"Who are you trying to fool?": Yoseph Haddad speaks out against Mansour Abbas

Advocacy activist Yoseph Haddad shared on Tuesday on his Instagram account a clip from an interview held on the program "Be-hatzi Ha-yom" ("At Midday") hosted by Esti Perez, where Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas was a guest. During the interview, Perez asked: "Can you say full-throatedly 'Hamas is a terrorist organization that committed a massacre of Israeli citizens, Jews and Arabs, on October 7th and must be eliminated?'" – but Abbas did not provide a clear answer.

At the beginning of the video he published, Haddad answered the question himself: "Unequivocally yes." Afterwards, Abbas's reaction was shown, saying: "You know Esti, this issue is constantly being raised and people are looking for traps." Perez replied: "These are not traps," and Abbas requested: "Just let me give an answer," but as mentioned, did not answer the question clearly.

Later, Haddad attacked the Knesset member:

"He is lying, he is afraid. There is no reconciliation, they must be destroyed completely. You and I are Arab citizens in the State of Israel. I say before the entire public in three languages 'Hamas is a terrorist organization', and you cannot manage to say it. Who are you trying to fool?"

As recalled, just a few weeks ago, Haddad also sharply attacked the chairman of "Yashar!", Gadi Eisenkot, following an interview in which he clarified that he does not rule out sitting in a coalition with Mansour Abbas. Haddad claimed that Eisenkot used his name to justify the possibility of a partnership with Abbas, and wondered if the comparison between him and Abbas stems from the fact that they are both Arabs.

"After all, apart from the Arab identity, we have nothing in common. You are a Golani soldier, Gadi – so am I. You are comparing a Golani soldier who is an IDF disabled veteran to someone who is unable to call Hamas a terrorist organization?", he said. He further claimed that since he founded an Arab-Israeli organization that works for partnership and advocacy for Israel – there is no similarity between him and the path of Ra'am: "There is nothing that connects me to Mansour Abbas, and let no one try to whitewash and legitimize him on my back."