Motaz Azaiza became the face of Gaza’s war coverage.
@TIME named him one of its most influential people of 2024 and called him an “unfiltered voice of the war.” @nytimes and @SkyNews platformed him. @UNRWA, @ZohranKMamdani, @Macklemore, and Ms. Rachel amplified him.
He amassed 14.5 million Instagram followers and even received a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
But listen to @motazazaiza9 in Arabic, and you hear a very different story.
He exposes Hamas.
He exposes Gaza’s journalists.
And in the process, he exposes himself.🧵
Who got condemned how many times last year at the U.N. General Assembly:
0 🇨🇺 Cuba
0 🇶🇦 Qatar
0 🇸🇦 Saudi
0 🇨🇳 China
0 🇸🇩 Sudan
0 🇹🇷 Turkey
0 🏴☠️ Hamas
0 🇸🇴 Somalia
0 🇵🇰 Pakistan
0 🇱🇧 Lebanon
0 🇻🇪 Venezuela
1 🇮🇷 Iran
1 🇲🇲 Myanmar
1 🇰🇵 North Korea
2 🇺🇸 USA
6 🇷🇺 Russia
15 🇮🇱 Israel
Read #MEMRI analysis: Indispensable Partners: Why Washington Must Back #Ethiopia's Return To The Sea And #Somaliland's Sovereignty - Report & audio here https://t.co/coYbT9C1aH
“The U.N. is fundamentally broken. UN Watch published a report showing 490 employees of UNRWA linked directly to terror. Later, UNRWA ended up firing some 70 of them.”
— Human rights activist @ElishaWiesel, son of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, on @CBSNews
Disgusting: At the U.N. General Assembly, President Masoud Pezeshkian of the Islamic Republic of Iran held up a photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In his 18-minute speech, he had nothing to say about the tens of thousands of Iranian civilians his regime has slaughtered.
It is particularly amusing to hear @KingAbdullahII of Jordan speak so passionately about international law and the rights of Palestinians in Judea and Samaria.
In July 1988, on the orders of his father, King Hussein, Jordan collectively and unilaterally revoked the citizenship and rights of Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria - in complete violation of international law.
Overnight, Palestinians in Judea and Samaria lost the right to vote or run for the Jordanian parliament, work in the Jordanian civil service, or receive funding from the Hashemite Kingdom. Their Jordanian passports were confiscated or not renewed. They were classified as foreign nationals. Their entry into Jordan and their ability to remain there were restricted.
Tell us more about international law.
Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov in WSJ: “A dead Palestinian child isn’t made less dead by a statistic. But neither should we ignore what Israel risked to reduce that number. If Israel had cared less about NAZA, perhaps I would have come home sooner. Fewer Israeli soldiers might have died. Fewer hostages might have died. But more Palestinians would have.”
https://t.co/cQ2BmdhVEh
🇺🇳 António Guterres: “The scale of killing in Gaza is unlike anything I've witnessed in my years as Secretary-General.”
FACT-CHECK: ❌
Under Guterres's watch since 2017:
🇸🇾 Syria: 120,000+ killed
🇸🇩 Sudan: 150,000+ killed
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 162,000+ killed
🇾🇪 Yemen: 200,000+ killed
In my 22 years at United Nations Watch, I have never witnessed a Secretary-General legitimize lies, propaganda, and antisemitism on this scale.
António Guterres has appeased tyrants and terrorists. He has disgraced his office.
He is the worst Secretary-General in U.N. history.
The Islamic Republic will train children under 15 in surveillance, drone operations and even shoulder-launched weapons for its “self-sacrifice” campaign.
The regime doesn’t sacrifice itself, it sacrifices Iran’s children to stay in power.
https://t.co/siKVSlt7c5
Upcoming: This morning, the heads of Turkey and Qatar — Hamas's strongest backers — will take the floor of the U.N. General Assembly.
The annual U.N. catwalk for dictators has officially begun.
I wrote to @antonioguterres demanding he condemn Francesca Albanese for violating her UN mandate to campaign against arming Ukraine. She invokes her mandate to ignore Iran’s massacre—then discards it to attack NATO. The UN must enforce its own rules.
📺: https://t.co/5MF1Fes43e
China now has a military foothold in Europe via Serbia.
@ivanastradner tells @MarkCMontgomery Serbia isn't just Russia's partner. It's becoming a bridgehead for Moscow and Beijing both.
🎧 Watch the latest Foreign Podicy featuring @RepJoeWilson: https://t.co/ThbqbdeEiN