Shamelessly: MK Ofer Kasif (Hadash) attached his signature to a petition supporting the prosecution against Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes, and in a post on Network X he wrote that "this is the real patriotism."
My constitutional duty is to Israeli society and all its members, not to a government whose members and coalition call for ethnic cleansing and even outright genocide. They are the ones who harm the country and the people, they are the ones who led to South Africa's appeal to The Hague, not me and my friends.
And when the government acts against society, the state, and its citizens, all the more so when it sacrifices... pic.twitter.com/POosMoQQWN
— Ofer Cassif Ofer Kasif عوفر كسيف (@ofercass) January 7, 2024
"My constitutional duty is to Israeli society and all its residents, not to a government whose members and coalition call for ethnic cleansing and even actual genocide," Kasif wrote, "They are the ones who harm the state and the people, they are the ones who led South Africa's turn to The Hague, not me and my friends. And when the government acts against society, the state and its citizens, all the more so when it sacrifices them and commits crimes in their name on the altar of preserving its own existence, it is my right and even my duty to warn about it and to do everything in my power within the framework of the law to stop it.
"I will not give up the struggle for our existence as a moral society. This is true patriotism – not wars of revenge and calls for annihilation, not unnecessary bloodshed, not sacrificing kidnapped civilians and soldiers in false wars."
MK Ofer Kasif signed a petition calling for the State of Israel to be tried in the Hague tribunal for war crimes.
MK Kasif, I suggest you resign from the Israeli Knesset and run for the Palestinian Authority's "elections."
There is no doubt that supporters of terrorism will welcome you with open arms. pic.twitter.com/SRTjR7Dkla
— Sharon Nir Sharon Nir (@SharonNir11) January 7, 2024
MK Sharon Nir (Yisrael Beiteinu), a member of the Ethics Committee, responded in a tweet on Account X: "MK Ofer Kasif signed a petition calling for the State of Israel to be tried in the Hague tribunal for war crimes. MK Kasif, I suggest you resign from the Israeli Knesset and run for the Palestinian Authority's 'elections,' there is no doubt that supporters of terrorism will welcome you with open arms."
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