Joint List Head Defends MK Cassif Amid Conviction
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
Yousef Jabareen, head of the Joint List, condemned a court's conviction of MK Ofer Cassif as political persecution and a blow to parliamentary immunity. Jabareen contrasted this with the alleged impunity of settlers and right-wing politicians inciting violence. He vowed that the conviction would not deter Cassif or the Joint List from their political goals.
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- Joint List head Yousef Jabareen condemned the conviction of MK Ofer Cassif as political persecution.
- Jabareen stated the ruling undermines Cassif's parliamentary immunity.
- He argued that settlers and inciting politicians, not Cassif, should face prosecution.
- Jabareen vowed the conviction would not deter the Joint List's political struggle.
- The Joint List supports Cassif's stance against criminalizing their political work.
Yousef Jabareen, head of the Joint List party, stated that the court's decision to convict Member of Knesset Ofer Cassif represents a dangerous escalation of political persecution against the Joint List. Jabareen argued that the ruling undermines the parliamentary immunity that should have protected Cassif from prosecution.
Jabareen asserted that those who should be prosecuted are settlers and their alleged terrorism, along with right-wing politicians who incite violence and ethnic cleansing. He claimed these individuals commit crimes against Palestinians, including burning homes and damaging property, with the protection of the army and government, while judicial institutions ignore such acts.
Jabareen emphasized that Cassif's conviction will not deter him or the Joint List from confronting extremist elements and continuing their struggle for an end to the occupation and the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
He concluded by affirming the Joint List's support for Cassif and his stance against what he described as a new attack criminalizing their political work, which Cassif is bravely resisting.
