🧵 I𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫

This past week, hedge fund manager Joseph Edelman resigned from Brown University’s board of trustees over the institution's handling of antisemitism.

So with Brown's antisemitism once again in the headlines, I thought I’d take the opportunity to introduce you to its new director of the Center for Middle East Studies, Elias Muhanna.

During the height of the Israel-Hamas War in 2014—instigated after Hamas terrorists kidnapped three Israeli teenage hitchhikers—wrote what can only be described as a masterclass in Hamas apologia

qifanabki.com/2014/07/31/ham… This is Elias

🧵 Anyone who doesn't believe that Gazan "journalist" Amr Abu Ridah is a PFLP operative — despite his own admission — is welcome to look at his Telegram channel, which is literally filled to the brim with PFLP propaganda and murderous incitement

https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1833986095887130774

The Telegram channel contains nearly 28k photos and 16k videos, so I can't comb through all of it.

But I imagine there's a photo or two of him engaging in terror activities or in PFLP uniform.

I won't show you most of his gleeful posts on October 7th, but here's just a taste

🚨HUGE🚨: Georgetown Qatar to Host Hamas Member

In two weeks, @GUQatar – a branch of America’s top school for diplomacy – is hosting a conference titled "Reimagining Palestine."

Among the antisemitic and terror-supporting speakers is one name I hadn't seen before: Wadah Khanfar This is Wadah Khanfar, photographed in Gaza circa 2013.

But who is he exactly? Well, "officially," he was a board member and Director General of Al Jazeera, the Qatari government-controlled media empire, between 2006-2011.

Last, but certainly not least in our series of @NPR journalists covering the Israel-Hamas War, is Abu Bakr Bashir.

His Facebook account shows him to be quite the jokester. But not all of the jokes land — like this one🧵 Translation of the above ⬆️

"He tricked him by saying: I will sell you the car for 100,000, with a down payment of 50,000, and monthly payments of 10,000. The buyer agreed, happy to have made a good deal, and when he was leaving, the seller said: And 500 for D."

🧵 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧

Although Emmy-nominated Bisan Owda’s PFLP ties don’t concern pro-Palestinian supporters, many were upset at her for promoting conspiracy theories against the polio vaccine.

Gazan influencer Nour Alsaqa shared a particularly spicy video condemning Bisan Here's Nour's sister, whom she references, commenting on Bisan's initial anti-polio vaccine video

As well as a follow-up video in which Nour calls Bisan out for exploiting the suffering of Gazans for personal gain

Introducing Anas Baba, an @NPR journalist from Gaza paid with American tax dollars.

Baba's social media presence is scant, but he does appear to have an old Facebook account where his "biases" are front and center 🧵 Translation:

"Allah is the greatest. The volleys of the resistance's rockets, without exception, are music to my ears, with bursts surpassing fifty. May Allah guide your shooting; avenge our martyrs.... oh warriors of the homeland and the cause. O you who hold on to the rifle"

🧵 Meet Jane Arraf, a reporter covering the Israel-Hamas War for @NPR, funded in part by your tax dollars.

A veteran of the NY Times, CNN, and the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera, Arraf appears to have a particular fixation on promoting Hamas rape-denialism But too much of a coward to express these doubts on her own, she'd rather share posts from some of the worst people on X, who do it for her. Here are some examples:

🚨 BREAKING: I've discovered that Kamala Harris' new Faith Outreach Director @RevJenButler is not only a fan of Linda Sarsour, but has also hosted her multiple times through Faith in Public Life, which Butler founded. She called Sarsour a "prophetic" and "amazing" "faith leader" More of Rev. Butler's events featuring Linda Sarsour

🧵 For when they say that "Hamas isn't in the West Bank"

📍Nablus 📍Ramallah (capital of the Palestinian Authority)

🧵 Meet @AbeerAyyoub, a @WSJ reporter who recently joined the "Protected Post" club. Why did she go dark? Well, it might have to do with her:

🔸️Mocking IDF soldiers butchered on October 7th

🔸️Posting Hamas propaganda

🔸️Responding "eat sh*t" to a post calling for peace Ten days after @HonestReporting sounded the alarm about Ms. Ayyoub, the WSJ has yet to respond to the organization’s allegations.

