Haddad absent from Amcha Yisrael ad day after Winter's support

Yosef Haddad, who holds the number-two spot on the Amcha Yisrael list, was absent today (Monday) from a major party advertisement, just one day after he was forced to clarify past statements in which he supported the establishment of a Palestinian state.

According to a report in Yisrael Hayom, a formal advertisement distributed by the party presented its proposal for a "special commission of inquiry" into the events of October 7. The ad featured four senior figures from the party list, but Haddad was omitted and did not appear among them.

The conspicuous absence comes after the exposure of a 2021 interview Haddad gave to the Al-Arabiya network, in which he said that the final solution is a Palestinian state. Following the publication, Haddad issued a detailed clarification and claimed that he changed his worldview after Operation Guardian of the Walls and now firmly opposes a Palestinian state.

Only yesterday, the party and its chairman, Ofer Winter, stood in Haddad's defense. The party clarified that the material in question was old archival footage, and Winter declared that he is proud of Haddad, rejected calls for his removal, and said that anyone who has not changed their positions after October 7 is ignorant and foolish. Winter emphasized that the party does not intend to throw brothers under the bus and called on Haddad to continue working with all his strength for Israel.

However, less than a day after the emphatic statement of support, the major policy proposal the party presented to the public was published without the image of the number-two on the list, raising many questions in the political system about his actual standing in the party.