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14.07.2025 - 22:25 [ Times of Israel ]

With only 73 votes in favor, motion to expel Hadash-Ta’al chair Ayman Odeh fails to pass

The petition was put forth in January, when Odeh said he was “happy for the release of hostages and prisoners” as part of the Gaza truce that was signed that month. The petition clinched the required number of signatures after Odeh said at an anti-war protest in Haifa in May that “Gaza has won and Gaza will win.”

Both United Torah Judaism and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White—National Unity party boycott the vote, while Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and most of his Yesh Atid party’s MKs are absent as well.

The measure is supported by the coalition and by opposition party Yisrael Beytenu. The Democrats vote against it.

14.07.2025 - 22:20 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch and Chris Van Hollen in Solidarity with Odeh

(16 hours ago)

“We strongly condemn the effort to expel MK Ayman Odeh from the Israeli Knesset,” the US senators said. “If Israel is going to call itself a democracy, it must tolerate peaceful dissent.” The senators linked the expulsion effort to Odeh’s calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and a political solution between Israelis and Palestinians.

“For over a decade, MK Odeh has been a leading advocate for peace, justice, and Jewish-Arab partnership,” they said. “The current expulsion effort is a direct response to MK Odeh’s outspoken and brave calls.” The lawmakers described the move as sending “a chilling message to millions of Palestinian citizens of Israel: that their representation is conditional and their rights revocable.” “We stand in solidarity with MK Odeh and with the right of all lawmakers, Arab and Jewish, to speak freely and without fear of political retribution,” they said.

06.07.2025 - 23:54 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Hearings on Ousting Attorney General and Top Hadash MK Both Scheduled for July 14

Two political explosive hearings have been scheduled by the far right and racist coalition for July 14, in proceedings that could both set historical precedents. On that day, the Knesset will meet to vote on expelling Hadash-Ta’al faction chair Ayman Odeh from parliament, while a ministerial committee is also scheduled to hold a hearing on firing embattled Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

03.07.2025 - 01:25 [ Orly Noy / +972 Magazine ]

The Knesset vs Ayman Odeh

On Monday, the Knesset House Committee voted to impeach Palestinian parliamentarian Ayman Odeh, head of the predominantly Arab Hadash-Ta’al list. His crime? In January, as the two-month Gaza ceasefire came into effect, Odeh tweeted: “I am happy about the release of the [Israeli] hostages and [Palestinian] prisoners. From here, both peoples must be freed from the yoke of the occupation. We were all born free.”

As I watched the committee’s hearing, I felt like my eyes were bleeding. It was physically unbearable. Knesset members from across the political spectrum — who aren’t worthy of the dust on Odeh’s shoes when it comes to humanism, morality, and democratic integrity — competed to see who could spew the vilest rhetoric against him.

No one paid attention to the Knesset’s legal adviser — who, after the obligatory lip service condemning Odeh’s “disgusting statements,” concluded that there was no legal basis for his impeachment. And it goes without saying that no one listened to Odeh’s attorney, Dr. Hassan Jabareen, who explained why the proposal was procedurally flawed, legally unsound, and morally bankrupt.

From the first sentence to the last, the hearing was a farce.

03.07.2025 - 01:07 [ Jerusalem Post ]

MK Ayman Odeh decries Knesset House Committee as ‚fascist‘ after impeachment vote

The impeachment was not just a response to specific statements but directed against “Odeh as a person and everything he represents,” Boaron said in his closing argument. At the end of the hearing, committee chairman Ofir Katz (Likud) said Odeh was a “bitter enemy” of Israel, and in a “normal country,” he would “rot in jail.”

Only Ra’am MK Waleed Taha and Hadash-Ta’al MK Ahmad Tibi voted against his impeachment.

30.06.2025 - 20:59 [ Middle East Monitor ]

Israeli Knesset committee approves motion to impeach Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh

The motion will now move to the Knesset’s plenary session for a majority vote of 90 members out of 120 to complete Odeh’s impeachment.

Even if his impeachment is approved, the Arab MK will still be able to file a petition against the decision with the Supreme Court.

Palestinians of 1948 (Arabs inside Israel) constitute 21% of Israel’s nearly 10 million population.

