{"id":19990,"date":"2025-07-09T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19990"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:47:46","slug":"widening-backlash-in-israel-against-efforts-to-expel-mk-ayman-odeh-from-knesset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/09\/widening-backlash-in-israel-against-efforts-to-expel-mk-ayman-odeh-from-knesset\/","title":{"rendered":"Widening Backlash in Israel Against Efforts to Expel MK Ayman Odeh from Knesset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Despite broad support from Israel\u2019s opposition leaders for expelling MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List\/Change Alliance, from the Knesset, a powerful wave of opposition is emerging from Israel\u2019s cultural, academic, and civil society sectors. Critics are sounding the alarm over what they call a racist, fascist move aimed at silencing dissent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1399\">On Wednesday, more than 2,500 Israeli writers and poets, including the renowned David Grossman, issued a statement firmly rejecting the right-wing campaign to silence dissenting voices in parliament. They declared they would not vote for any party that supports the expulsion of Odeh and denounced the growing suppression of left-wing voices.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1399\">\u201cWhile right-wing politicians speak freely in the Knesset\u2014even inciting racism and bloodshed\u2014the same tolerance is not shown to leftists who oppose the war and advocate Jewish-Arab coexistence,\u201d the statement read. \u201cFreedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy. Whether one agrees with MK Odeh or not, he has the right to speak his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1750\" data-end=\"1907\">Even Israel\u2019s Attorney General and Knesset legal advisor confirmed there is no legal basis for removing Odeh, reaffirming his parliamentary immunity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18444\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/173.jpg\" alt=\"On Wednesday, more than 2,500 Israeli writers and poets, including the renowned David Grossman, issued a statement firmly rejecting the right-wing campaign to silence dissenting voices in parliament.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/173.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/173-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/173-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayman Odeh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1909\" data-end=\"2138\">A day earlier, 150 leading filmmakers joined the protest in a similar joint statement, warning against the erosion of democratic values. They were preceded by statements from 200 legal and political science academics. \u201cAnyone who supports removing Odeh,\u201d the filmmakers warned, \u201cis complicit in undermining what\u2019s left of democracy in Israel. We will not remain silent, nor support any party complicit in this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2337\" data-end=\"2629\">Civil society groups and protest organizations across the country have also called on centrist opposition parties like Yesh Atid and Blue and White to oppose the motion, warning that backing such a step could cost them public support and participation in anti-government protests.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2631\" data-end=\"2795\">Meanwhile, 40 Israeli university professors published a paid statement in Haaretz under the title \u201cThe Democratic Civil Movement\u201d, using sharper language:\u201cThis is a black flag. There is no legal, moral, or public justification for this. It is a deliberate campaign to silence criticism\u2014especially from Palestinian citizens of Israel\u2014and a betrayal of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3009\" data-end=\"3087\">They accuse the ruling coalition of hypocrisy and violent racism, stating:\u201cYou persecute a lawmaker who supports peace, while staying silent about Knesset members who incite ethnic cleansing, support massacres, and call for genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3253\" data-end=\"3483\">The academics also warned opposition parties that supporting the expulsion would draw the Supreme Court into a trap, forcing it to intervene, which the far-right could exploit to fuel further delegitimization of the judiciary.\u201cYou cannot claim to be liberal or democratic while supporting this. This is a stain on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/04\/israeli-knesset-moves-to-expel-mp-ayman-odeh-over-pro-palestinian-statements\/\">Knesset<\/a> and a betrayal of Israel\u2019s Declaration of Independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18460\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/26-1.jpg\" alt=\"They accuse the ruling coalition of hypocrisy and violent racism, stating:\u201cYou persecute a lawmaker who supports peace, while staying silent about Knesset members who incite ethnic cleansing, support massacres, and call for genocide.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/26-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/26-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/26-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayman Odeh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"3645\" data-end=\"3700\">Their statement ended with a direct call to conscience:\u201cLet every politician know: anyone who joins this crime will lose the support of those who struggle for a sane, just, equal Israel. You\u2019ll be aligning yourself with the racist camp of Jewish supremacy. Step back\u2014vote against the expulsion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/05\/israeli-knesset-moves-to-expel-ayman-odeh-over-statement-gaza-will-win\/\">Ayman<\/a> Odeh.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Despite broad support from Israel\u2019s opposition leaders for expelling MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List\/Change Alliance, from the Knesset, a powerful wave of opposition is emerging from Israel\u2019s cultural, academic, and civil society sectors. Critics are sounding the alarm over what they call a racist, fascist move aimed at silencing dissent. 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