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[Boy George @BoyGeorge]

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[Adi @Adi13]

This is just one of the reasons Ro Khanna is so obsessed with Israel. ⬇️

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

Alas, Mr. Congressman, I'm not lying. And I started this line of questioning assuming you were telling the truth. I've written long essays on extremist Israeli violence in the West Bank. I know it happens. I was ready, at first glance, to believe it happened here. But it didn't. This wasn't Israeli violence. This was agitprop for your American audiences.

I said explicitly that I'm not familiar with the details of that area. It took a lot of effort for JPost to find out what it found out -- which was that it was a closed military zone only recently opened.

But if you'd coordinated your visit with Israeli authorities, this would have been sorted out from the start. Those soldiers weren't angry or aggressive, they seemed mostly just confused about the status of the area and how to handle your visit.

Because, you know, there was no coordination.

JPost suggests all that in the article you yourself shared.

And what of the violence? Your group had cameras -- a professional photographer and at least one bodycam -- yet you've produced no evidence that I've seen of the violence you claim to have experienced.

Remember that you claimed the violence was sufficient to demand that Netanyahu order the prosecution of those soldiers.

I've seen that sort of violence before; if you produce that footage, I'll join your demand for prosecution. That's not rhetoric. I really will, wholeheartedly.

But if you don't, I think it's safe to assume you blew up a small inconvenience caused by your own refusal to talk to Israelis.

In a similar vein, you used the word "detained" as if you were unlawfully held against your will -- and hide behind its second meaning, that you were a bit delayed in driving forward into the area. The first is on the spectrum of kidnapping crimes, the second is the sort of problem you'd encounter at the entrance to a federal building as you search your pockets for an ID. Which was it?

Anyway, you were angling for some domestic political brownie points, and congratulations, you got 'em.

[AG @AGHamilton29]

I am very critical of settler violence and think Israel needs to do far more to punish it. But that’s not what this is about.

So what appears to have happened here was an intentional political stunt by someone who has built his entire career on stunts.

@RoKhanna had his Palestinian guides take him into a restricted area that is closed off to civilians without requesting access or coordinating with anyone.

Local security (which Khanna intentionally misrepresents as random settlers) then stopped them. IDF arrived and spent time evaluating the situation. Then Israeli police showed up, determined what had happened, and let them go on their way.

No one was hurt or attacked. No one was threatened. Khanna knew going to a restricted area would get a response and he got exactly what he wanted.

I will note that if a random group goes onto a military restricted area in the U.S., they would also be detained and questioned.

Israel is to blame for letting Khanna plan out this stunt, but that’s exactly what it was. And it was predictably coordinated with the press as he had a NYT photographer with him and waited until they released a story days later to even post about it.

Khanna wants to run for president on this nonsense because he has nothing to offer Americans.

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

"I'm an Arab Israeli. Israel is my country. I'm fighting for my country. Israel gives me freedom of religion and speech. Why would I fight Israel? I’m a proud Arab Israeli. I'll fight Hamas."

The mainstream media will never share this.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

RARE HONESTY FROM THE UN 🇺🇳

A UN official confirms Hamas is obstructing humanitarian aid in Gaza, including assaulting truck drivers.

He called it a “dangerous pattern of intimidation, violence, and obstruction.”

I’m sure the Free Palestine movement, who cares so much about aid for Gazans, will be organizing protests against Hamas soon.

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

Finally, after nearly three years, the UN admits what Israel was warning:

Hamas is hijacking aid.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

🇺🇳⚠��🛑A senior UN official for the Middle East peace process and humanitarian coordination is condemning Hamas’s armed obstruction of aid delivery, saying its violent interference with humanitarian staff has halted food distribution and reflects a worsening pattern of abuse. The UN is only now acknowledging what’s long been obvious: Hamas has spent years stealing aid, intimidating NGO staff, and terrorizing civilians across Gaza. The scale of wasted billions and needless deaths caused by the group’s brutality during and after the war is staggering. Anyone who tried to expose this was smeared as “promoting genocide” or being a “Zionist collaborator,” even when the evidence was undeniable. Countless activists, advocates, journalists, academics, and politicians all played their part in enabling Hamas’s con intended to deepen Gazans’ suffering. Shame on every one of them. Thank you, @UNSCO_MEPP

[Brandi Kruse @BrandiKruse]

At NO POINT does the state of Washington verify citizenship before allowing someone to vote. Why is Attorney General Nick Brown telling such easily debunked lies?

[Reza Pahlavi Communications @PahlaviComms]

مادر جاویدنام نیکا شاکرمی، نوجوان کشته‌شده به دست جمهوری اسلامی در خیزش مهسا امینی: باید این روایت‌ها را آن قدر بگوییم تا فراموش نکنیم چه بر ما گذشته است. ما ناچار بودیم یا ذلت را تحمل کنیم یا انتخاب کنیم که بایستیم.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Wait, so to distract from his open support from Graham Platner the rapist, Ro Khanna went to a restricted area with a camera crew and then played victim.

Did I get that right?

[Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger]

"I saw with my own eyes that the hospitals were used to hide Hamas leaders....We saw and even spoke with them."

That's what a Kurdish doctor said after volunteering at the Kamal Adwan Military Medical Complex run by Hamas colonel Hussam Abu Safiya in 2024

[Ambassador Mike Huckabee @GovMikeHuckabee]

This is another example of a story that is rarely if ever told. The only hindrance to humanitarian aid was Hamas stealing what was intended to help civilians.

[Natalie_Z @natalie_Zion_]

Israeli Arabs laugh at the world's propaganda against Israel.

Here's yet another Arab Israeli confirming that they have full equal rights in Israel and there is no apartheid.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

.@amnesty The Iranian people will never forget your betrayal.

[Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger]

Here is a picture of @RoKhanna in Hebron.

The mayor of Hebron is a Palestinian named Tayseer Abu Sneineh. In 1980, he murdered 6 people, including 2 Americans.

I wonder if Ro ever brought that up.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I was once a major fund-raiser for Amnesty

But in those days it was about preventing torture

Not about sexual identity

I disown them

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

My take on @RoKhanna. He’s intentionally created a diversion in Gaza to undermine the President of the United States. This is subterfuge, but watch Dem pols defend him.

If you are an American, this is despicable.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The Israeli government is lying to cover up for 4 IDF soldiers who aided violent settlers brandishing M4 guns and threatening American lives. I am calling for their arrest and prosecution.

I have met with Israeli hostages and condemned the brutal, terrorist attacks of Oct 7. That does excuse the IDF from detaining American citizens.

[leekern @leekern13]

Visualisation of rockets Israel has endured from enemies trying to destroy them

How many of these rockets do you think your country would have taken before you fought back?

(WATCH TILL THE END)