Two lawmakers held up \u201cRecognize Palestine\u201d signs<\/p>\n
Two members of Israel\u2019s Knesset were removed from the chamber after holding up pro-Palestinian signs during US President Donald Trump\u2019s speech on Monday.
\nAyman Odeh and Ofer Cassif, from the mainly Arab Hadash-Ta\u2019al coalition, held signs reading \u201cRecognize Palestine!\u201d\u00a0\u2013 prompting an immediate uproar from other legislators.
\nTrump paused and stood silent as the MPs were quickly escorted out. He then remarked, \u201cThat was very efficient,\u201d before continuing his speech.
\nCassif defended his actions on X, writing that Trump was \u201cpart of the problem, not a solution,\u201d and that \u201ctrue peace requires an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.\u201d
\nOdeh also defended his stunt, writing, \u201cThey kicked me out of the Knesset just for raising the simplest demand, one that the whole international community agrees on: Recognize the State of Palestine!\u201d<\/p>\n
Hadash-Ta\u2019al MKs Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif removed from Trump\u2019s speech after holding up signs calling to \u201crecognize Palestine.\u201dTrump quips that the ejection was \u201cvery efficient.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/0tvs7JbSAS\u2014 Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) October 13, 2025 <\/p>\n
The US president was visiting Israel to oversee the implementation of an agreement he helped mediate, under which Hamas freed the remaining 20 hostages in exchange for the release of around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Trump as the \u201cgreatest friend\u201d\u00a0his country has ever had.<\/p>\n
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