Israeli legislator Ofer Cassif says he will keep speaking against “slaughter in Gaza” as the Knesset Ethics Committee imposed a “complete parliamentary ban, apart from voting” on him for six months, reports Al Jazeera.
The legislator has been banned for remarks he made in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
He confirmed the ban in a social media post on X, “The Ethics Committee of the Knesset decided to inflict on me a severe punishment of six months of complete parliamentary ban, apart from voting.”
He said in a recent post expressing his feeling after the ban, “I will not be silenced by this outrageous decision! I will never stay silent on war crimes, famine and the slaughter in Gaza.”
“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.
“This decision is the utmost example of political censorship amidst the escalating fascistation of Israeli society.”
“My moral and political duty remains for the value shared by all humanity - liberty and equality, peace and prosperity - as the entire world sees in horror how the Israeli regime undermines them. For that, 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,” the legislator furthered.
“No Pasaran - Fascism will not Pass!” he warns.
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