Israeli activist criticizes members of the squad on growing extremism

The members of “the squad” undermine coexistence between the Arabs and the Jews in the Middle East, the Israeli-Arabe militant Yoseph Haddad told Fox News.

“Team representatives are trying to harm the coexistence and partnership that exist in the region between the Arabs and the Jews,” said Haddad. “I think it was (Alexandria) Ocasio-Cortez herself who said that she had no idea of the geopolitics of this region-she is right. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlab know exactly what is happening here, but they decide to lie and twist the facts.”

Haddad, the CEO of Together was guaranteed – an organization founded in 2018 by young Israeli Arabs to fill the cultural and religious divisions – has become an important voice in the public diplomacy efforts of Israel after the massacre of October 7 of Hamas.

Since the attack, Jewish communities across the United States and Europe have faced a sharp increase in anti-Semitic incidents, with pro-Hamas demonstrations appearing on university campuses from October 8.

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From left to right, members of “Squad” rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, d-minn., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y. (AP photo / Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | Scott Heins / Getty Images Photo | APPO / Angelina Katsanis)

“The first group is what I call the useful idiots – people who have no idea what’s going on but joined because it was the cool thing to do,” said Haddad. “Then there are the demonstrators paid. You see the same faces during various rallies that hold different signs – these are sometimes LGBTQ problems, sometimes it’s pro -Palestinian, these are sometimes internal American problems.”

“It’s always the same person, just a different outfit and a different sign,” he continued. “And the third group – the most dangerous – are the extremists who come from the Middle East. These are the ones who should be the most concerned.”

Haddad retraced the rise of extremist votes in the West to waves of immigration and displacement of the population of conflict zones in the Middle East. While the majority of Muslim immigrants fled persecution in search of a better life, he said, a vocal minority brought with them the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, actually holding their communities hostage.

An anti-Israelian sign with the expression “from the Palestine River to the sea will be free” during a demonstration near the University of Tulane in New Orleans. The sentence has been criticized as a calling for the destruction of Israel. (Credit: Ryan Zamos)

“When you have so many immigrants worldwide, just 10 or 20% of them to be extremists-and suddenly you are dealing with millions of extremists,” he said.

“Ostrich, when there is a danger and there is a problem, what they do is that they stick their heads in the sand, thinking that the problem will pass simply because no one will notice them,” he added. “And this is what weak governments do right now, becoming an ostrich. The only problem is that no one will jump them, it will make their heads easier.”

Taking the accusations that Israel applies an apartheid system between the Jews and the Arabs, Haddad rejected the comparison.

The Israeli Arab activist Yoseph Haddad takes the members of “Squad” to the task on their anti-Israeli rhetoric. (Photo: Elliot Jacobs)

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“In real apartheid, as in South Africa, everything was separated – transport, hospitals, land, sports, even walking on the sidewalks,” said Haddad. “But if you really come to Israel and see life here, it’s the complete opposite – 180 different degrees.”

“Stop talking about an emotional place-that’s exactly what the team is doing,” he continued. “Start talking about facts. Then you will realize that anyone who concludes that Israel is an apartheid state is a fool.”

The demonstrators meet at the gates of the University of Columbia, in support of the student demonstrators who barricaded themselves in Hamilton Hall, despite the orders of the University’s officials to dissolve or to face the suspension, during the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York, United States, April 30, 2024. (Reuters / David Dee Delgado)

He also mentioned a running -in that he had with a protester, whom he calls “useful idiots”.

They have no idea … Once, I read the Hamas Charter to a useful pro-Palestinian idiot, I read them, and I said that you accept that, and they said no, no, no, I didn’t know. And I said yes, but that’s what you support, and he had the Hamas headband on his head. You understand that this is what you support.

“He literally removed the group after that. Such useful idiots that you have a lot, not only in the United States, you can also see it in Europe.”

Memorial on the site of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 against the supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on Monday May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When he was asked what he believes that the Palestinians finally wish, Haddad stressed that slogans have often heard anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic demonstrations, such as “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “there is only one solution: the intifada revolution”.

“The majority of Palestinians do not want to live side by side with Israel,” said Haddad. “So when people talk about a two -state solution and the question of Israel’s commitment, I say: Do not ask the Israelis – ask the Palestinians. You will be shocked to find that many of them are not willing to accept it.”

Haddad stressed that history can be approached in several ways – through religious texts such as the Torah for the Jews, the Bible for Christians and the Koran for Muslims. Even those who are atheists can turn to history books for evidence of the deeply rooted connection of the Jewish people with the land of Israel.

Haddad argued that the Torah explicitly mentions the presence of Jews in Israel, retracing their presence of thousands of years. He also underlined the biblical reference instead of the birth of Jesus in the Jewish Bethlehem, contesting the idea that Palestinian Muslims have a historical claim on earth before the Jews.

Haddad noted that even if Jerusalem is never mentioned in the Koran, the term “son of Israel” appears more than 43 times. He also stressed that the name “Palestine” was imposed by the Romans as a punishment for the Kokhba bar revolt.

Students and others demonstrate during a demonstration outside the doors of the main campus of Columbia University in New York on April 21. (Reuters / Ryan Murphy)

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Haddad stressed that in 1947, the Arabs had the opportunity to establish a Palestinian state by the United Nations Plan, which the Jews accepted despite less land and less resources. However, the Arabs rejected the plan and chose to wage war. When the Jews came out victorious, 156,000 Arabs remained in what became Israel. Sharing his personal link with this story, Haddad explained that his grandfather was one of those Arabs who remained and who was finally part of the Israeli Arab identity.

“It is either you accept the fact that Israel exists and is there to stay, or you continue with this cycle of bloodshed and death that we are trying to escape,” said Haddad. “But those who suffer the most are you, the Palestinians, whether in the West Bank or Gaza.”

Several requests for comments sent to Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Omar representatives have not been returned.