Far-right activists disrupted a housewarming party in Pardes Hanna, where Hadash-Ta'al chairman MK Ayman Odeh was participating, after a viral message on social media invited the public to “blow up the event" on Tuesday.
The event organizers issued a statement where they claimed that the disruption “illustrates the violent culture that has become a symbol of the fascist right in recent times.”
“We will continue to stand strong, Jews and Arabs together, against the fascism that is raging in the country under the auspices of the government,” said Odeh in a statement.
He also added, “Even if they try to suppress us, silence us, and attack us - we will multiply, we will strengthen, and we will break through. We do not surrender to the fascists; we defeat the fascists.
And the only way to do this is through a courageous Jewish-Arab partnership, to defeat the fascists and those who feed them. Thank you to all the brave people who came to hear me. We will continue to stand strong."
Odeh kicked out of Knesset during Trump’s speech
Odeh was already in the eye of a political storm during US President Donald Trump's visit to Israel in October, when he was ousted from the Knesset after he held a sign that read "Recognize Palestine."
"That was very efficient," Trump said, as Odeh was escorted out by Knesset security alongside Ofer Cassif, an MK who is also from Hadash-Ta'al.
In response to his ejection from the Knesset, Odeh said that he had "raised the most basic demand, a demand that the entire international community agrees upon: To recognize a Palestinian state."
The same demand was made in September during the opening day of the Knesset’s winter session, when Odeh submitted a bill calling for Israel’s official recognition of a Palestinian state, in response to Australia, Canada, and the UK recognizing one.