President Donald Trump‘s speech to the Israeli parliament was interrupted by screaming protesters on Monday morning.
Trump addressed Israel‘s Knesset after all the living hostages in Gaza were released as part of the historic peace deal.
During his speech, Arab Knesset members Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif held up a sign that read, ‘genocide.’
They were quickly removed from the room as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized.
‘That was very efficient,’ Trump said after the protesters were escorted out.
Trump was in Israel on Monday to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before continuing on to Egypt for a key summit that he hopes will solidify an end to the war and pave the way for a more durable peace in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump’s speech to the Israeli parliament was interrupted by screaming protesters on Monday morning
Knesset members Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif held up a sign that read, ‘genocide’
Security officials remove a Knesset member who interrupted President Donald Trump speech to the Knesset
Trump addressed Israel’s Knesset after all the living hostages in Gaza were released as part of the historic peace deal.
The president took the podium after an address to the Israeli parliament by Netanyahu, which concluded with Trump getting up from his seat and shaking hands with the prime minister, before embracing him.
That embrace prompted chants of ‘Trump! Trump! Trump!’
Trump later started his own remarks by saying, ‘It’s a great honor’ and calling the Knesset a ‘nice place.’
