Although many Al Jazeera journos have been busy mourning Mohammed Deif, I'd like to focus on just one: Yosra Aklouk.
See, her husband was both a Hamas member AND a US citizen, and his story ties directly into current debates in America on the 14th Amendment and student visas 🧵
First, here's how she eulogized Mohammed Deif:
She calls him a "victorious master" who "lives on in every idea, every revolution, every projectile, every rocket, every bullet, every soldier, every cell, every plan, every foundation, every hidden act of charity, and in the flood"
Now, onto her family. This guy right here is her late husband, Osama al-Zebda.
Osama gained U.S. citizenship at birth while his father, Jamal al-Zebda—a senior Hamas member—was in the U.S. on a student visa at Virginia Tech. Yes, you read that right.
He apparently became a citizen solely due to the 14th Amendment, as his parents weren’t U.S. citizens.
Here's Yosra looking on at a mural of the father-son Hamas duo
Throwing this in for good measure: Yosra is of course a big fan of Yahya Sinwar as well.
I just think it’s fascinating how Yosra and her husband’s story directly connects to ongoing U.S. policy debates—both on birthright citizenship and on granting student visas to individuals who oftentimes support terrorism (and, in some cases, are terrorists themselves).
H/T to @JoeTruzman for breaking Osama's story years ago and @theisraelfiles for alerting me about Yosra
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In light of the U.S. government’s insane decision to let Qatar open a military base on American soil, I’m re-upping my viral article from last week on the massive scope of Qatari influence in the U.S. — and its FARA activity in D.C. especially.
Let’s break down some key facts 🧵
Qatar is the single largest foreign funder of . universities at $6.3 billion. The D.C.-based Georgetown has received $1 billion since 2005.
Qatar's total U.S. footprint is $93.7B, including $30B in business investments, $29B in weapons purchases, $20B in energy projects, $8B for Al Udeid Air Base, and $6.3B in higher education.
Earlier today, an OSINT outfit called EekadFacts dropped a long thread naming @DahliaKurtz, @VividProwess, and little old me, among others, as part of a “demonization campaign” to link the Global Summud Flotilla to Hamas (which is true).
So, what do we know about EekadFacts? 🧵
Eeekad doesn’t have a website, and none of its employees are named anywhere. That said, Eekad's YouTube page lists it as based in the U.S.
Conversely, its Facebook page shows that Eekad is managed primarily from -- shock of shocks -- Qatar and Turkey.
These two countries, as you know, are the Hamas' primary bases of operation outside Gaza 👀
The New York Times, which has been busy smearing the late Charlie Kirk, found the time to run an op-ed by notorious, antisemitic, rape-denying, Hamas-loving @MustafaBarghou1.
This is gross, even for the Times. So let’s dive into some of his “greatest hits” 🧵
Firstly, he called October 7th a “glorious day of historic proportion."
Neo-Nazis, foreign disinformation agents, and terrorist outlets have been lauding Tucker’s speech for suggesting that Jews killed Jesus and Israel killed Charlie Kirk. Let's go through the list🧵