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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

20 days

What being pro-Palestine means to me / my platform: I'm passionately, unequivocally, and without hesitation, a proponent of the Palestinian people’s just and urgent aspirations for self-determination, liberation, sovereignty, and safety. I grew up in Gaza, where I experienced…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

9 days

I went to the UCLA campus last night and spent a few hours there before the police dispersed the encampment. I wanted to see the pro-Palestine student protests for myself and get a sense of the atmosphere, energy, and students, as well as the movement's focus and the desired…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

🧵1/17 I just listened to a live Twitter discussion in Arabic hosted by multiple Palestinian dissidents & activists, many from #Gaza , titled: "Gazan perspectives trample the opinions of Twitter Mujahideen." They tore into #Hamas & offered opinions on the war in Gaza. Key points:

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

4 months

Scary Zionist doctors & nurses? I have significant asymmetric hearing loss in my left ear from an IDF bombing that almost killed me in Gaza as an 11-year-old & killed two friends of mine (I’ve talked about this incident in past pieces that were published). This injury still…

saira rao 🍉

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Realizing how many American doctors and nurses are Zionists and genuinely terrified for Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, South Asian and Black patients — even more than usual. And usually it’s bad.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

11 days

How much more of a revolutionary cosplayer do you have to be to forcefully occupy a building, create an artificial "blockade" against yourself, and then demand "humanitarian aid" to be allowed in after a mere 12 hours because you're concerned about starving and dehydrating "to…

The Post Millennial

@TPostMillennial

11 days

Reporter grills Columbia student after she demands the university help feed protestors occupying Hamilton Hall: "It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'."

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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30 days

Aside from the embarrassing entitlement/self-righteousness of this Berkeley law student & how ineffective/unhelpful many pro-Palestine activists & students are, the way in which the Arab & Muslim communities are becoming single-issue activists & voters risks permanent alienation…

Laura Powell

@LauraPowellEsq

1 month

This clip shows the protester was asked to leave repeatedly and refused, even after the homeowners threatened to call police. She held on to the mic, risking pulling an older woman down. She said that because she was a Muslim women, she could not be touched.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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15 days

The irony of Hamas’s willingness now to accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders after wasting three decades and thousands of Palestinian lives, only to come full circle back to what the PLO/Palestinian Authority was working towards during the Oslo Peace Process in the…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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1 month

You've probably seen this video of a Jewish man and woman offering Muslim worshippers dates outside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Ramadan. This beautiful gesture shows the possibility of coexistence between the two people at an individual level - I mean, it's incredibly…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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17 days

I'm disappointed & frustrated with the statement by Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (who blocked me despite having never interacted with them). In it, they reaffirm the right of armed resistance, an explicit endorsement of Hamas and October 7 & the “all means…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3 months

Terrible mistakes, horrible leaders: Why wasn’t a Palestinian State established between 1948 and 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza, which were controlled by Jordan and Egypt, respectively? There were no settlements, and East Jerusalem was under Arab control. Even if the Palestinian…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3 months

I was able to privately view multiple clips of Oct. 7 that are not publicly available (bodycam/CCTV footage), showing Hamas's grotesque crimes against Israeli civilians. This included mass executions, beheadings, setting buildings and shelters on fire with people inside, shooting…

Sulaiman Ahmed

@ShaykhSulaiman

3 months

BREAKING: HAMAS OFFICIAL STATEMENT “Video clips taken on that day – Oct. 7 – along with the testimonies by Israelis themselves that were released later showed that the Al-Qassam Brigades’ fighters didn’t target civilians, and many Israelis were killed by the Israeli army and…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

Why are some "pro-Israel" folks gleefully celebrating my family's murder & sharing incredibly hurtful & shameful comments on my posts? Questioning that the deaths are real, saying they didn't happen? Seriously? So it's bad when Hamas apologists question Oct. 7 atrocities but ok…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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4 months

What about Zionism? Most Palestinians believe that their traumatic lived experience is the direct result of Zionism & the Zionist project. My grandparents were pushed out of their homes in 1948, and I very much carry a generational trauma from their displacement. However, so many…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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21 days

If you support the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and self-determination, please stop talking about “globalizing the Intifada” – I lived through the Second Intifada in Gaza, and I swear it was deadly, violent, painful, scary and I, along with many others, almost lost our…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

Why do so many who allege to care about Palestinians refuse to acknowledge that Hamas genuinely & sincerely doesn't care about the safety, life or well-being of Gaza's civilians & that the group could care less if the Israeli military wipes out entire families or neighborhoods?