30.06.2025 - 20:54 [ Times of Israel ]

Panel votes to impeach Arab MK Ayman Odeh, paving way for possible ouster from Knesset

While a similar effort to oust Hadash-Ta’al MK Ofer Cassif failed in the Knesset plenum in February 2024 due to insufficient support from the opposition, opposition representatives on the committee were very much in favor of the motion this time around, with both Yesh Atid MK Simon Davidson and National Unity lawmaker Pnina Tamano-Shata voting in favor of impeachment.

30.06.2025 - 04:06 [ House of Commons - Parliament.uk ]

Attempted removal of Ayman Odeh from the Israeli Knesset

EDM (Early Day Motion) 695: tabled on 24 January 2025

Tabled in the 2024-25 session.

This motion has been signed by 10 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House expresses deep concern regarding the efforts of Israeli coalition and opposition politicians to oust MK Ayman Odeh from the Knesset; joins Odeh in welcoming the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal which enabled the exchange of Israeli and Palestinian hostages and abductees; supports the sentiment of Palestinians and Israelis being freed from the burden of occupation and building a shared future; notes that, of the 90 Palestinians hostages most recently released by Israel, 69 were women, 21 were children, and most had been held without charge or trial; acknowledges the existence of myriad political mechanisms that enable the targeting, exclusion, and marginalisation of Palestinian-Israeli members of the Knesset, including the conflation of one’s support for Palestinian rights with support for terrorism or incitement to violence; further notes the similar employment of the impeachment process against MK Ofer Cassif, as a result of his signing a petition in support of the South Africa’s case forwarded in the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza; believes in the value of maintaining a representative democracy that encompasses a broad array of political, social, and ethnic creeds; and calls on the Government to vehemently oppose any efforts by Israeli parliamentarians to further solidify an ethnocratic, apartheid state, and deny the Palestinian population’s right to self-determination through the rooting out of democratically elected officials that represent their cause.

30.06.2025 - 03:48 [ Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel ]

Knesset Hearing Offers the Clearest Evidence: Expulsion Attempt Against MK Ayman Odeh Is a Political and Inciteful Campaign Against Palestinian Representation

(June 27, 2025)

In a display of open hostility, Committee Chair Ofir Katz declared to MK Odeh: “You won’t be in the Knesset—we will remain, and you won’t. Not in the Knesset, not in Israel.” Other MKs shouted that he should “keep shouting from jail,” while another told him: “You all should go to Gaza”. Right-wing MKs accused him of promoting a “violent Palestinian ideology,” said an indictment should already have been filed, and called him an “enemy from within.”

Chair Katz escalated the incitement further, stating: “While the soldiers are fighting on seven fronts, the eighth front needs to be cleared, and Ayman Odeh is our eighth front… He is continuously working to weaken the State of Israel, to discredit it, to undermine it and to strengthen its enemies.” When MK Odeh repeated that the Israeli military is committing war crimes—a statement for which he was already sanctioned by the Knesset Ethics Committee—the chair threatened: “If you continue to defame IDF soldiers, you will not be allowed to speak here.”

The committee blatantly ignored the Knesset legal advisor’s determination that only one statement—MK Odeh’s January tweet concerning the Israel-Hamas deal—could be legally considered. Instead, MKs used the hearing to dredge up unrelated political positions and to launch personal attacks, in open defiance of the law and the legal advisor’s position.

MK Odeh’s January statement was a tweet that read: “Happy about the release of the hostages and prisoners. From here, we must free both peoples from the burden of occupation. We were all born free.” During the hearing, he reaffirmed his support for this statement and others, including his position that Israel is committing crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza.

30.06.2025 - 03:34 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Standing Up for Hadash MK Ayman Odeh Free Speech in the Knesset

On last Tuesday, June 24, during wars in Gaza and Iran, the Knesset House Committee began the process of expelling MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash). Why? He protected free speech and called for the end of war and occupation. But in a so called “Israel democracy” a political speech by a Hadash MK is grounds for dismissal. Dr Hassan Jabareen of Adalah—The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights, who is serving as Odeh’s legal counsel and is arguing as such.

