Lawmakers ejected from Knesset after disrupting Trump speech

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. He later said in a social media post on X that he is calling for recognition of a Palestinian state as “the simplest demand, a demand that the entire international community agrees on… There are two peoples here, and neither is going anywhere.,” the post read in Hebrew, and that was translated by Grok on X.

Cassif also posted on X that their protest was “to demand justice,” accusing the Israeli government of occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.