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

3 months

Peace of the Brave? When I was 11 years old in Gaza, I remember a particularly deadly Hamas suicide bombing in Israel in 2001. Soon after, a news conference was held by Yasser Arafat in which he called for de-escalation and asked Hamas to stop undermining the Palestinian…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

Serious Q: why can't activists/protesters support Palestinian rights to the max while also calling on Hamas to accept current ceasefire proposals & sacrifice some of its demands to stop the war in Gaza asap? Why are no demands/chants directed at Hamas which can stop Gazans' pain?

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

Hamas continues to criminally & recklessly play roulette with the fate of 2.3 million Gazans by not accepting current ceasefire terms that even its chief backer, Qatar, is pressuring the group to take. It is well understood that a 6-week ceasefire will likely lead to a…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

Hamas is not thrilled about food airdrops in Gaza for two reasons: #1 Less opportunities to steal & redirect some of the aid/resell it for money or impose taxes; #2 Efforts to lessen the suffering of Gazans go against the group's strategy to use civilians' suffering as leverage.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

A bittersweet reunion after 5 years of separation. My mom is out of Gaza but she's lost half of her family including siblings, nieces, nephews & cousins, over two dozen in a single Israeli airstrike on Rafah, in addition to losing her house in Gaza City and being homeless, with…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

I spoke to an Israeli hostage who was released from Hamas's captivity early in the war; god as my witness, she expressed so much compassion/empathy for Gazans & their suffering that I almost forgot she was a former hostage violently captured on October 7th. Never give up on…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

Common ground and shared humanity amidst war and despair: In recent weeks, I have been speaking with Judith Raanan, an Israeli American hostage who was released from Hamas’s captivity early on in the war. Only a few days ago, Judith came out publicly to describe her experience as…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

5/17 This begs a damning question that so many are asking: what's the point of Hamas's violence & wars over the past decades, particularly the past 17 years in Gaza? All the death & destruction have brought the Palestinians absolutely no gains, achievements, or tangible results

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

My mother's family house in Rafah, southern #Gaza , was just entirely leveled by an #IDF raid with at least 50 people inside including my aunts & uncles. Dozens have been killed including 3 nieces & nephew (6, 4 & 2 yo), multiple severe injuries, & many unaccounted for 💔

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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1 month

Even with a blockade, Gaza was a beautiful place worthy of preserving, building, maintaining, and protecting from destruction. I've been speaking to dozens of Gazans & their families over the past few days, and not one of them thinks favorably of the criminal terror group Hamas,…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3 months

Some updates and reports from contacts in Rafah/Gaza: 1. Hamas is reportedly digging several contingency tunnels into Egypt to prepare for the escape of a large number of its upper-level commanders, members, leaders, and administrators in the event of a full Israeli ground…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

11 days

How much more of a revolutionary cosplayer do you have to be to forcefully occupy a building, create an artificial "blockade" against yourself, and then demand "humanitarian aid" to be allowed in after a mere 12 hours because you're concerned about starving and dehydrating "to…

The Post Millennial

@TPostMillennial

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Reporter grills Columbia student after she demands the university help feed protestors occupying Hamilton Hall: "It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'."

