An Israeli-Arab activist is calling out the progressive "Squad" for peddling falsehoods about Israel’s history, accusing them of fueling division and extremism. Yoseph Haddad, a prominent voice for Arab-Jewish unity, didn’t mince words when slamming lawmakers such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib, as Fox News reports. Their anti-Israel rhetoric, he argues, undermines decades of coexistence efforts in the Middle East.
Haddad, CEO of Together Vouch for Each Other, an organization founded in 2018 to foster harmony between Israeli Arabs and Jews, claims the Squad’s narrative distorts reality and stokes antisemitism. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal attack, killing scores and sparking a wave of pro-Hamas demonstrations across Western college campuses by Oct. 8. These events, Haddad says, exposed the dangerous spread of extremist ideologies in the West.
Jewish communities in the U.S. and Europe faced a sharp uptick in antisemitic incidents following the Hamas massacre. Haddad points to a vocal minority of Muslim immigrants, some carrying the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology, as a key driver of this hostility. He warns that weak Western governments are ignoring the problem, acting like ostriches with their heads in the sand.
Haddad identifies three types of protesters fueling anti-Israel sentiment: the clueless, the paid, and the dangerous. The “useful idiots,” as he calls them, join protests blindly, swayed by trendy causes without grasping the stakes. He quipped, “They’ll wear a Hamas headband, then recoil when you read them the group’s charter.”
Paid protesters, Haddad notes, are professional agitators who jump from one rally to another, swapping signs for cash. “You see the same faces,” he said, “just a different outfit and a different sign.” These opportunists, he argues, dilute genuine discourse with their rented outrage.
The most alarming group, according to Haddad, are extremists from Middle East conflict zones who have imported their radical views. He estimates that even if only 10 to 20 percent of immigrants hold such beliefs, that’s still millions of potential threats. This, he says, is a ticking time bomb Western leaders are dodging.
Haddad dismantles the Squad’s claims of Israeli apartheid by pointing to history. In 1947, the U.N. Partition Plan offered Arabs a Palestinian state, which Jews accepted despite getting less land and fewer resources. Arabs, however, rejected it and chose war, a decision that shaped the region’s trajectory.
After the 1947 war, 156,000 Arabs, including Haddad’s grandfather, stayed and became part of Israel’s diverse society. “In real apartheid, everything was segregated,” Haddad said, referencing South Africa’s past. “But in Israel, it’s the complete opposite -- Arabs and Jews share hospitals, courts, even sidewalks.”
The activist also challenges the Squad’s historical revisionism. The term “Palestine” was a Roman imposition to punish Jews after the Bar Kokhba revolt, he notes. Meanwhile, the Torah and Bible affirm Jewish ties to the land, with Bethlehem as Jesus’ birthplace, and the Quran mentions the “sons of Israel” over 43 times.
Haddad accuses Squad members like Omar and Tlaib of knowingly twisting facts to push an anti-Israel agenda. “They decide to lie,” he said, contrasting their approach with Ocasio-Cortez’s admitted ignorance of the region’s geopolitics. Such distortions, he argues, fan the flames of division and extremism.
“Stop speaking from a place of emotion,” Haddad urged, slamming the Squad’s rhetoric as fact-free. He insists that anyone labeling Israel an apartheid state is either misinformed or dishonest. The activist’s blunt call for facts over feelings cuts through the progressive fog like a knife.
Haddad’s personal story adds weight to his critique. His grandfather’s choice to stay in Israel after 1947 shaped his family’s identity as proud Arab Israelis. This lived experience, he says, exposes the Squad’s narrative as a betrayal of the region’s complex reality.
The activist also questions the feasibility of a two-state solution, pointing the finger at the Palestinian leadership. “Don’t ask the Israelis -- ask the Palestinians,” he said, noting that many reject coexistence with Israel. This reluctance, he argues, perpetuates a cycle of violence that harms Palestinians most.
“The majority of Palestinians do not want to live side by side with Israel,” Haddad stated. He warns that without accepting Israel’s existence, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank will continue to suffer. The Squad’s silence on this, he suggests, reveals their selective outrage.
Haddad’s message is clear: truth must trump ideology. By ignoring history and stoking division, the Squad risks escalating tensions both in the Middle East and the West. His call for honest dialogue is a sharp rebuke to woke posturing that thrives on distortion.