In the meantime, she continues to write articles for the best and most important legacy media outlet on Earth.

https://x.com/HonestReporting/status/1827620735151431763?t=gSsiC0FIInJ_KfN-wVmaqQ&s=19

𝐈𝐬 𝐐𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐲𝐬?

I’ve been trying to understand why @TheEmmys are standing by its nomination of Bisan Owda, an Al Jazeera journalist + member of the PFLP terrorist organization, and I think I might have an idea: It's the sponsors 🧵 As a reminder: Al Jazeera and its US-based subsidiary AJ+ (which created the docuseries along with Bisan), are controlled by the Qatari government.

Among the sponsors for the Emmy Awards shows are the WNBA team New York Liberty and LEGO

theemmys.tv/sponsors/

🧵 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐞𝐰'𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝:

You guys wanna see something wild? Here's @USAmbIsrael condemning yesterday's attack by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.

Attacker and victims clearly identified. But here's a post by the Ambassador from August 4th.

Notice how neither the nationality of the attacker nor that of the victims is identified

🧵 Ever since it launched in February, Mehdi Hasan has evaded questions about whether his @zeteo_news is connected to Qatar.

Well, take a look at Zeteo's new "Director of Growth and Social" as of two days ago Omar Chatriwala is a career employee of the Qatari government, having worked as Executive Producer for its state-controlled (but US-based) @ajplus between 2014-2015, and again from 2018-2024.

Omar also co-founded @dohanews

I was surprised to see this bizarre 5-minute segment platforming Hamas on @NPR's All Things Considered.

But then I remembered that I've seen this interviewer before 🧵

npr.org/2024/08/12/nx-…
As @HonestRepCanada has noted, Ms. Aya Batrawy, who leads NPR's Gulf Bureau, was out arguably excusing the Hamas-led October 7th massacre right after it took place.

At the very least, she was promoting Hamas's justification for the slaughter.

https://x.com/HonestRepCanada/status/1711007435555586071

Meet the Head of Gaza's Al-Ahli Hospital and Media Darling: Fadel Naim

He's the one sharing a tender moment with now-deceased Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at his daughter's wedding Figured I'd add what little I could to the excellent content published about the doctor today by @CAMERAorgUK

https://x.com/CAMERAorg/status/1823047599231807557?t=1qyxBQa4dKLkwUq4nUr2nA&s=19

NEW: Hamas has sharply revised its death toll from the IDF airstrike on Hamas's command center inside the Al-Taba’een school from 100 to 40, and the IDF has now verified that half of those 40 were terrorists.

Now let's see which media outlets reflexively parroted Hamas's "90 - 100 dead civilians" narrative, and doing so without mentioning that their source was Hamas itself: CNN

PSA: Don't take any piece of reporting from CNN's @Tamaraqiblawi seriously.

@AuhsdBond did a little digging and found some shocking posts from her past, starting with this gem. But it gets worse 🧵 .@tamaraqiblawi used to write for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Akhbar.

🧵 Rolling Thread of Al Jazeera Journalists from Gaza and the West Bank with Links to Terrorist Organizations, or who Have Expressed Support for Terrorism

1. Ismail al-Ghoul (newly-confirmed Hamas Nukhba terrorist)

https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1769836495722987533?t=c10A1YIodwQH3dkSGTPh_g&s=19

2. Hind Khoudary (member of Hamas front group EuroMed — search my feed for more info about the organization)

https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1775914615785816267?t=c10A1YIodwQH3dkSGTPh_g&s=19

🧵 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐰𝐝𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞́

Bisan Owda, the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated queen of Gaza propaganda, is a member of the PFLP terrorist organization.

Here she is in 2015 leading a rally celebrating the PFLP's 48th anniversary, looking very journalist-y You can see Bisan Owda interviewed here at about 2 minutes in, clad in full PFLP military garb

Hey @ABC, you might want to keep your "objective journalist" from Gaza in check.

Maybe also tell him to tone down the Hamas-fanboying 🧵 Here's a picture of his son with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The caption reads: "The great teacher with the greatest teacher."

Which is which?

🧵 Since we're focusing on this evil liar due to the glorious community note, you should all know that Mr. Dalloul is both:

🔸️The Gaza correspondent of @MiddleEastMnt, a UK-based media outlet and lobbying group

🔸️ A member of Hamas (surprise surprise)

https://twitter.com/AbujomaaGaza/status/1812519232342569219

He also got a journalism degree from @UniWestminster