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

11/17 As for "Twitter Mujahideen" & Hamas enthusiasts who are ill-informed, misguided, ignorant, lack detailed info/understanding, & mindlessly cheer on armed resistance, they can't register that the group's actions led to needless loss of life & land; the opposite of liberation

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

Being against #Hamas does not make me "pro-Zionist"; opposing a futile armed "resistance" project that's gotten Palestinians nowhere for 75 years doesn't make me a "coward"; rejecting violence against all civilians, including Israelis, doesn't make me a "sellout"; having a…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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1 month

It's difficult to understate just how truly evil & monstrous Hamas's leadership is. Within the past few days, the group's leaders rejected a provisional ceasefire deal that would have entailed a viable exchange framework for releasing Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners;…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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19 days

I support university students' right to free speech, freedom of expression & peaceful assembly. I detest and reject expressions of or calls for violence, hate, ignorance, or demonization of any type/kind in the name of supporting Gaza & the Palestinian people. You cannot protest…

Barak Ravid

@BarakRavid

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The protesters chant: "Burn Tel Aviv to the ground"

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

2/17 Psychopathic factions within Hamas, led by Sinwar & al-Deif, launched the Oct. 7 attack thinking that Iran, Shia militias & Hezbollah would launch a full-on regional war against Israel/its allies. Instead, the group was left to fend for itself; its backers gave faint support

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

I refuse to give up on seeking peace, coexistence, reconciliation, allyship, bridge building & common ground with Israelis & Jews who want to pursue a shared future based on equality, mutual acknowledgement/trust, and just security and safety. Both people need each other 🙏🏼❤️☮️🕊️

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

13/17 "Twitter Mujahideen" haven't experienced life under Hamas & the associated death, horrendous quality of life, & social/religious/political repression. So many leftists/pro-Palestine advocates are choosing to ignore loud/documented Gazan voices that oppose useless resistance

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

8/17 Hamas's armed resistance is aimless, useless, meaningless & politically directionless; the group uses slick propaganda to sell illusions & "resistance porn" to its people & hide its failures and role in the annihilation of Gaza through its miscalculations & poor decisions

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

14/17 Hamas has brainwashed a whole generation of Palestinians into believing empty resistance slogans & rhetoric while members/leaders of the group have enriched themselves, weakened their people's cause, served despicable regional players, & brought repeated disasters onto Gaza

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3 months

Some pro-Palestine folks are losing their mind over my last post detailing how to protect Gaza’s 1.4 million civilians sheltering in Rafah before the initiation of the IDF’s inevitable ground invasion of the coastal enclave’s southernmost city. They think that I’m…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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15 days

The protesters have taken “an extremist, maximalist, inflammatory, unreasonable, & totally illogical approach which is harmful to the pro-Palestinian cause,” wrote Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestinian analyst who has lost a staggering 31 members of his family

Most Jews and Palestinians want peace. Extremists, narcissists and other ‘allies’ only block the...

Both sides are beset by those who think their words and deeds bring peace closer. Instead they make a better future harder to attain, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

4 months

Smothered & Suppressed Gazan Voices & Perspectives. I spent hours today listening in on multiple 'Twitter Spaces' in Arabic with diverse Palestinian voices, including those of Gazans in and outside of the coastal enclave. Many vehemently opposed Hamas, while others supported…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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4 months

Where are the Hamas military uniforms? Before the war in Gaza, Hamas’s military parades and propaganda regularly showed its fighters in fancy militant uniforms, fatigues, and camouflage outfits, all while wearing helmets, patches, boots, pads, and gear that easily identifies…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

What a horrible, immoral, despicable, and truly grotesque take that justifies atrocities and war crimes by Hamas in the name of “resistance” by someone who really outta know better by now. I’ll tell you a little bit about psychopathy: - Suicidal adventurism by Hamas that is far…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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12 days

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Columbia & Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) have truly lost the plot. As Rafah is about to be invaded, they choose to engage in this destructive, headline-grabbing action that will taint the entirety of pro-Palestine activism…

Oliya Scootercaster 🛴

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#NOW Glass doors into Hamilton Hall inside Columbia were smashed up, protesters stormed in occupying the building, barricading doors with metal gates, blocking entrances with wooden tables and chairs, and zip-tying doors shut.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

6/17 Instead of being a viable component of the Palestinian national project, Hamas made the worst possible strategic decision, which was to align itself with murderous sectarian backers such as Iran, Syria's Assad & Hezbollah, in addition to nefarious Muslim Brotherhood partners

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3 months

Gaza's women are just like any other women: they are wives, lovers, partners and feminine beings with desires, interests, drives and needs. The mocking of their lingerie by dozens of IDF soldiers isn't just a depraved and childish act; it's indicative of a dehumanization trend in…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

