Trump's Knesset address interrupted by Palestinian statehood protest

President Donald Trump’s address to Israel’s Knesset on Monday was briefly interrupted when two Arab Israeli lawmakers unfurled protest signs and were removed from the chamber as the U.S. president visited to mark the release of the remaining living hostages and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas. The visit, in Jerusalem, preceded a planned summit in Egypt aimed at consolidating the truce and planning Gaza’s reconstruction.

The protesters, Knesset members Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif of the Hadash alliance, held up banners calling for recognition of a Palestinian state and chanted slogans denouncing the situation in Gaza. Security personnel escorted them out after a brief disturbance, and Mr. Trump, who paused momentarily, then quipped, "That was very efficient," before continuing his remarks. Both lawmakers later posted on social media defending the action, with Odeh saying he had been expelled for demanding recognition of Palestine and Cassif saying the protest sought to demand justice.

In his roughly hourlong address, Mr. Trump urged Israeli leaders to translate battlefield gains into a broader regional peace, saying Israel had "won all that they can by force of arms" and...