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Ayman Odeh to Be Impeached? Deciding Vote on Hadash-Ta’al Chairman Scheduled for Monday
JERUSALEM DISTRICT, ISRAEL, JUL 13 – The expulsion requires a 90-member supermajority, but opposition reluctance and legal doubts make success unlikely, with Arab citizens comprising 21% of Israel’s population.
- The Knesset voted on Monday night on a motion to remove Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Arab party Hadash-Ta'al, but the motion failed to pass the required 90-vote supermajority.
- The expulsion effort followed Odeh's January remarks that appeared to equate Israeli hostages held by Hamas with Palestinian prisoners, sparking coalition outrage and accusations of support for terrorism.
- Odeh strongly condemned the attempt as a racist and undemocratic campaign led by right-wing factions, while the Knesset legal advisor ruled the evidence insufficient for expulsion.
- The vote count was 73 in favor and 15 against, with many opposition lawmakers, including members of the Arab parties and centrist factions, boycotting or opposing the motion.
- The failed removal preserves Odeh’s seat but sets a precedent of political targeting amid deep divisions, raising concerns about democratic norms and opposition repression in Israeli politics.
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Scheme to expel Arab Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh from Knesset fails
JERUSALEM—An effort by the right-wing parties in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to expel Ayman Odeh failed Monday evening, July 14. Odeh is a Palestinian MK and the longtime head of Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), a coalition rooted in the Israeli Communist Party and composed largely of Palestinian and Jewish leftists. The scheme, spearheaded by lawmakers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and its allies,…
Israeli far-right fail to expel Palestinian lawmaker Ayman Odeh
An attempt by Israel's far-right to expel Palestinian MK Ayman Odeh from the Knesset failed on Monday after a number of opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote. Only 73 MKs supported the motion, falling short of the 90 votes required to expel a sitting member of the assembly. Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid and Benny Gantz's Blue and White - National Unity parties abstained, as did the ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism, a member of the governing coalit…
Bernie Sanders cheers as Knesset bid to impeach anti-Israel MK fails
After ultra-Orthodox lawmakers resign from the government, motion to expel anti-Israel MK from the Knesset fails to secure three-quarters majority. By World Israel News Staff Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday celebrated the failure of the Israeli Knesset to pass a motion which would have stripped an anti-Israel lawmaker of his seat, after ultra-Orthodox lawmakers resigned from the Netanyahu government. Earlier on Monday, the Knesset voted…
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Columbus Jewish NewsMotion to impeach Arab Knesset lawmaker fails to achieve supermajority
Fifteen Knesset members voted against the proposal, and multiple opposition MKs boycotted the vote.The post Motion to impeach Arab Knesset lawmaker fails to achieve supermajority appeared first on JNS.org.
On Sunday, members of the Bundestag of the party Die Linke published a declaration of solidarity for the member of the Knesset, Ayman Odeh, against the efforts to exclude him from the Knesset.
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