![crampell's tweet photo. Because this is circulating again: Mr. Abu Toha is a gifted writer who has endured tremendous loss. But with all due respect, he lied extensively in our interview, specifically about his past comments on social media. And those lies have since gone viral because they have been excerpted and shared without context. Here is some of the context.
Most of our interview was about his personal story of grief and suffering, and his writings about this topic, which were honored with a Pulitzer. His award was controversial at the time, however, because of some of his social media posts excusing or rationalizing violence on Oct. 7. The controversy surrounding his honor was readily apparent from any basic Google News search about him at the time. Among other things, he said that the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, a recognized terrorist group, were not really “hostages,” and essentially had it coming. For example he mocked one specific hostage by name (Emily Damari), who was abducted from her home on a kibbutz on Oct. 7; shot; and subsequently starved and abused underground for 500 days. (She released an open letter to the Pulitzer Board after Mr. Abu Toha's prize was awarded.) In another post, Mr. Abu Toha criticized the BBC and CNN for “humaniz[ing]” Israeli Jews. I am including screen shots of examples of those posts. Mr. Abu Toha has since deleted these posts, which may tell you something about whether he thinks they were wise to publish.
In our interview, I asked Mr. Abu Toha if there was anything he would like to clarify about the Facebook posts he had deleted. He responded by lying about what he had said. “First of all, I did not question her status as a hostage, because she is a hostage,” he replied, adding that he had said only that Palestinians should be treated with compassion. This representation is false. If that anodyne statement had been entirety of his prior Facebook remarks, it indeed might look outrageous that a journalist would ask him about any “controversy.” But that is not the case.
Mr. Abu Toha is a poet awarded a prize specifically for his words; some of those words have attracted substantial criticism because they countenanced violence. To not ask about those words and the ongoing storm surrounding them would be a dereliction of our jobs as journalists.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIh150sXQAAX543.jpg)
![crampell's tweet photo. Because this is circulating again: Mr. Abu Toha is a gifted writer who has endured tremendous loss. But with all due respect, he lied extensively in our interview, specifically about his past comments on social media. And those lies have since gone viral because they have been excerpted and shared without context. Here is some of the context.
Most of our interview was about his personal story of grief and suffering, and his writings about this topic, which were honored with a Pulitzer. His award was controversial at the time, however, because of some of his social media posts excusing or rationalizing violence on Oct. 7. The controversy surrounding his honor was readily apparent from any basic Google News search about him at the time. Among other things, he said that the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, a recognized terrorist group, were not really “hostages,” and essentially had it coming. For example he mocked one specific hostage by name (Emily Damari), who was abducted from her home on a kibbutz on Oct. 7; shot; and subsequently starved and abused underground for 500 days. (She released an open letter to the Pulitzer Board after Mr. Abu Toha's prize was awarded.) In another post, Mr. Abu Toha criticized the BBC and CNN for “humaniz[ing]” Israeli Jews. I am including screen shots of examples of those posts. Mr. Abu Toha has since deleted these posts, which may tell you something about whether he thinks they were wise to publish.
In our interview, I asked Mr. Abu Toha if there was anything he would like to clarify about the Facebook posts he had deleted. He responded by lying about what he had said. “First of all, I did not question her status as a hostage, because she is a hostage,” he replied, adding that he had said only that Palestinians should be treated with compassion. This representation is false. If that anodyne statement had been entirety of his prior Facebook remarks, it indeed might look outrageous that a journalist would ask him about any “controversy.” But that is not the case.
Mr. Abu Toha is a poet awarded a prize specifically for his words; some of those words have attracted substantial criticism because they countenanced violence. To not ask about those words and the ongoing storm surrounding them would be a dereliction of our jobs as journalists.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIh150qXIAAK0Am.jpg)
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This episode prayed on disgustingly racist anti-Palestinian stereotypes for a cheap laugh.
🇵🇸 Larry David stops Marty from wearing his yarmulke into Al-Abbas, only to walk inside and receive a standing ovation.
The legendary “Palestinian Chicken” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm remains unmatched 😂
Source: craftbeervert (YouTube) / Writer: Michael
I won't be taking any lectures on moral standards from Van Jones.
Except in no country comprising a well-informed citizenry would that chatbot-composed, heavily redacted, sorry excuse for a text document be acceptable as an autopsy report.
https://t.co/faDBl5Pas6
1. Promise to release autopsy
2. Put incompetent friend in charge
3. Incompetent friend produces incoherent product
4. Announce you're not releasing the autopsy
5. Lie about why
6. Gaslight people who ask, saying they're the problem
7. Face internal revolt
8. Release autopsy
Ben Gvir's video publicising the abuse of captured flotilla activists in Israeli detention should surprise no one- not if you've listened to Palestinians for even a fraction of a minute.
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@UdsiAsli He hardly needs defending. The very screenshots she put up contradict the claims she’s making.
This is deeply dishonest. Anybody familiar with Arabs who speak ESL knows that there should be no comma in the quote “I did not question her status as a hostage, because she is a hostage”- he was questioning the “privilege of being called a hostage” afforded only to Israelis.
Because this is circulating again: Mr. Abu Toha is a gifted writer who has endured tremendous loss. But with all due respect, he lied extensively in our interview, specifically about his past comments on social media. And those lies have since gone viral because they have been excerpted and shared without context. Here is some of the context.
