Arab Israeli lawmakers Aymen Odeh and Ofer Cassif expelled after protesting during U.S. president’s address, calling for Palestinian recognition and justice
xUS President Donald Trump’s address to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, was briefly disrupted on Monday when two lawmakers shouted slogans and were expelled from the plenum.
The protesters, identified as Arab Israeli politicians Aymen Odeh and Ofer Cassif, both members of the Hadash alliance, were removed after interrupting Trump’s speech. Odeh displayed a sign reading “Recognize Palestine” as he was ejected. On social media platform X, he later called for recognition of a Palestinian state, describing it as “the simplest demand, a demand that the entire international community agrees on… There are two peoples here, and neither is