FROM THE HILL: President Trump’s speech at Israel’s Knesset, its parliament, was briefly interrupted by lawmakers who were expelled from the plenum after shouting slogans during Trump’s remarks.
The Jerusalem Post identified those protesting as Aymen Odeh, an Arab Israeli and member of the Hadash alliance, and Ofer Cassif, a far-left politician who is also a member of the Hadash coalition.
Odeh held up a sign that said “Recognize Palestine,” when he was ejected from the room.
Trump remarked on their expulsion, saying it was done in a “very efficient” manner.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana had warned everyone at the beginning of the session that those who disrupted the session would be ejected from the hall, according to Fox News.
In a post on X that was translated by Grok, Odeh said he is calling for recognition of a Palestinian state as “the demand, a demand that the entire international community agrees on… There are two peoples here, and neither is going anywhere.”
הוציאו אותי מהמליאה רק כי העליתי את הדרישה הפשוטה ביותר, דרישה שכל הקהילה הבינלאומית מסכימה עליה:
להכיר במדינה פלסטינית.
להכיר במציאות הפשוטה הזו:
יש כאן שני עמים, ואף אחד לא זז מכאן. pic.twitter.com/vIsj4KG7vf
— איימן עודה أيمن عودة Ayman Odeh (@AyOdeh) October 13, 2025
Cassif also posted on X (also translated by Grok), saying their protest was “to demand justice.”
“We didn’t come to disturb, but to demand justice,” he wrote in the post. “True peace that will save both peoples of this land from destruction will only come with the end of the occupation and apartheid and the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
“Refuse to be occupiers! Resist the government of bloodshed!”
זה השלט שהרמתי יחד עם חברי @AyOdeh
לא באנו להפריע, אלא לדרוש צדק.
שלום אמיתי שיציל את שני עמי הארץ מכלייה לא יהיה אלא עם סיום הכיבוש והאפרטהייד והקמת מדינה פלסטינית לצד ישראל.
סרבו להיות כובשים!
התנגדו לממשלת הדמים! pic.twitter.com/9pAxmK4FR2— Ofer Cassif עופר כסיף عوفر كسيف (@ofercass) October 13, 2025
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