Pro-Israel Arab-Israeli panelist removed as Oxford Union votes that Israel is ‘apartheid state’ carrying out genocide

Prominent pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian speakers gathered at the Oxford Union yesterday evening to debate whether or not “Israel is an apartheid state responsible for the genocide” of Palestinians, as hundreds of protesters were said to have congregated outside.

The debate at England’s Oxford University was held under tight security and ended with the union voting 278:59 in favor of the proposition that Israel is an apartheid state that is committing genocide.

Arguing in favor of Israel were British lawyer Natasha Hausdorff, British journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti, Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad and ex-Hamas member turned Israeli spy Mosab Hassan Yousef.

On the other side of the debate were US political scientist and anti-Israel activist Norman Finkelstein, Israeli-American activist and author Miko Peled, Palestinian-American author Susan Abulhawa, and Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd.

The debate devolved into a shouting match between the speakers and the audience at one point, and Haddad was removed from the stage after a verbal altercation with attendees.

Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad was kicked out of an Oxford Union debate on Thursday as speakers debated a motion titled, “This House Believes Israel Is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide.” pic.twitter.com/XnO5bJCW6I

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) November 29, 2024

In a post on X following the debate, Yousef accuses the Oxford Union of being “controlled by terrorist supporters.”

“Last night I asked the participants and pro ‘Palestine’ opponents during a debate at Oxford Union if they would have reported Hamas plans to authorities to prevent October 7 massacre,” he writes. “75% of the participants voted they would have chosen not to report Hamas plans to the authorities.”

Oxford Union is controlled by terrorist supporters.

Last night I asked the participants and pro “Palestine” opponents during a debate at Oxford Union if they would have reported Hamas plans to authorities to prevent October 7 massacre;

75% of the participants voted they… pic.twitter.com/qGd0snfAsn

— Mosab Hassan Yousef (@MosabHasanYOSEF) November 29, 2024