Haddad explains his change Rejects Palestinian state

Oct 4

In a complete direct-to-camera statement, Yoseph Haddad says an old Saudi-television interview resurfaced the previous day and alleges its timing was deliberate. He describes the interview as more than five and a half years old, before Guardian of the Walls and October 7, and recalls believing that proud Arab Israelis taking key positions and participating in negotiations could help end the conflict. He says his attitude toward Palestinians and any prospect of peace changed during Guardian of the Walls, when he saw Palestinians and extremist Arab Israelis setting streets ablaze. He calls the October 7 perpetrators 'Palestinian Nazis' and argues that the massacre should have convinced others to abandon such hopes. Haddad describes his advocacy work and claims Palestinians threaten him and brand him a collaborator and traitor. He rejects the campaign against him, declares firm opposition to a Palestinian state as an existential danger, supports Amcha Yisrael under Ofer Winter and its goal of voluntary emigration from Gaza, and pledges that as a prospective public diplomacy minister he would work to end support for Palestinian statehood. The chronology of his change of views, threats and campaign allegations are his account; the recording does not independently establish them.

On October 4, 2026, Amcha Yisrael Knesset candidate Yoseph Haddad publicly released a clarification after an older Saudi-television interview resurfaced. He says his earlier hope that Arab-Israeli participation in negotiations could help end the conflict gave way during Guardian of the Walls to rejection of peace with Palestinians and Palestinian statehood. He declares current opposition to a Palestinian state, describes it as an existential danger, supports his party's goal of voluntary emigration from Gaza and pledges to oppose statehood through public diplomacy if he becomes minister. He also alleges deliberately timed campaigning against him and Palestinian threats. These are attributed positions, allegations and an account of his own change of views, not verified threat findings, a government decision or a ministerial appointment.