đź§µProbably 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 latest lie out of Gaza today is that a new “Harvard report” claims 377,000 Palestinians are “missing” — with the clear implication being they were killed by Israel.
It’s already making headlines, so let’s break down why it’s complete nonsense 🧵
First off—and God knows I’m no fan of Harvard—this isn’t a "Harvard report."
It was posted on the Harvard Dataverse, an open repository anyone can use. They’re just slapping Harvard’s name on it to give their propaganda the illusion of academic legitimacy.
Secondly, the media running with this are basing their headlines on maps in the report from the IDF that show 1.85M people in Gaza’s three main enclaves.
They’re comparing that to the 2.2M pre-war figure and claiming 377K are "missing."
Do not fall prey to the Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns.
An important new report by @ncri_io exposes how an inauthentic network has been working to fracture the right from within and amplifying narratives straight from Moscow and Tehran.
Let's break it down đź§µ
Iranian and pro-Kremlin propagandists have flooded U.S. social media posing as MAGA voices—exploiting the right’s “false flag reflex,” a knee-jerk impulse to frame every crisis as a hoax, and using it to smear Trump, divide MAGA, and echo Tehran and Russia's preferred narratives.
From May 22 to June 10, 2025, more than 650,000 English-language posts cited “false flag” narratives related to domestic attacks, generating nearly four million interactions. Activity spiked in lockstep with violent incidents on U.S. soil.
Aside from Tucker’s descent into movie-villain levels of delusion during his interview with @tedcruz, one thing stood out: His repeated assertion that Congress is obsessed with foreign affairs—at the expense of America.
But that's far from the truth. Here's the datađź§µ
Yet according to AI tools, 98% of spending, 89% of laws, and 84% of executive orders focus on domestic—not foreign—affairs.
Note: The figures may vary slightly by source due to differing categorizations, but they still offer a reliable overall picture of federal activity.
From 2016 through 2024, Congress enacted 1,751 public laws, and U.S. presidents issued 393 executive orders. Here's the breakdown of a representative sample of public laws categorized by Gemini into foreign-related, domestic-related, and mixed: