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Opposition leader wants Knesset member expelled for backing South Africa genocide claim

30 January 2024 14:10 GMT

Yair Lapid told the Times of Israel that Ofer Cassif does not belong in Israel's parliament after backing South Africa's accusation of genocide against Palestinians at the ICJ.

Cassif, a leftist from the Hadash list, has been an outspoken critic of Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, which has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians in the besieged territory.

But not everyone in Lapid's Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party is happy with the attempts to impeach Cassif.

Meirav Cohen, a MK with Lapid's party said: “It is not the role of Knesset members to depose other Knesset members.”