I had the immense pleasure of meeting & working with Maoz Inon ( @maozinon ) in person, a man whom I'm honored to call a friend & a brother. Both of his parents were murdered on Oct 7 by Hamas, yet here he is, giving healing, reconciliation & peace his total energy. We discussed…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

A sad & painful 🧵1/ Let there be no doubt: the #IDF is guilty of a heinous war crime when it unjustifiably bombed my family's home in Rafah, southern #Gaza , & killed over 30 people, including 9 children. There were no armed clashes, ground troops, or verified presence of #Hamas .

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

16/17 Another Hamas lie to justify why it attacked on Oct. 7 is its claim that the assault was preemptive because Israel was going to strike Gaza, a complete falsehood & fabrication; Before the attack, Gaza was demonstrably a low priority for Israel vis-a-vis the West Bank & Iran

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

Hamas opposes airdrops, doesn't support the humanitarian maritime corridor/seaport & isn't interested in a 6-week ceasefire deal that could possibly end the war. Yet, they always call for more aid to be sent to Gaza. Maybe Hamas is only interested in the aid it can siphon/steal?

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

4 months

I strongly condemn the horrible terror attack in Ra'anana north of Tel Aviv today, and any attempt to equate this sick depravity with resistance. Random acts of violence against civilians, including women and children, are truly grotesque; shame on anyone attempting to lionize…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

My friend Hamza just left #Gaza a few months ago. Twice, he was viciously arrested & tortured by #Hamas 's police for a Facebook post & participating in a protest demanding better living conditions. We can't ignore hundreds of thousands like him who want a political change in Gaza

Hamza🇵🇸

@HowidyHamza

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@EvilNiki Lots of us are against what Hamas is doing, none of us can talk about it especially if we want to live in Gaza, Criticizing Hamas is enough for them to kill us

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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4 months

A costly desire to be different. Academic/intellectual terrorists like Ghada Sasa ( @sasa_ghada ) remind us why the pro-Palestine movement is going down the toilet and is destined to fail unless a new wave of intellectual diversity is injected into it. This violent person doesn't…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

1 month

Not in my name! Six months ago, Hamas’s dark lords in Gaza decided to unleash a horrendous attack against Israeli communities around the coastal enclave in what is known as the “Gaza Envelope.” Initially, and to many, it appeared as if that was an assault on military targets…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

4 months

I talk to many pro-Palestine, anti-Hamas folks who privately express their deep disdain for the Islamist terror group that has destroyed the Palestinian national project & gotten our people needlessly killed, but who nevertheless share their fear, doubt, trepidation, and…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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12/17 It is easy for Hamas & "resistance" enthusiasts or "Twitter Mujahideen" in the West Bank, the Arab/Muslim world, & Western countries to overlook the dubiousness, ruthlessness, & violence of Hamas towards its own people in Gaza & how it has served extremist Israeli interests

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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I’ve been incredibly depressed, distraught, sad, and upset since reading yesterday’s detailed report on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the IDF’s targeting apparatus during the war in Gaza. The killing of over 31 family members of mine in Gaza City and Rafah (the two…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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2 months

Motaz Azaiza, the Palestinian photojournalist from Gaza who helped show the world the horrific impact of the war on civilians, was beloved by so many when he documented the devastation & death that decimated the people of Gaza. Now that he's out of Gaza, and because he deviated…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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5 months

Please don't follow me if you're simply looking for a Gazan token that reinforces your beliefs. While I'm fiercely anti-Hamas & their immoral/disastrous actions, I'm motivated by a desire to see Palestinians obtain justice & freedom, especially from Israeli occupation & violence.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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4/17 Ironically, Hamas politburo now supports arrangements that are identically similar to what Arafat/the PA/PLO had on the table 30 years ago, namely a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with Hamas de facto recognizing that such a state would live next to a Jewish Israel

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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9/17 Had Hamas known the extent of the damage that would befall its people, it likely would not have launched the Oct. 7 attack. Yet the group is still responsible for extricating its people from the war by releasing Israeli hostages, its leaders leaving Gaza, or even disarming

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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The past 24 hours have entailed the most intense & horrendous wave of attacks, threats, harassment, and abuse against me by those who allege to be “pro-Palestine” activists, particularly after the publishing of my latest piece in the Atlantic. This is nothing new, and I’m not in…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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Yaser Abu Hilala, former Al Jazeera Arabic managing director & overt supporter of Hamas/the Muslim Brotherhood, has revealed that according to a "Hamas investigation", the Al Shifa Hospital 'rape by IDF troops' allegations were made up, despite Al Jazeera publishing that account.

