The Knesset Home Committee voted 14 to 2 to impeach MK Ofer Cassif over his support for South Africa's legal complaint against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Cassif signed a petition backing South Africa's move in the ICJ, which accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Eliav Breuer reports that this decision by the committee moves the impeachment process to the Knesset plenum. The action has sparked a political firestorm, with some viewing it as an odd move for a democracy.
An Israeli parliamentary committee has backed a motion to expel a leftwing lawmaker from the Knesset over his support for South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that accuses #Israel of #genocide in its war in #Gaza. https://t.co/djhL8M9eCs
An Israeli lawmaker caused a political firestorm when he expressed his support for South Africa’s case accusing Israel of “genocidal acts” against Gaza’s Palestinians. Now, he risks the prospect of being removed from office altogether https://t.co/jALtdSudns
The parliamentary committee of the Knesset votes for the dismissal of the representative Ofer Kassif, due to his support of the lawsuit of the Republic of South Africa against the Israeli entity at the International Court of Justice. https://t.co/2fKNnUppuT
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the nation’s case against Israel in a top UN court could result in foreign powers interfering with the outcomes of this year’s crucial election, where his party risks losing its majority https://t.co/zNmKx3Z5fT
The Israeli Knesset today impeached the elected lawmaker @ofercass over his support for South Africa's legal complaint against Israel's war, and will now be removed. Odd move for a "democracy." We spoke to Cassif last week about all this (1:01:45): https://t.co/nbS0frIbnc
The Knesset Home Committee voted to impeach MK Ofer Cassif over his signing of a petition in support of South Africa's move in the ICJ accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. @BreuerEliav reports. https://t.co/cmuFsxFQzy
I stand with @ofercass - who faces possible removal from the Knesset for stating his support for the SA case in the ICJ
The Knesset committee voted 14 to 2 to pass the decision to impeach far-left MK Ofer Cassif to the Knesset plenum. https://t.co/cmuFsxFQzy