'Squad' members 'decide to lie and twist facts' about Israel's history, says prominent Arab activist

Members of the Squad are undermining coexistence between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East Israeli-Arab activist Yoseph Haddad reported Fox News Digital Representatives of the Squad are trying to harm the coexistence and partnership that exist in the region between Arabs and Jews Haddad stated I think it was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself who mentioned she had no idea about the geopolitics of this region she s right Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib know exactly what s going on here but they decide to lie and twist the facts Haddad the CEO of Together Vouch for Each Other an organization founded in by young Israeli Arabs to bridge cultural and religious divides has emerged as a prominent voice in Israel s residents diplomacy efforts following Hamas Oct massacre Since the attack Jewish communities across the United States and Europe have faced a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents with pro-Hamas demonstrations appearing on college campuses as early as October LAWSUIT ALLEGES ANTI-ISRAEL GROUP LEADERS ARE 'HAMAS' FOOT SOLDIERS IN NEW YORK CITY' The first group is what I call the useful idiots people who have no idea what s going on but joined because it felt like the cool thing to do Haddad explained Then there are the paid protesters You see the same faces at different rallies holding different signs sometimes it s about LGBTQ issues sometimes it s pro-Palestinian sometimes it s about internal American problems It s invariably the same person just a different outfit and a different sign he continued And the third group the the bulk dangerous are the extremists who ve come from the Middle East Those are the ones we should be majority concerned about Haddad traced the rise of extremist voices in the West to waves of immigration and population displacement from conflict zones in the Middle East While the majority of Muslim immigrants fled persecution in search of a better life he noted a vocal minority brought with them the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood effectively holding their communities hostage When you have so multiple immigrants all around the world it s enough for or percent of them to be extremists and suddenly you re dealing with millions of extremists he reported Ostriches when there is a danger and there is a complication what they do is they stick their head in the sand thinking the complication will just pass because nobody will notice them he added And this is what the weak governments are doing right now becoming like an ostrich The only concern is that no one will skip them over it will make it easier to chop their heads off Addressing accusations that Israel enforces an apartheid system between Jews and Arabs Haddad rejected the comparison outright HARVARD DEAN'S COUNCIL MEMBER RESIGNS FROM POST AFTER LAWSUIT INDICATES HE 'AIDED AND ABETTED' HAMAS In real apartheid like in South Africa everything was segregated transportation hospitals courts sports even walking on the sidewalks Haddad reported But if you literally come to Israel and see life here it s the complete opposite degrees different Stop speaking from a place of emotion that s exactly what The Squad is doing he continued Start talking about facts Then you ll realize that anyone who concludes Israel is an apartheid state is an imbecile He also mentioned a run-in he had with a protester who he refers to as the useful idiots They have no clue One time I read the charter of Hamas to certain pro-Palestinian useful idiot I read it to them and I declared you agree to this and they announced no no no I didn t know that And I declared yes but this is what you are supporting and he had the headband of Hamas on his head You understand that this is what you are supporting He literally took the band off after that Such useful idiots like this you have a lot not just in the United States you can see it in Europe as well When petitioned what he believes the Palestinians ultimately want Haddad pointed to slogans often heard at anti-Israel and antisemitic protests such as From the river to the sea Palestine will be free and There is only one approach Intifada revolution The majority of Palestinians do not want to live side by side with Israel Haddad stated So when people talk about a two-state resolution and question Israel s commitment I say Don t ask the Israelis ask the Palestinians You ll be shocked to find that a multitude of of them aren t willing to accept it Haddad pointed out that history can be approached in multiple procedures through religious texts like the Torah for Jews the Bible for Christians and the Quran for Muslims Even those who are atheists can look to history books for evidence of the deep-rooted connection of the Jewish people to the land of Israel Haddad argued that the Torah explicitly mentions the presence of Jews in Israel tracing their presence back thousands of years He also highlighted the Biblical reference to the birthplace of Jesus in Jewish Bethlehem challenging the notion that Palestinian Muslims have a historical claim to the land before the Jews Haddad noted that while Jerusalem is never mentioned in the Quran the term sons of Israel appears more than times He also emphasized that the name Palestine was imposed by the Romans as a punishment for the Bar Kokhba revolt Haddad highlighted that in Arabs had the opportunity to establish a Palestinian state through the U N Partition Plan which the Jews accepted despite receiving less land and fewer support However the Arabs rejected the plan and opted to wage war When the Jews emerged victorious Arabs remained within what became Israel Sharing his personal connection to this history Haddad explained that his grandfather was one of those Arabs who stayed and eventually became part of the Arab Israeli identity It s either you accept the fact that Israel exists and is here to stay or you continue with this cycle of bloodshed and death that we are trying to escape stated Haddad But the ones who will suffer the the bulk are you the Palestinians whether in the West Bank or Gaza Several requests for comment sent to Reps Ocasio-Cortez Tlaib and Omar were not returned