release all Palestinian prisoners and moving forward immediately on a prisoner exchange. Hamas kidnapped more of 150 Israelis and foreigners in its deadly assault on southern Israel on Saturday morning. According Odeh “It is absolutely forbidden to accept any attacks on the innocent, and I categorically…