Ofer Cassif

Israel Election 2026: What do Yousef Jabareen’s Joint Arab List and Mansour Abbas’ Ra’am stand for?

If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?

|BySHIR PERETS
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 22, 2019.
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.

MK Cassif claims IDF soldier assaulted him while trying to block his entry to West Bank town Kusra

He shared footage showing him approaching the soldiers with his hands behind his back, in view of the camera, as he tried to walk past while the soldiers blocked him.

|BySHIR PERETS
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the US Yechiel Leiter in the Oval Office seen at the White House in April 2026.

Israeli envoy to US condemns settler violence in West Bank, invokes Torah justice

Leiter connected his criticism of the violence to the Jewish commandment of settling the Land of Israel, arguing that the principle also carries a responsibility to uphold justice.

|ByIDAN KWELLER
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.

'This is what occupation looks like': MK Cassif says IDF tried to prevent him from entering Kusra

“This is exactly what apartheid looks like. This is exactly what occupation looks like. We will continue to fight against the terror of the occupation and for a just peace," Cassif said.

|BySHIR PERETS

Netanyahu: Liberman is coordinating with Arab Joint List, Gantz

“I hope it’s not so, but it looks like Liberman is coordinating with the Joint List and Blue and White on all the details,” Netanyahu said.

NOVEMBER 10, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 22nd Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem October 3, 2019

Cassif spoke with Blue and White Party, 'we are committed to ousting Bibi'

"The important thing," he told 101.5 FM radio, "is that we are committed to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power."

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Ofer Cassif

Cassif calls Netanyahu ‘serial criminal’, Odeh: ‘we won’t be silent’

The Communist Party MK claimed Netanyahu is leading the country to war to avoid serving time in prison.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ofer Cassif

Left condemns Netanyahu’s silence on Trump

Democratic Union MK Tamar Zandberg and Joint List MK Ofer Cassif insist Netanyahu demand an apology.

AUGUST 22, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN, JEREMY SHARON
Tamar Zandberg