Ofer Cassif

MK Ofer Cassif indicted for assaulting police officer during South Hebron Hills protest

According to the indictment, Cassif had attempted to drive towards the protest, but was prevented from doing so by police.

Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif says the IDF attempted to delay him from entering Kusra by declaring it a 'closed military zone,' August 14, 2026.
Head of Ra'am Mansour Abbas holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovich in Nazareth.

Supreme Court allows Ofer Cassif, Ra'am, Joint List to run in 26th Knesset election

Members of the Joint Arab List Ahmad Tibi, Sami Abu Shehadeh and Yousef Jabareen arrive to submit their party’s candidate list to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026; illustrative.

Will Israel's Arab parties be banned from the election? The legal fight explained

 MK Ofer Cassif attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on January 30, 2024

Election panel votes to bar Ofer Cassif from Knesset race, Supreme Court review set for next week


Israel election: Will Hadash-Ta'al recommend Lapid or Gantz?

Yisrael Beytenu initiates procedure to block Balad's Abou Shahadeh from running in the Israeli elections.

MK Ayman Odeh, co-head of the Israeli-Arab Hadash-Ta'al party at a rally supporting the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2019

If elected, I will deport anyone who acts against the State of Israel - Ben-Gvir

Jewish violence against Arabs is also not terrorism, Otzma Yehudit head Itamar Ben-Gvir said, adding that there is precedence for this.

MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah, on January 20, 2022.

Ofer Cassif summoned for investigation after violent incident with cop

In May, Cassif was filmed hitting an officer in the head during clashes in the West Bank.

 MK Ofer Cassif  attends  a "55 years of occupation" conference in the Knesset, Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on June 08 2022

Israel Police ask A-G to open probe against Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif

Opposition MKs Ahmad Tibi and Ofer Cassif were both involved in high-profile incidents with police forces last week.

 (L-R) Joint List MKs Aida Touma-Sliman, Ahmad Tibi and Ofer Cassif seen at a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem August 22, 2019

Police considering investigation into MKs seen in violent incidents with police

The Investigations and Intelligence Division contacted the police districts where MKs were documented in violent interactions with Israel Police, asking for all materials to be transferred.

Joint List MK Ofer Cassif after his brutal attack by police in Jerusalem, April 9, 2021.

Polish restitution law same as Israeli absentee law: MKs Cassif, Abou Shehadeh

MKs Ofer Cassif (Joint List) and Sami Abou Shehadeh (Balad) equated the new Polish restitution law to Israel's Absentee Property Law, arguing that both constitute state-sponsored theft.

Ofer Cassif

Ben Gvir: terrorist, Cassif: piece of sh**t fascist

Knesset Apartheid parley unravels into MK slur fest.

Otzman Yehudit MK Itamar Ben-Gvir at the "After 54 Years: Between Occupation and Apartheid" conference at the Knesset hosted by Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman and Meretz MK Mossi Raz, June 22, 2021.

Israel police officers questioned over Ofer Cassif beating

The police spokesperson claimed that Cassif refused to leave the area after officers declared the protest unlawful.

Joint List MK Ofer Cassif after his brutal attack by police in Jerusalem, April 9, 2021.

Joint List MK Cassif beaten, stepped on by police in Jerusalem - Watch

"When violence comes from the very people meant to protect the law, and is selective in nature, the violence becomes twice as bad," Cassif said.

Joint List MK Ofer Cassif after his brutal attack by police in Jerusalem, April 9, 2021.

Ofer Cassif's assault requires serious self-examination - editorial

A video of the incident shows Cassif yelling at a policeman and then suddenly grabbed by the cop and several of his fellow servicemen and beaten.

Ethiopian - Israeli protest against racism, police brutality in Tel Aviv.