Israeli legislator banned for speaking against ‘slaughter in Gaza’

Israeli legislator Ofer Cassif says he “will not be silenced” after the Knesset Ethics Committee imposed a “complete parliamentary ban, apart from voting” on him for six months, for remarks he made in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

“I will never stay silent on war crimes, famine and the slaughter in Gaza,” said Cassif, a member of the leftist Hadash coalition, in a post on X.

“Such is the state of the so called democracy in Israel, that those who chant their support for genocide and celebrate the killing of innocents are considered heroes, while those who fight for justice and peace are persecuted as ‘traitors’,” he added.

“I am proud to be among those who are persecuted by this bloody evil government and keep on fighting for an immediate ceasefire, for the return of the hostages, for a just peace and the end of the vicious occupation.”_Agencies.