Ayman Odeh

There are only two Israeli Knesset members, only two, that called us to offer their condolescence.

You would be surprised or not to know that there were Arab members of the Knesset, Ahmad Tibi and Ayman Odeh.

No one else called us.

No one else came.

There were many incidents of violence in the streets against us.

Ayman Odeh, was the chair of our list in the last Knesset.

And we were almost lynched in a demonstration, by the way, in support of the families of the hostages.

We were almost lynched and no one was arrested.

And Israel is voting on October 27th.

In May, Hadash held primaries.

Ayman Odeh, who led the party, is stepping down.

Aida Tumas Dayman, who was also a guest on the show, is stepping down after 11 years.

So after October 7th, there were only two Knesset members, MPs, that approached my family and offered their condolences.

And there were Arab Knesset members, Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi.

And there was one ex-parliament member, Sami Abushkadeh, who just today was disqualified.

by the Knesset from running in the next election, and I'm using my social media presence and profile to stand in solidarity with Sami Abushkade.

But he really came unto the Israeli establishment consciousness a few years later in 2015, where he very publicly and on primetime news media expelled...

Ayman Odeh, at the time the newly elected head of the Joint List, the Joint Palestinian List Parliament, expelled him, as it were, from Nazareth after a demonstration against the bombardment of Gaza.

OK.

And the message was very clear by Ali Salaam, the newly elected mayor.

And because of the breakup of the other parties, they ended up being the largest single party outside government.

And that meant that in theory that their leader, who was Ayman Odeh, he would be the leader of the opposition.

The leader of the opposition is not just a random person.

This is an official position in Israel.