Most of our interview was about his personal story of grief and suffering, and his writings about this topic, which were honored with a Pulitzer. His award was controversial at the time, however, because of some of his social media posts excusing or rationalizing violence on Oct. 7. The controversy surrounding his honor was readily apparent from any basic Google News search about him at the time. Among other things, he said that the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, a recognized terrorist group, were not really “hostages,” and essentially had it coming. For example he mocked one specific hostage by name (Emily Damari), who was abducted from her home on a kibbutz on Oct. 7; shot; and subsequently starved and abused underground for 500 days. (She released an open letter to the Pulitzer Board after Mr. Abu Toha's prize was awarded.) In another post, Mr. Abu Toha criticized the BBC and CNN for “humaniz[ing]” Israeli Jews. I am including screen shots of examples of those posts. Mr. Abu Toha has since deleted these posts, which may tell you something about whether he thinks they were wise to publish.
In our interview, I asked Mr. Abu Toha if there was anything he would like to clarify about the Facebook posts he had deleted. He responded by lying about what he had said. “First of all, I did not question her status as a hostage, because she is a hostage,” he replied, adding that he had said only that Palestinians should be treated with compassion. This representation is false. If that anodyne statement had been entirety of his prior Facebook remarks, it indeed might look outrageous that a journalist would ask him about any “controversy.” But that is not the case.
Mr. Abu Toha is a poet awarded a prize specifically for his words; some of those words have attracted substantial criticism because they countenanced violence. To not ask about those words and the ongoing storm surrounding them would be a dereliction of our jobs as journalists.
![crampell's tweet photo. Because this is circulating again: Mr. Abu Toha is a gifted writer who has endured tremendous loss. But with all due respect, he lied extensively in our interview, specifically about his past comments on social media. And those lies have since gone viral because they have been excerpted and shared without context. Here is some of the context.
Most of our interview was about his personal story of grief and suffering, and his writings about this topic, which were honored with a Pulitzer. His award was controversial at the time, however, because of some of his social media posts excusing or rationalizing violence on Oct. 7. The controversy surrounding his honor was readily apparent from any basic Google News search about him at the time. Among other things, he said that the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, a recognized terrorist group, were not really “hostages,” and essentially had it coming. For example he mocked one specific hostage by name (Emily Damari), who was abducted from her home on a kibbutz on Oct. 7; shot; and subsequently starved and abused underground for 500 days. (She released an open letter to the Pulitzer Board after Mr. Abu Toha's prize was awarded.) In another post, Mr. Abu Toha criticized the BBC and CNN for “humaniz[ing]” Israeli Jews. I am including screen shots of examples of those posts. Mr. Abu Toha has since deleted these posts, which may tell you something about whether he thinks they were wise to publish.
In our interview, I asked Mr. Abu Toha if there was anything he would like to clarify about the Facebook posts he had deleted. He responded by lying about what he had said. “First of all, I did not question her status as a hostage, because she is a hostage,” he replied, adding that he had said only that Palestinians should be treated with compassion. This representation is false. If that anodyne statement had been entirety of his prior Facebook remarks, it indeed might look outrageous that a journalist would ask him about any “controversy.” But that is not the case.
Mr. Abu Toha is a poet awarded a prize specifically for his words; some of those words have attracted substantial criticism because they countenanced violence. To not ask about those words and the ongoing storm surrounding them would be a dereliction of our jobs as journalists.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIh150vWwAANhUU.jpg)
Because the victims of the conduct are those against whom there has been a 78-year-old industry of dehumanization and marginalization - aided and abetted by Western media and governments (including, it must be said, the one Mr Rhodes served in).
Why not be angry at the conduct instead of the reporting of the conduct?
This is indeed an incredibly difficult article to read. But read it you must.
This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: https://t.co/aMMHId49OO
Well, the accusers call their genocidal army "defense forces".
UN Rights Council set to appoint expert who called Hamas a ‘resistance movement’ https://t.co/iJLLHp90V5
@DanielSeidemann Not too thrilled with it and here's only one reason why: https://t.co/PWI8LcUdrp
1/6 Other than the fact that the authors use euphemisms like “two-tiered legal system” or “system of Israeli legal supremacy in the territory” (there’s a single word that describes that!), one highly problematic part is the subsection “The need to rebuild the [PA]’s legitimacy.”
6/6 Hence, talk about “revitalizing” a system that, by its very nature, is a “been there-done that” instrument of international donor-funded Israeli control is a washed-up proposal that most Palestinians under occupation ought to find revolting.
1/6 Other than the fact that the authors use euphemisms like “two-tiered legal system” or “system of Israeli legal supremacy in the territory” (there’s a single word that describes that!), one highly problematic part is the subsection “The need to rebuild the [PA]’s legitimacy.”
New essay is out today:
The West Bank is not stable.
And unless U.S. policy towards Israel-Palestine is based on the fundamental principle of Equality, we cannot be a force for peace.
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https://t.co/oQ9C6ehdxm
5/6 The PA was by its very design not sustainable long-term, which is why its popularity quickly collapsed after its expiration date of 1999 and its leaders became increasingly authoritarian (insofar as they were able, as it is Israel that has actual domination over Pal. lives).
El Mashnouk argues that, in 1949–69 (before militias), Israel violated Lebanese sovereignty 82 times and killed "only" 15 people. Post militias, Israel violated >60,000X. Has it occurred to him that violating sovereignty 82 times can cause the anger that produces...resistance?
The full interview.
@YousefMunayyer When AIPAC itself is pretending to care about settler terror, it indeed becomes safe for Democrats to pretend to do the same.
“The region’s language is mowing the grass”@DavidBrooks224 @TheAtlantic. No, this is Israel’s language that it employs to indiscriminately slaughter thousands of civilians. The comment goes unchallenged by @NewsHour @CapehartJ. Disgusted how this language is normalized.
The 'Autopsy on Democratic Losses in 2024' report, the publication of which was withheld by the DNC🤔, has clearly spooked Dems running for office. But this new "I reject AIPAC money" stance, an updated version of the "I support a 2SS" mantra, is waaaay too little at this point.
2028 Dems reject AIPAC https://t.co/iCHYiyopqa
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