Att. Jabareen, condemned the process as fundamentally flawed and unlawful, noting that the MKs’ refusal to follow the legal advisor’s ruling violated Odeh’s rights and rendered the entire procedure illegitimate. He emphasized that Odeh’s speech is fully legal and protected. The proceedings confirmed what has been clear from the outset of this process: the expulsion attempt is a dangerous, inciteful escalation in the ongoing political assault against Hadash and Arab Palestinian lawmakers in Israel.

30.06.2025 - 03:21 [ New Israel Fund ]

Standing Up for Arab Leader’s Free Speech in the Knesset

As former Executive Director of Breaking the Silence Avner Gvaryahu wrote, Ayman “proves that it is possible to be a proud Palestinian Arab and still work for a better Israeli society for everyone.”

He continued:

Jewish-Arab partnership is not just a matter of social justice or a historical correction. It is the basis of any genuine vision of change in the Middle East. As long as we continue to live in the reality of separation, suspicion and dominance of one group over another, we will continue to walk in the same circles of violence and oppression. Partnership offers another way—a way through, in which the national conflict does not have to define every relationship between Jews and Arabs.

Therefore repelling Ayman from the public sphere is not only an expulsion of an Arab citizen [from the Knesset], but also a continued expulsion of the ideas of the left. This is a clear message [from the government] that the politics of partnership is undesirable, that the public space is only for those willing to remain silent about the occupation and settle for crumbs. It’s part of a broader process of narrowing democratic space and revoking the legitimacy of critical votes.

26.06.2025 - 03:45 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Knesset Holds Impeachment Hearing for Hadash MK Ayman Odeh

The Knesset Home Committee held an impeachment hearing against Hadash-Ta’al chair MK Ayman Odeh on Tuesday morning, June 24, after far-right Likud MK Avihai Boaron in recent weeks collected 70 signatures from MKs in favor of launching the procedure who received the support of opposition MKs from three Zionist parties – Yisrael Beytenu, National Unity, and Yesh Atid.

06.06.2025 - 05:01 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Impeachment Proceedings Against MK Odeh Opened

This move comes in response to statements Odeh made about three months ago expressing support for a comprehensive prisoner exchange deal involving the release of both Palestinian detainees and Israeli hostages. He also declared at a recent “Partnership for Peace” demonstration in Haifa on last Saturday, that “Gaza will triumph over the policy of war and destruction,” and that “the Palestinian people will defeat the occupation.”

In response, Odeh stated that he “stands proudly” behind his humanitarian stance, which calls for an immediate end to the war and a comprehensive political agreement. He emphasized that “the Palestinian people’s victory over the occupation is a historical inevitability” and that his views “reflect a human conscience and are supported by the vast majority of the world’s people.”

Odeh also criticized the petition’s signatories for their silence on the killing of children in Gaza, noting that some of them “called for Gaza to be completely wiped out.” He declared in a press statement: “I will stand firm—alongside national forces and every democratic, conscientious individual—and we will face this rabid campaign with confidence and deep conviction.”

“The move to expel me from the Knesset is part of a broader campaign of political persecution, led by the far right in a desperate attempt to secure a total victory for Kahanism in the upcoming elections. The fact that members of the opposition chose to join this effort and helped gather the 70 required signatures is nothing less than full cooperation with the Likud’s orchestrated campaign”, he said on X.

04.05.2025 - 10:46 [ Channel 13 - 13tv.co.il ]

ברק: נתניהו הכריז מלחמה על ישראל; צריך מרי אזרחי

רה“מ לשעבר אמר ל“מוריה וברקו“ כי צריך לעשות עסקה לשחרור החטופים גם במחיר של הפסקת המלחמה“. על נתניהו: „הכריז מלחמה על ישראל; קורא למרי אזרחי“. בליכוד תקפו: „לא נקבל הטפות מוסר ממי שעסוק בלקרוע את החברה הישראלית ונפגש למעלה מ-30 פעמים עם חברו הפדופיל ג׳פרי אפשטיין, גם אחרי שהורשע בשידול קטינה לזנות“

04.05.2025 - 10:44 [ Middle East Eye ]

Ex-Israeli PM Barak urges civil disobedience to topple Netanyahu

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for nationwide protests to remove Benjamin Netanyahu, telling Channel 13 the current leader has „declared war on Israel.“

Barak demanded Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara force Netanyahu‘s recusal, referencing a delayed High Court ruling from January that blocked legislation protecting the PM from removal.

