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Ofer Cassif
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Ofer Cassif is an Israeli politician and academic who serves as a member of the Knesset for the Hadash coalition. He studied political philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a PhD from the London School of Economics before teaching at various Israeli academic institutions. A senior member of the Communist Party of Israel, he was imprisoned four times as a conscientious objector during the First Intifada. He entered the Knesset in April 2019 and has since served on parliamentary committees addressing civil rights, social policy, and education.
In the news: Convicted of assaulting a police officer during a 2022 protest in the West Bank, prompting opposition calls to declare moral turpitude and end his Knesset tenure.
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