TEL AVIV: Chaos briefly broke out in Israeli Parliament (Knesset) on Monday when two lawmakers interrupted US President Donald Trump’s address, shouting for the recognition of Palestine before being escorted out by security.
Hadash Party leader Ayman Odeh and fellow MP Ofer Cassif were removed from the chamber after holding up signs reading “Recognise Palestine!” during Trump’s address, which celebrated the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal.
As the pair stood holding their placards, the Knesset speaker banged the gavel and ordered: “Expel this Knesset member!”
Knesset members Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif were removed from the hall after raising a sign reading “genocide” during Trump’s speech. pic.twitter.com/AS9yxELaun
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 13, 2025
Security officials quickly surrounded the protesters and escorted them out as other lawmakers stood and applauded their removal.
“That was very efficient,” Trump quipped, before continuing his remarks about his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.
Outside, Odeh defended his protest on X (formerly Twitter): “They removed me just because I raised the simplest demand — to recognise a Palestinian state. There are two people 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 echoed the sentiment, writing that true peace “will only come with the end of the occupation and apartheid and the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.”
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
Trump, the first US president since 2008 to address Israel’s parliament, had hailed a “historic dawn for the Middle East” moments before the disruption — marking the Gaza ceasefire and a major exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hamas as part of the peace deal.