29.03.2025 - 18:21 [ Korean Broadcasting System - KBS.co.kr ]

Zwei Verfassungsrichter stehen vor Ruhestand – Urteil zu Präsident Yoon offenbar spätestens in drei Wochen

In Justizkreisen hieß es am Freitag, dass am 18. April die sechsjährigen Amtszeiten des kommissarischen Präsidenten des Verfassungsgerichts Moon Hyung-bae sowie von Richterin Lee Mi-seon enden.

Da der kommissarische Präsident Han Deok-soo den Kandidaten Ma Eun-hyuk bislang nicht ernannt hat, gäbe es nach dem Ausscheiden der beiden erneut nur sechs Verfassungsrichter.

24.03.2025 - 12:44 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Constitutional Court Unlikely to Hand Down Ruling on Yoon until at Least Friday

The official said the current eight-member bench deliberated on Yoon’s case after dismissing the parliamentary impeachment motion against Prime Minister Han Duck-soo earlier Monday.

It has been 27 days since the court wrapped up arguments in Yoon’s trial.

11.03.2025 - 06:25 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Regierung mahnt vor Urteil im Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon zu friedlichen Demonstrationen

Die internationale Gemeinschaft beobachte die Republik Korea mit großer Aufmerksamkeit, sagte Choi weiter. Er rief die Bürger auf, auf der Grundlage von Respekt und Verständnis für Unterschiede ein reifes Bürgerbewusstsein zu zeigen.

11.03.2025 - 06:19 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Constitutional Court Rulings on Impeachment of Chief Auditor, Prosecutors Set for Thursday

The Constitutional Court will issue its rulings Thursday morning on the impeachment of three prosecutors and the head of the state audit agency.

12.02.2025 - 13:02 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon geht in Endphase

Demnach gilt es als sehr wahrscheinlich, dass die mündliche Verhandlung nächste Woche beendet wird. Das Urteil würde dann möglicherweise Anfang März verkündet.

Im Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Präsidentin Park Geun-hye im Jahr 2017 wurde das Urteil elf Tage nach Abschluss der Verhandlungen gesprochen. Im Verfahren gegen Präsident Roh Moo-hyun 2004 nach 14 Tagen.

11.01.2025 - 15:08 [ New York Times ]

Impeachment in South Korea Has Cost Washington a Staunch Ally

(December 16, 2024)

President Yoon Suk Yeol has changed the course of South Korea’s diplomacy like no leader before him. He put his country in lock step with the United States by countering North Korea with sanctions and joint military drills. He won Washington’s plaudits when he overcame a century of historical grievances Koreans held against Japan​ and helped lay the ground for trilateral cooperation to deter China.

He sang the praises of Western values such as freedom.

05.01.2025 - 13:48 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Yoon’s Lawyer: Yoon to Attend Constitutional Court Hearing to Testify

Under the Constitutional Court Act, the parties to the case must attend the oral argument sessions.

If one of the parties does not appear at the first session, the court will adjourn the trial and set a new date.

If the party does not appear on the second session as well, the trial can proceed without the party.

27.12.2024 - 13:52 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Parlament stimmt für Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Interimspräsident Han

Der Parlamentschef Woo Won-shik erklärte vor der Abstimmung, dass der Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Premierminister Han Duck-soo gemäß Artikel 65 Absatz 2 der Verfassung eine einfache Mehrheit der Abgeordneten erfordere.

27.12.2024 - 13:44 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Verfassungsgericht beendet erste vorbereitende Anhörung im Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon

Das Richtergremium gab die Streitpunkte bekannt, die im Amtsenthebungsverfahren behandelt werden sollen. Dazu zählen die Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts am 3. Dezember und die Veröffentlichung der Proklamation Nummer 1 durch den Kriegsrechtskommandeur.

