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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Israeli communist lawmaker: "Netanyahu is a liar and an international pyromaniac"

Hadash lawmaker Cassif on Iran-US ceasefire 
 
About fifteen hours after the US-Iran cease-fire was announced, the far-right Israeli government has still not issued a statement in Hebrew on the deal or addressed Israeli citizens on the matter. In its first official response in English to the cease-fire agreement, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement early Wednesday, April 8, that Israel supports the move but insisted that the deal “does not include Lebanon.”
 
During the morning, eight people were killed and 28 wounded in an Israeli strike on a cafe in Sidon, in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry.

Afternoon the Israeli occupation forces launched, ” against Hezbollah across Lebanon involved 50 fighter jets dropping some 160 bombs on 100 targets within 10 minutes,” according to the military. The Lebanese Health Ministry and Lebanese media issued an emergency call for people to clear roads in Beirut for ambulances and preliminary reports indicate that at least 80 have been killed and over 200 injured in the latest wave of Israel’ airstrikes. Many people reportedly remain trapped beneath the rubble, while hospitals in the area are under heavy strain. According to the Lebanese Red Cross chief, the Israeli attacks were aimed at densely populated areas in Beirut and the Dahiyeh.

On Wednesday morning, Hadash MK Ofer Cassif said, “Congratulations to the brilliant duo, Orange & Purple, on their impressive list of achievements (economic, strategic & political), culminating in finding the lost key to the Strait of Hormuz. We warned from the very beginning that this was nothing more than a futile and pointless war of deception that would only lead to bloodshed, widowhood, orphanhood, and devastation, without achieving anything. No to occupation, yes to peace.”

According to Hadash MK Ayman Odeh, “Israel should learn three main lessons from the war: To recognize the limitations of power. There is no stability in the region without Israeli-Palestinian peace and Netanyahu is a liar and an international pyromaniac,” he wrote.

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