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Aug 16, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read Read on X
In the departure lounge at Ben Gurion Airport in #Israel waiting for the flight back to London.

Six weeks. I wasn't here for a holiday but I certainly managed to squeeze some quality travelling in.

Some thoughts about what I've seen
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Israel is in an incredible place. There's no comparison to the state I first saw decades ago. The dynamism is everywhere. It is young, vibrant and ever-developing.

There are new buildings going up everywhere
The road system is incredible, inter City travel is easy and with the trains and light railways, you can see the country is ahead of the curve now. Everything is online, WiFi is fast, data is dirt cheap and even their notorious customer service has caught up.
I found the travel apps far better than those in the UK. Their integrated systems work better and moving around was cheap and easy.

I didn't rent a car to see how difficult it was. It wasn't. Israel is a country that wants to be seen.
The main city centres like Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are young, vibrant and fun. The mix of modern Liberal thought and religious orthodoxy sharing the same streets, is so unique and special here. A new tower block, next to an ancient archaeological dig. Old and New everywhere.
Israel's Arabs are far more integrated than they used to be. A real achievement. When you see young people out having fun in the city these days it is often impossible to know if they are Jew, Muslim, Christian or Druse. They are all Israelis and its great to see.
And the haters are all so insignificant and far away. Seriously. all the anti-Zionist aggro in Europe and the States doesn't even touch the sides here. Those haters do not have a clue about Israel & their ignorance is easily identified within a minute of walking the streets here.
Israel knows it is going places. The UAE deal just the latest sign. In time the Arab states will make peace with Israel because it is in their interests to do so. What threatens Israel, threatens them too - and everyone will prosper from the peace.
So my time time is over here now. And I am heading home. I loved every minute of it. I am refreshed, reinvigorated and with batteries charged.

Ready to fight the haters.

Which is really, really bad news for the antisemites.

Be seeing you.

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Apr 22
Today: A Vermont interfaith group will stage a protest in the Vermont House Chamber and hold events in the state capitol - in defense of a terrorist supporter. Not a peace activist - a terrorist supporter! And he has fooled them all.

Meet the real Mohsen Mahdawi.

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Here is Mohsen in a genocidal mood. Posting celebration when Jews were hurt - and then hoping that EVERY JEW on the planet would die. Or liking posts about terrorist violence and burning Jews (which is exactly what we saw on Oct 7). This is Mohsen the @columbia 'hero' unmasked. Image
But Mohsen is mostly about lies. There is a fictional tale Mohsen has told for years. That he saw his best friend killed when he was 10. This cannot be true. No child died in his camp at that time. We have the receipts. This @60minutes @CBSNews clip shows him spreading lies.
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Apr 20
We need to discuss the failure of key media outlets & politicians to show the truth behind Palestinian professional student Mohsen Mahdawi.

They made him look like a saint. Sold him to the world unquestioned. It is so dangerous! Why are they not doing their jobs?

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What we know about Mohsen Mahdawi because we bothered to look:

1. Made up tragic stories about his past
2. Glorified terrorism
3. Shared Jihadist genocidal antisemitic chants
4. Spent years radicalising students

So let us look at how the media and politicians have failed us.
We can start with @60Minutes from @CBSNews
They let Mohsen describe witnessing the murder of his best friend when he was ten years old - when a simple fact check would have exposed it as a lie.

How could 60 Minutes sell him as a hero if they did not even do the basic checks?
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Apr 18
Exclusive:
If you have fallen for the PR blitz surrounding Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student who loves peace and Jewish people, then sit down and hold onto something.

You’ve been fooled. It is time to meet the real Mohsen Mahdawi Thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The @nytimes painted Mohsen Mahdawi as a saint. Vermont State Senator Becca White fell over herself to call Mohsen her friend. The PR campaign would have you thinking ICE arrested Mother Theresa.
Does nobody look behind the mask? It took me two days to find holes in the story. Image
We start with his back story. Mohsen says he was 10 when his best friend was shot in front of him in the al-Fara refugee camp. I checked the fatalities database for the time period. When he was 10 years old NO CHILDREN AT ALL were killed at his camp.
Something is wrong.
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Mar 24
Exclusive:

Just weeks after @BBCNews is forced to take down a documentary because the narrator was the son of a Hamas official - it completely whitewashes two terrorist families - both tied to key figures in the Islamic Jihad.

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The article was written after Israel's recent strikes against the terrorists. The BBC only had one thing in mind - to demonise Israel.

So it uncritically parroted Hamas numbers - and portrayed Israel as bloodthirsty child killers - a classic antisemitic trope. Image
The article was written by Jon Donnison - an anti-Israel hack who clearly knows nothing about Gaza at all. It relies on two fathers - both grieving - and portrays the families as innocent victims of Israeli brutality...

So I want you to meet them. Image
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Mar 20
Dear @BBCNews

Will you please just STOP FEEDING US HAMAS PROPAGANDA!!!!!!!

Will you stop PROMOTING the families of senior Hamas terrorists as innocent victims!!

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I start with your latest junk. Written by arch Israel hater & amateur hack Jon Donnison.

And no Jon Israel did not say it 'broke the ceasefire because'. There was a timed ceasefire & it ended. Can't you even get basic facts rights?

Seems not because you just wrote this crap Image
Another BBC article (about the 1000th on Gaza) - that points out people - and yes children - die in wartime.

It puts people on our screen who are grieving parents. It is designed to create sympathy and demonise Israel.

The guy front and centre is named as Alaa Abu Hihal
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Mar 16
The Royal Television Society has a Royal charter.
It has several US based patrons (are they happy with RTS giving an award to terrorist supporters?)

We need to understand what @RTS_media is doing when they *honour* Palestinian journalists in Gaza.

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Most journos in Gaza are connected to terrorist orgs. It is not hard to prove and I can use Artists for Palestine's own image to do it.

There are 4 journos in the frame here. I didn't choose them - AfP did. Here are 3 of them.
1. Bisan Owda
2. Hind Khoudary
3. Wael al Dadhouh Image
1. Bisan Owda was a PFLP activist. Although both she and the group have been busy trying to hide the evidence.... images of her at PFLP events and in PFLP colours - are still available. Image
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