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Diaspora affairs correspondent for the @Jerusalem_Post. Opinions are my own.
Mar 11 15 tweets 8 min read
🔴 Mahmoud Khalil's group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, is more than just a student group -- they think they're revolutionaries. This is not to be dismissed. They seek the destruction of Israel and US, praise October 7 and terrorist orgs, and study terrorist literature👇 CUAD supports armed violence. This statement was part of an apology to a member named Kymani James after they issued what appeared to be an apology on his behalf when he said that Zionists should die. Image
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Feb 24 14 tweets 4 min read
🔴🧵 A list of western activists and figures who attended Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral: Vancouver resident and Samidoun international coordinator Charlotte Kates. Samidoun is a PFLP front group recently listed as a terrorist entity by Canada. Kates has led popularisation of the slogan “long live October 7.” Image
Jan 15 26 tweets 4 min read
🧵 The harsh truth about the hostage deal:

The truth about a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is that there will be loss and sacrifice regardless of the terms and decisions. The hostages must be returned. Every second a deal is not made and risks their lives and is torture for them and their kin. Their families and loved ones have every right to demand any cost to have them back in their arms or to give them their last respects.
Dec 1, 2024 6 tweets 1 min read
🔴 I’ve just retuned from serving as a reservist infantryman in Gaza for a second time. Here are my ten takeaways from the experience👇 1️⃣ The IDF is winning, but the war isn’t over

Hamas’s capabilities have been severely degraded since last time I was in Gaza. The group seems only able to field tactical attack + PR stunts. That said, without decisive action, this weakness will not translate into victory.
Apr 30, 2024 4 tweets 1 min read
🔴🧵 I failed to properly upload the full speech before the holiday began — here in three segments is the now deleted video of Samidoun member Charlotte Kates’s Friday Vancouver speech, in which she praises terrorist groups and leads the crowd in chants of “long live October 7.”
Apr 24, 2024 21 tweets 6 min read
🔴🧵 Which universities have encampments as of Wednesday?

The encampment protests have spread to several campuses within and outside the United States following a call to action by Students for Justice in Palestine. At Columbia University there is a fast approaching 8:00 deadline to negotiate. According to the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition, after the deadline, the administration will bring in the NYPD and National Guard.

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Apr 21, 2024 17 tweets 5 min read
🔴🧵 The last few days of demonstrations at Columbia University have revealed a shocking affinity for terrorism, violence, and antisemitism among student activists.

Here are some of the most troubling sentiments and slogans -- which could escalate and appear at other campuses Outside campus gates on Thursday:

"Remember the 7th of October! That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10 more times, not 100 more times, not 1000 more times, but 10,000 times!"
"The 7th of October is going to be every day for you."

Nov 22, 2023 22 tweets 7 min read
🔴🧵What has been found at the Shifa hospital so far?

As the goal posts for what constitutes proof continue to be moved even as more Hamas infrastructure is uncovered and cleared for safety, it’s worth reviewing what has been found so far 👇 Today the IDF revealed further tunnels under the Qatari building in the Shifa hospital compound. Video showed tunnels intersecting with underground rooms with air conditioning, toilets, and a kitchen. Rifles, magazines, and drones can be seen gathered from throughout the site.
Apr 18, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
Want to start your own Intifada? Follow these easy steps:

1. Spread rumor about Jews taking over holy site
2. Gather stones at holy site to throw at Jews and police
3. Clash
4. Praise “defenders” fighting police
5. Cry about worshippers (“defenders”) police attacked
6. Outrage For a master class on starting your own Intifada, see current events!

1. Spread rumors and panic about Jews taking over or praying at holy site

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Oct 3, 2021 16 tweets 4 min read
What is a provocation ritual?

No such ritual exists. Why make it up, and cast Jewish religious practice as aggressive and alien to the setting?

Posts like this are part of the attempt to delegitimize Jewish identity, religion, and history for cynical political gain. The “provocation ritual” is actually the practice of dancing with a Torah, which is done on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which is a celebration of the Jewish bible and the beginning of a new cycle of readings.
Sep 9, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
A title only has so much room, and the Washington Post used their precious space to romanticise and downplay the actions of an archterrorist. Image I’ll never understand the sycophancy that some offer for terrorists. Image
Jun 16, 2021 26 tweets 8 min read
Want to spread false info on the Internet? A good case study is @cjwerleman's claim that 40% of Palestinian minors detained by Israeli security forces are raped, almost 100% tortured. Emulating this process, you too can also spread false info. Thread >>>
@cjwerleman Your objective is to make a claim that is politically/ideologically useful. But what's useful isn't always supported by reality. How to get useful info? Good false information is based on previous false info, which is as well. You essentially make Matryoshka dolls of false info.
Jun 1, 2021 24 tweets 7 min read
The problems of misinformation and disinformation regarding conflict between Israel and Gaza, are unfolding out of the pages of the New York Times.

The slow leak of corrections also shows the issues with understanding a conflict from the amount of bodies, and without context. The New York Times published a front page with a collage of child casualties of the recent Gaza-Israel conflagration. Slowly, we are discovering errors and misrepresentations in the piece, which actually serves as a microcosm of the information problems with Gaza.