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Hadash-Ta'al MK Ayman Odeh, left, and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seen in a composite image. (Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 6:58 pm
Hearings on ousting attorney general, top Arab MK both scheduled for July 14
Knesset to vote on expelling Hadash-Ta’al party head Ayman Odeh on the same day a ministerial panel discusses firing Gali Baharav-Miara before making recommendation to the cabinet
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
The Knesset House Committee votes to advance the impeachment of Hadash-Ta'al chairman Ayman Odeh, June 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2025, 7:24 pm
Panel votes to impeach Arab MK Ayman Odeh, paving way for possible ouster from Knesset
90 of 120 MKs would have to back a ban; Hadash-Ta’al head slams opposition MKs for joining ‘Kahanist government’ in committee vote: ‘Some of them hate us more than they love democracy’
By Sam Sokol
Hadash-Ta’al chairman MK Ayman Odeh attends a Knesset House Committee hearing on his possible impeachment, June 24, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
June 24, 2025, 8:51 pm
Likud MKs invoke ‘hanging,’ ‘firing squad’ in hearing on impeaching Arab lawmaker
‘We will not surrender to fascism,’ declares Hadash-Ta’al chairman Ayman Odeh, who provoked outrage in January when he hailed release of ‘hostages and prisoners’
By Sam Sokol
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, during a discussion in the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, December 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 24, 2025, 8:37 pm
Effort to remove AG will start in next few weeks, claims communications minister
Shlomo Karhi says ‘an actual impeachment process will begin’ in 2-3 weeks, but spokesman for Justice Minister Levin says he doesn’t know ‘anything new about the matter’
By Sam Sokol
Hadash-Ta’al legislator Ofer Cassif in his Knesset office, February 19, 2025. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
February 23, 2025, 8:19 am
Faced with impeachment, far-left lawmaker slams attempts to silence him
Right-wing MKs seeking to boot Ofer Cassif, the Arab-majority Hadash-Ta’al party’s only Jewish lawmaker, for comparing Palestinians in Gaza to Jews fleeing pre-war Nazi Germany
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 18, 2025, 12:56 pm
Far-left MK’s tweet comparing Israel to Nazi Germany sparks renewed calls for impeachment
Hadash-Ta’al legislator Ofer Cassif compares Israeli plans for ‘voluntary migration’ from Gaza to flight of Jews from Germany ahead of World War II
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court to request that it bar the HaMakor news program from publishing videos, texts and recordings from a WhatsApp group chat, November 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
November 11, 2024, 10:54 pm
‘Constitutional crisis’: Netanyahu warns AG against reported bid to fire Ben Gvir
Lapid calls far-right police minister a ‘danger to the people of Israel,’ while Democrats party leader Yair Golan accuses the government of operating like a ‘criminal syndicate’
By Sam Sokol
US President Joe Biden, left, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
August 19, 2024, 6:09 pm
GOP launches bid to impeach Biden on unproven claim he abused office to benefit son
Report by 3 powerful Republican-led US House committees, issued as Biden is set to address DNC, lacks smoking gun linking US president’s acts to embattled son Hunter
By AFP
Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, center, leaves the courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
February 22, 2024, 6:37 pm
Israeli-US ex-FBI informant accused of making up claims behind Biden impeachment bid
Alexander Smirnov, who lived in Israel for a decade and was said to be in contact with Russian spies, alleges the US president accepted a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian firm
By AP and ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif (center) celebrating after an impeachment vote against him failed in the Knesset, February 19, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)
February 19, 2024, 10:27 pm
Bid to oust MK Ofer Cassif over backing for ICJ genocide case falls short in Knesset
Parties trade barbs after centrists from Yesh Atid, National Unity and Labor sit out impeachment motion, leaving it five votes short of 90 needed to boot Hadash-Ta’al lawmaker
By Sam Sokol
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Worldwide Threats to the Homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 15, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
February 14, 2024, 3:14 pm
US House votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
After motion passes 214-213, Biden pans ‘unconstitutional partisanship’ and ‘petty political games’; Senate Majority Democrat Schumer calls it a ‘sham’
By Agencies
File - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tours Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel, February 4, 2024. (Defense Ministry)
February 14, 2024, 2:59 pm
Ahead of vote, Gallant denies claim he opposes impeachment of far-left MK
Knesset slated to decide on Ofer Cassif’s political future next week after he accused Israeli leaders of advocating for genocide against Palestinians
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif speaks during a press conference, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 31, 2024, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing Jan 31: Day 117 – Knesset to vote on expelling MK who said war was ‘genocide’
Political reporter Sam Sokol on storm before 14-2 vote to advance MK Ofer Cassif’s impeachment, why Diaspora Ministry is under fire; news editor Amy Spiro on Those We Have Lost
By ToI Staff
Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 30, 2024, 7:32 pm
Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote
House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif attends a House committee meeting hearing on his possible impeachment, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 5:44 pm
As MKs debate Cassif’s expulsion, he rails against ‘Kahanist’ attempt to silence him
Far-left legislator’s actions in support of genocide accusations at The Hague may not cross ‘criminal threshold,’ legal adviser says; ‘I never supported Hamas,’ Hadash MK declares
By Sam Sokol
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