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Jan 31 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
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 🧵 Image
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" Image
Now, onto her family. This guy right here is her late husband, Osama al-Zebda. Image
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. Image
Here's Yosra looking on at a mural of the father-son Hamas duo Image
Throwing this in for good measure: Yosra is of course a big fan of Yahya Sinwar as well. Image
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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Jun 27
More lies from Haaretz: @YairElsner caught that the English version claims IDF soldiers were told to fire *at* Palestinians at Gaza aid sites.

Conversely, the original Hebrew version says they were told to fire *toward* masses congregating near the sites to "keep them away." Image
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Haaretz’s sole purpose is to foment antisemitism

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Jun 24
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 🧵 Image
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. Image
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."

But that's incredibly dishonest. Image
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Jun 21
Reports have been coming out of Gaza that an "activist and comedian" named Mahmoud Khamees Sharab was killed by an Israeli airstrike.

So, how funny is this comedian, you might wonder? 🧵 Image
This funny. Image
And this funny. Image
Read 5 tweets
Jun 20
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 🧵 Image
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. Image
Read 9 tweets
Jun 18
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 data🧵 Image
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: Image
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Jun 12
For the first time, actual aid workers were intentionally killed in Gaza.

But they were killed by Hamas, so the media will inaccurately frame them as fighters.

Makes sense — one of the co-authors has been carrying water for Hamas for years🧵 Image
Meet Kareem Chehayeb, the AP's man in Beirut, who moved there from Al Jazeera.

The guy seems to really not like Israel Image
He also seems just a tad unhinged Image
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