Thread by @zoecabina

Randa Abdel-Fattah has proven herself to be perhaps the most toxic individual in the Australian cultural scene right now.

After victimising the Jewish community everyday since October 7, she is now playing the victim and claiming "anti-Palestinian racism" ("Palestinian" is not a race).

Not only is she playing the victim, she's now weaponising the "free speech" argument. She and her cronies were NEVER in favour of free and open discussion, they're about bullying Zionists or anyone seen as Zionist-friendly until they back down.

Here's the true Randa, not the victim she wants you to see 🧵

1/ By 8 October, one day after Hamas terrorists committed their genocide, Randa changed her profile images to a Hamas paraglider—the same delivery method used by Hamas to infiltrate Israel and murder young people at the Nova music festival.

2/ On 13 October 2023, Randa told Sky News Australia’s Erin Molan: “I don’t see them [Hamas] as a terrorist organisation.” Despite Hamas being listed as such by Australia, the UK, the US, and many Arab states.

3/ There's no surprise she refuses to condemn Hamas, in 2021, Randa publicly appeared on a panel with Dr Basem Naim, Hamas’ Head of International Relations, years after Hamas had been designated a terrorist group under Australian law for suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and the deliberate targeting of civilians.

4/ In her Oct 13, 2023, Sky News interview with Erin Molan, Randa downplayed Hamas atrocities by falsely claiming reports of beheaded babies were “actually refuted by Israeli authorities” (no such refutation existed—Israeli officials and forensics later confirmed evidence of child mutilations and killings). She also dismissed a viral photo of a burnt baby as “exposed as AI intelligence” (true for that specific fake image, but real burned victims were documented).

5/ In the same Oct 13, 2023 Sky News interview, when Erin Molan played footage from the Oct 9 Sydney Opera House rally—where protesters clearly chanted “F—k the Jews” (verified by multiple media reports, eyewitness accounts, NSW Police statements, and video evidence)—Randa insisted: “I didn’t hear anything.”NSW Police later confirmed “F—k the Jews” was used (while clarifying a disputed chant was “Where’s the Jews?” not “Gas the Jews”).

6/ October 2023 ABC appearance, where she flat-out refuses to call Hamas a terrorist group, frames Oct 7 as “anti-colonial resistance,” and deflects questions about Israeli civilian victims by pivoting to Palestinian suffering. She posted this on her Instagram.

7/ She reposted a photo of Hamas terrorists invading Israel to murder and rape civilians with this description:

8/ Randa has consistently denied the trauma of Jews and Zionists after the October 7 genocide.

9/ Randa openly abuses Jews, saying "it's her duty to make Zionists uncomfortable."

10/ Randa organised & spoke at a "family-friendly" kids' excursion to the USyd Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Billed as a space for children to find "agency", footage shows young kids (some as young as 5) leading chants via megaphone—including "intifada," "Israel is a terrorist state," and "from the river to the sea." Randa claps & encourages them. Looks like child abuse to me. x.com/SenSHenderson/…

11/ Feb 2024: Randa gleefully doxxed 600+ Australian Jewish creatives from a private WhatsApp group—sharing/leaking their names & details while calling them “Jewish Zionist Creatives.” Jewish victims faced death threats, workplace attacks, one family forced into hiding (even threats to a 5-year-old child), police probes & rushed new federal anti-doxxing laws.

12/ War-mongering: Randa calls for the elimination of Israel. Advocating the destruction of a UN-recognized state fuels hate and instability, not peace.

13/ Blood libel: Randa posted hysterical, unhinged claims of Israel "harvesting organs from dead Palestinians." This is a baseless revival of antisemitic blood libel with zero evidence of systematic killings for organs in Gaza.

14/ End. There's actually way too much insane trash to sort through. Ending it here.