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◾️◾️تبين من خلال تحقيقات حركة حماس إن قصة اغتصاب النساء في #مستشفى_الشفاء مختلقة، طبعا العدو لم يتورع عن جريمة إبادة . ◾️◾️بررت السيدة التي تحدثت عن الاغتصاب مبالغتها وحديثها غير الصحيح بأن الهدف أستثارة حمية الأمة ونخوتها ! وكأن أكثر من ثلاثين ألف شهيد وتسعين ألف جريح ونحو…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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A faceless, pro-terror, antisemitic account that's regularly referred to as the "Nazi Squirrel" due to its virulent antisemitism has been on a mission to simp for Hamas & the resistance while attacking Palestinians who dare question the dominant narrative or, at the very least,…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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"Since October 7, Alkhatib has embarked on a one-man social media campaign to discredit Hamas, draw attention to the human plight of the majority of Gazans who are not involved with terror, & call for mutual recognition between Palestinians and Israelis."

US-based Gazan peace activist calls on Palestinians to abandon armed resistance narrative

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib has long advocated for Palestinians to adopt a pragmatic approach for their cause: 'How many wars will we go through before we try something different?'

www.timesofisrael.com

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My latest piece with the Forward: The left must stop apologizing for Hamas. I describe the group's conduct in Gaza, its greed, values & how it is a major obstacle to Palestinian freedom, effective resistance & progress. Please read before commenting 📖

The left must stop apologizing for Hamas

The contemporary left-wing slide into Hamas apologism is not only abhorrent, but not aligned with the goals of Palestinian liberation.

forward.com

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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I'm sorry, if you criticize Hamas for fighting in civilian clothes in Gaza (which I do & think it's a horrendous war crime), you can't casually justify Israeli special forces entering a hospital in medical, civilian & even female outfits to carry out an assassination. It's not…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3 months

From the river to the sea, only peace will set us free

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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They're still alive! I received confirmation that my family members who've been trapped at the Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, are still alive. This includes my quadriplegic first cousin Israa Alkhatib, her two children Riyad and Rafif, her younger sister Sabreen,…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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This demagogic, embarrassing & aggressive behavior is a detrimental staple in "pro-Palestine" activism in the Arab & Western worlds - and will not promote the cause or move it forward. Harassing a Muslim family in Brussels, Belgium & wishing them ill & harm simply for drinking…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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15/17 The unfolding disastrous war will forever change Gaza's societal & political landscape, which is scarred by destruction & 70,000 dead/wounded/missing people. Gazans will forever blame Hamas, which must be held accountable & can never be allowed to gamble with its people

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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3/17 Hamas's political leadership who are primarily outside of Gaza were not informed about the impending attack, partly due to internal competition for power, leaving the group scrambling to put out coherent & unified messages to justify Oct. 7 & articulate a desired endgame

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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Another example of why a substantial number of "pro-Palestine" activists are serious imbeciles who are rage-filled, hateful, ignorant, irritated bunches of noise. Here, they're harassing an establishment belonging to a guy who literally just airdropped food & medicine in Gaza.

Jason Curtis Anderson

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Palestine protestors are banging on the window of Zaytina, owned by chef Jose Andres, who CURRENTLY provides food aid in Gaza. This is just more proof that the Palestine protests are just anarchist idiots.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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As I've said repeatedly, Gazans are turning against Hamas in droves & are terrified of an end to the war that leaves the group in charge of their fate & future. Hamas systematically & elaborately steals aid, including tents, food & humanitarian supplies, to take care of its…

Center for Peace Communications

@PeaceComCenter

2 months

Gazan civilians in Rafah: "We don't want Hamas rule to return ever again — whether as an absolute ruler or even as part of a post-war government." Watch them explain why.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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What have students, many of whom are sincere, at Columbia Univ. actually achieved except distract from what's happening in Gaza, allow overt pro-Hamas voices to take over, inflame tensions, worsen divisions, platform wild narcissists & make pro-Palestine activism even more toxic?

