MK Cassif: The Inclusion of Israel in the UN Blacklist of Sexual Violence is Not a Surprise

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has placed Israel’s armed forces on his blacklist of countries and entities accused of sexual violence in war zones, citing abuse of Palestinian inmates. The 2026 edition of the Secretary-General’s Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, which covers the year 2025, said the UN had verified thirteen instances of sexual…

MK Cassif: “Right has found its right-hand man”

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) announced Sunday evening, April 26, that their parties will run together on a joint list headed by Bennett, named “Together – Led by Bennett.” At a joint press conference with Lapid, Bennett emphasized that the joint party would rely solely on Zionist…

Hadash MK Ofer Cassif Meets Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn, the former British Labor Party leader who has since been elected as an independent MP, met last week in London with Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, a leading member of the Communist Party of Israel.  “A pleasure to see my friend Ofer Cassif today,” tweeted Corbyn, whose newly formed “Your Party” declared its “absolute opposition”…

MK Cassif on the Need for Palestinian Liberation

MK Ofer Cassif tells Jacobin that Palestinian liberation is indispensable to peace and justice for all people in the region. Past week, along with MK Ayman Odeh, a fellow member of Hadash, Cassif protested Trump’s address to the Knesset, holding up placards reading “Recognize Palestine.” Cassif and Odeh were both removed by parliamentary security. It was a…