🧵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 @nytimes is the latest outlet to legitimize @EuroMedHR, a Hamas front organization, when it quoted a EuroMed researcher named Mohammed Qreiqea yesterday and described the front as an "advocacy group."
Who is Mohammed Qreiqea, you might ask? He's the guy in the middle.
Yes, it's true. Another employee of this supposedly prestigious human rights organization is a member of Hamas. He's also a "journalist" at the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV.
Here is the section of the NYT report where Hamas member Mohammed Qreiqea and EuroMed are quoted
1/4 If you're curious how Hamas became so legitimized in the West, look no further than outlets like @guardian, which over the years published op-eds by freaking Khaled Mashal, Ismail Haniyeh, and Musa Abumarzuq
2/4 Don't think I've ever seen a piece that completely inverts reality the way this one by Khaled Mashal does. But that's not even the best part....
3/4 No, the best part is that two of the four op-eds by HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASHAL feature these as his contact e-mail ⬇️
🧵 Not just China: @CODEPINK's love affair with Hamas
Inspiration for this thread was the despicable display by Medea Benjamin yesterday, when she accosted members of Congress over their support for Israel while desecrating the memory of the Holocaust.
At the outset I'll note how outrageous it is that CODEPINK, currently under investigation for its ties to the Chinese government, is allowed to freely roam Congress and harass elected officials (see video). In addition to its CCP ties, the organization is deep in bed with Hamas
This high-profile Gaza-based journalist will likely be hired by a big media outlet in the coming weeks. Seeing as she'll have a hand in shaping future news coverage about the Israel-Hamas War, it's worth asking: Who is she exactly?
Some of you may remember her from her posts on October 7th
But as it turns out, she's also the Gaza office director of Al Falasteniyeh, a mouthpiece for US-designated Palestinian terrorist organizations
Sidebar: "Gaza office" indicates that there are other offices. Where are they? Who runs them?
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reveals that approx. 1,468 UNRWA workers are active in Hamas and PIJ, and 30 of them actively participated in the Oct. 7th massacre.
He also published the identities of 12 of those workers, pictured below
Before you weep over the Al Jazeera journalist injured today in Gaza, here's what he posted on October 7th
Yes, it's true, we have ANOTHER Al Jazeera "journalist" who loves terrorism. He loves it so much, in fact, that he actually participated in the October 7th massacre