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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It was strange to see so many "anti-war" proponents of an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza warmonger & rejoice about Iran's strikes on Israel without realizing the real risks & vast implications, including the end of calls for conditioning military aid to Israel after a…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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Any Palestinian who vocally opposes Hamas or its rule is inevitably going to attract interest from a diverse spectrum of pro-Israel individuals who want to see & hear exactly this view from Palestinians. This does not and should never delegitimize opposition to Hamas. This…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

7/17 Most detrimentally to the Palestinian cause, Hamas gave Qatar & in recent years, Turkey, undue access to key files/issues, harming Gaza, undermining Palestinian unity, empowering narrow political ends, & bolstering expansionist Islamist aspirations of the Muslim Brotherhood

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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If you cheer on Iran's strikes on Israel, remember that in addition to Jewish Israelis, Arabs, Palestinians, Muslims & Christians could lose their lives in the attack. Iranian projectiles endanger Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus, Amman, Lebanon, Syria & Iraq. War's not an online game

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

3 months

I can maybe understand why some Palestinians are reluctant/hesitant to acknowledge Hamas' crimes against Israeli civilians on Oct 7. After all, most Gazans & Palestinians (due to propaganda) don't believe that Israeli civilians were targeted/killed on that day. But the torrential…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

Hamas has succeeded in deterring Gaza's clans and prominent families from acting in any way that undermines the group's de jure control as a governing entity. Recently, Hamas killed a significant figure in a large clan in Northern Gaza, claiming that this man and his followers…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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Dear Hasbara warriors and unhinged “pro-Israel” folks on social media, It is a fact that some of you are just as awful, hateful, crazed, maniacal, rude, disrespectful, dehumanizing, and unpleasant as some of the extreme “pro-Palestine” folks who regularly attack me. While I…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

10/17 Despite all of its corruption, incompetence & impotence, the Palestinian Authority has largely been a net positive for its people, and without it, the Palestinian national project would disintegrate. The PA was right to prevent the West Bank from being engulfed in violence

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

3 months

Putin, the butcher of Ukrainians & the killer of so many Russians, feels bad for Gazans' suffering; Iran, a misogynistic theocracy, allowed a porn star to visit the nation that kills non-hijabi women; Houthis, a slave-owning group, are disrupting global trade & holding Yemenis…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

After all the death/destruction that Hamas has brought upon Gaza, the group's repression of Gazans, its disregard for their safety/well-being & its role in enabling Netanyahu's anti-Palestinian plans/designs, you really can only be pro-Palestine if you're unequivocally anti-Hamas

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

I cannot believe that a global humanitarian NGO like Oxfam would oppose airdrops to get food/aid to desperate & starving/famished civilians in Gaza's north. It goes without saying that more needs to be done & airdrops aren't a permanent solution; this is shameful poverty pimping.

Scott Paul

@ScottTPaul

2 months

US is considering airdrops of aid into Gaza. My statement: "Oxfam does not support US airdrops to Gaza, which would mostly serve to relieve the guilty consciences of senior US officials whose policies are contributing to the ongoing atrocities and risk of famine in Gaza. 1/

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

9 days

A friend of mine who came up with the slogan has been making these t-shirts; in a day or two, I'll share a link to order it online.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

3 months

I find it incredibly racist/bigoted for people to keep incessantly asking me, an anti-Hamas dude, simply because I'm from Gaza, to ask Hamas to release the hostages as if I can text Sinwar's cellphone such a request. Gaza's civilians can't do that either, so please just stop.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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My family didn't want to be "sacrificed" for Hamas's criminal rule to continue or for resistance propaganda. They died for absolutely nothing; they didn't want to be "martyrs" to be championed on social media by online warriors and Intifadists - they wanted to live and have…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

