🧵Probably the most sophisticated Al Jazeera "journalist" psy-op yet:
You may have seen the headlines today about Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul, who was apprehended by the IDF in Shifa Hospital while it was battling terrorists.
Given the multiple instances since October 7th of Al Jazeera journalists moonlighting as Hamas operatives (or vice versa), I figured I’d take a look into al-Ghoul as well.
What I found was a highly sophisticated, concerted effort to – for lack of a better word – manufacture a "legitimate journalist" out of whole cloth.
2/ Here are al-Ghoul's official journo social media accounts on telegram, x, and facebook. They were all created between November 2023 — February 2024.
And here are his first posts on his official Instagram and TikTok accounts.
In other words, unlike many of the Al Jazeera journalists who have been exposed as terrorists or terror supporters since October 7th due to their social media activity, much of this guy's social media activity was inaccessible.
Or so I initially thought.
4/ Turns out he has a personal Facebook, on which he loves to post his love for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
5/ He also glorifies terrorism, like in the cases of Basel al-Arraj, the head of a PFLP cell who was killed in a gun battle in the West Bank in 2017, and Diya'a al-Sabarini, an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorist who was killed in a gunfight with the IDF
6/ I then found an old disabled X account of his using internet sleuthing stuff.
He used to be a journalist at the Hamas-run news outlets Felesteen and Al-Resalah
7/ I also found that after working for Hamas news outlets, al-Ghoul worked for several "media production companies" in Gaza before moving over to Al Jazeera right after October 7th.
8/ Although al-Ghoul's old X account is disabled and his posts can be seen, I did some more internet sleuthing stuff and managed to find some of his old posts in which he demonstrates his antisemitism and support for terror.
For example:
"The greatest epidemic is the Israeli entity and every Arab trying to normalize it as a reality to coexist with them...
72 years of continuous crime and abuse against Palestinians, the most recent being exposing Palestinian prisoners to the global pandemic.
#Covid48"
9/ Translation:
"Alternative tools are a treasure in the hands of all the young people of the West Bank
#DownWithTheAnnexation_Decision"
10/ To clarify: al-Ghoul's prior TikTok, X, and Instagram accounts were deleted. We know this because the usernames of his new accounts on the platforms all end with the number 2.
It’s no small feat to erase much of someone's social media presence, create new profiles, and then amass hundreds of thousands of followers in just a few months, as seen with al-Ghoul.
The orchestrator of this psy-op invested considerable effort to conceal al-Ghoul’s connections to Hamas and his malevolent beliefs. They recognized the importance of meticulously shaping an image that aligns with the standards of “respected” news sources like Al Jazeera.
Ultimately, they transformed a Hamas operative into an ostensibly "legitimate" journalist, yet whose primary goal is to disseminate Hamas propaganda and demonize the State of Israel, whether through his reporting or now, by elevating his status to that of a martyr following his arrest.
Judging by the public response to al-Ghoul's arrest, it's evident that their strategy was wildly successful.
11/ If you haven't done so yet, I would appreciate if you share my thread to spread the word about this type of nefarious public manipulation.
And while you're at it, please share the legendary @mishtal's thread about the Ghoul as well!
The head of Pediatrics at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, has been on a media spree over the past several days.
While he presents himself well on TV, it may not surprise you to learn that he is a jihadist who indoctrinates toddlers into terrorist ideology 🧵
Here's his Facebook profile
“There’s a saying I always repeat, and my belief in it only grows: No one hates Hamas except a thief (al-Habbash), a traitor (Dahlan), or an ignorant person, and there are many of those.”
Meet Andrew Seal, one of the experts behind the IPC's new "Gaza famine" report.
A Senior Lecturer at University College London, Andrew is a fanatical anti-Israel activist who was already crying "genocide" as early as October 28, 2023.
But that's not all 🧵
First off, here you can see Andrew's name listed on the new IPC report, and a tweet from UCL tagging Andrew's X account, so we know it's him.
Now, onto business.
Here's Andrew coming to the Houthi terrorists' defense by suggesting that they were merely trying to enforce the Genocide Convention when attacking ships at sea
.@theIPCinfo has consistently got its forecasts wrong since the onset of the Hamas-Israel War
The latest IPC alert wrongly labeled the 15% MUAC reference as a “famine threshold.” IPC’s own manual says it’s Phase 4 (“Emergency”), not Phase 5 (“Famine”). This misuse lowers the bar for famine designations and exaggerates the crisis beyond what the data shows
— More Food Aid has Entered Gaza Than Anywhere Else in History —
Using the WFP emergency ration of 2,100 calories per person per day — which translates to roughly 0.5 kg — the 1.4m tons of food aid that’s entered Gaza since Oct. 7 would feed all 2.2m people for ~1,312 days🧵
That’s over 3 years and 6 months of food. That's literally insane.
Moreover, since the war began, Gaza has received roughly 850 kg of aid per resident—or about 485 kg per person per year. Of that, food alone accounts for ~666 kg per person over 21 months—381 kg per person annually.