Weitere Streitpunkte sind die Blockade der Nationalversammlung durch die Mobilisierung des Militärs und der Polizei, die Behinderung der Aktivitäten des Parlaments, die Truppenmobilisierung sowie die Durchsuchung der Nationalen Wahlkommission ohne Durchsuchungsbefehl.

26.12.2024 - 17:56 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Han vor Plenum der Nationalversammlung vorgelegt

Die Demokratische Partei (DP) hat auf der Plenarsitzung der Nationalversammlung am Donnerstag über einen Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen den kommissarischen Präsidenten Han Duck-soo berichtet.

Dies erfolgte unmittelbar, nachdem Han öffentlich angekündigt hatte, die Ernennung neuer Richter am Verfassungsgericht zu verschieben, bis Regierungspartei und Opposition eine Einigung gefunden haben.

19.12.2024 - 22:55 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Verfassungsgericht hält erste Beratung zu Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon ab

Das Verfassungsgericht hatte diesbezügliche Schriftstücke an Yoon übersandt, stieß jedoch wegen mangelnder Kooperation des Präsidialamtes auf Schwierigkeiten bei der Zustellung.

Unter anderem wurde der Amtsenthebungsbeschluss der Nationalversammlung per Post an das Präsidialamt gesendet. Der Empfang wurde jedoch mit der Begründung abgelehnt, dass der Empfänger nicht anwesend sei.

14.12.2024 - 17:35 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Speaker: Public’s Passion, Courage, Devotion to Democracy Brought about Impeachment

The speaker thanked the public, emphasizing that the future of the country and hope lie within the people.

14.12.2024 - 17:22 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Parlament stimmt für Absetzung von Präsident Yoon

Es gab 204 Fürstimmen, 85 Gegenstimmen und acht ungültige Stimmen bei drei Enthaltungen.

An der Abstimmung haben insgesamt 300 Abgeordnete teilgenommen. Unter der Annahme, dass alle 192 Oppositionsabgeordneten und Parteilosen den Antrag befürwortet haben, müssen mindestens 12 Parlamentarier von der regierenden Partei Macht des Volks (PPP) dem Amtsenthebungsverfahren zugestimmt haben.

13.12.2024 - 19:23 [ CNN ]

South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law

The People Power Party (PPP) had initially refused to back impeachment, hoping instead Yoon would resign from office. But its leadership said attempts to persuade him had made no progress.

“We tried to find a better way than impeachment, but that other way is invalid,” party leader Han Dong-hoon said. “Suspending the president from his duties through impeachment is the only way for now, to defend democracy and the republic.”

13.12.2024 - 19:15 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Zweiter Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Yoon im Plenum des Parlaments vorgelegt

Für die Verabschiedung eines Amtsenthebungsantrags gegen einen Staatspräsidenten müssen wenigstens zwei Drittel der Abgeordneten dafür stimmen.

Das Oppositionslager verfügt über 192 der 300 Parlamentssitze. Sollten wenigstens acht PPP-Abgeordnete für den Antrag stimmen, wird der Antrag angenommen.

12.12.2024 - 07:40 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Präsident Yoon lehnt in Fernsehansprache Rücktritt ab

Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol hat einen Rücktritt abgelehnt.

Stattdessen wolle er bis zum Ende kämpfen, erklärte er in einer am Donnerstag im Fernsehen übertragenen Ansprache und rechtfertigte dabei die Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts in der letzten Woche.

07.12.2024 - 15:44 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol gescheitert

Grund ist eine fehlende Beschlussfähigkeit des Parlaments, weil sich an der Abstimmung nur 195 Abgeordnete beteiligten.

Mindestens 200 der insgesamt 300 Abgeordneten hätten abstimmen müssen. Somit scheiterte die Abstimmung automatisch an der fehlenden Beschlussfähigkeit.

05.12.2024 - 05:42 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Präsident Yoon ins Plenum der Nationalversammlung eingebracht

Der Schritt erfolgte am Donnerstag um 0.48 Uhr. Daran beteiligten sich alle 191 Abgeordneten der sechs Oppositionsparteien.

Die regierende Partei Macht des Volks (PPP) nahm nicht an der Sitzung teil. Sie hatte sich zuvor gegen eine Amtsenthebung ausgesprochen.