4 months

Hamas released a long document titled "Our Narrative: Why the Aqsa Flood?" In it, the group claims it has always avoided targeting Israeli civilians, especially women, children & the elderly, alleging that any such deaths were purely accidental and "unintentional". Also Hamas:…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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What remains of my surviving family in Rafah are terrified of the impending IDF assault; they are out of options & have nowhere else to go. My brother, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, and in-laws are scrambling for elusive safety. That should be the focus, not US college campuses

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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Wishing my Jewish & Israeli friends a blessed Passover holiday, coming amidst truly testing times. Sending extra love & compassion to the hostages & their families who've endured unimaginable suffering over the past six months. Thinking of Liora Argamani & Lishay @LishayLM ❤️🕎✡️

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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She started her article with: "The images from October 7 of paragliders evading Israeli air defenses were for many of us exhilarating." The academic normalization & fetishizing of violence & terror against civilians in the name of "revolutionary resistance" is vile & inexcusable.

Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی

@arash_tehran

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Some famous professor in Geneva, New York wrote an article, duly published by Verso, as to why killing civilians is great & how she was so excited about 10/7. What else is new? For these bored folks, we, the people of Middle East, only exist as subjects of their fantasies

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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Thank you to the Times ( @thetimes ) for publishing my latest opinion piece: I've lost 31 members of my family in Gaza - But we must resist Hamas. In it, I talk about the need to hold multiple truths, humanize the Palestinian people & condemn/critique Hamas

I lost 31 relatives to Israeli attacks in Gaza. But I blame Hamas too

An anti-war activist whose childhood home was destroyed by Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks sets out how to break the cycle of revenge

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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After expressing grief, sadness & sorrow about the killing of my family in Gaza due to the likely use of AI-powered targeting tools by the Israeli military, the best that Al Jazeera's "pro-Palestine" Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed has to say is wondering what Israelis must "have on" me.…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

2 months

Imagine how much more powerful the pro-Palestine movement would be if its actions and strategies were built upon an anti-Hamas framework that acknowledges Palestinians' rights to resistance but denounces indiscriminate violence against civilians, theocratic authoritarianism of…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

5 months

Seriously - what's wrong with some "pro-Palestine" protesters in the U.S.? It's one thing to wanna help the cause, it's entirely another to have these protests be an emotional outlet for rageful & hateful individuals who can't exercise emotional regulation. Truly, what a shame.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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A bereaved mother in Gaza screams in agony after losing her home to an Israeli airstrike, saying "Oct 7 doesn't represent us; what happened on Oct 7 doesn't represent us; and [Hamas] who [recklessly] made the decision to drag people into war doesn't represent us." Meanwhile,…

محمد الفلسطيني 𓂆

@mo7mdpa

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لا بمثلنا 7 أكتوبر ولا بمثلنا الي صار ب 7 أكتوبر ولا بمثلنا الي أخد قرار بجر الناس لحرب أم فلسطينية على أنقاض منزلها الذي قصف واستشهد فيه أبناء أخيها في قطاع غزة

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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We can't ignore the plight of 136 Israeli hostages in Hamas's captivity, including women, children & elderly people. They must be front & center in efforts to end the war in Gaza. Their families & loved ones have endured horrendous pain, suffering & abuse. Bring them all home now

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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My opinion piece in Newsweek about #IDF killing of my family members in #Gaza & destroying my childhood homes 💔😭 (Why Did Israel Kill My Family in Gaza and Destroy My Childhood Home? | Opinion) "My mother informed me that a deadly Israeli airstrike had…

Why Did Israel Kill My Family in Gaza and Destroy My Childhood Home?

While Hamas' horrendous Oct. 7 attack seriously setback hopes of a lasting peace, it is indisputable that the security and well-being of Israelis are inexorably linked to the dignity and prosperity...

www.newsweek.com

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

@afalkhatib

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Seeing Hamas's internal security service beat up a blindfolded elderly man in the middle of the street in Rafah/Southern Gaza is a painful reminder of how the supposed "resistance" group has maintained an iron grip over Gaza's population, which hates the terror group. Hamas must…

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