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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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Proud American; Gaza native; pro-Palestine, pro-Peace, anti-Hamas & milit-occupation, Head of @rfpalestine; Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil; Member @CFR_org

Washington, DC Katılım Mart 2020
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
The pace of attacks against the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, by the Iranian regime and its proxies using Shahed drones is intensifying to an extreme level. C-RAM interceptions are saving thousands of lives, but waiting for continuous Iranian attacks is not a winning strategy.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
A missile fired by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the Palestinian territories today killed 4 women after it hit the town of Beit Awwa near Hebron. The horrific crimes of the Iranian regime against Palestinians, who have always been mere hollow propaganda slogans, continue.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
Don't ask me to condemn Hamas, said Mahmoud Khalil: Yes, it's "racist" to ask Palestinians to condemn mass slaughter on Oct 7, taking children & the elderly as hostages by Hamas, not to mention the theft of billions of dollars of Gaza's resources, the execution of Palestinians, suicide bombings, the end of the Palestinian national project - just as it's "racist" to ask Muslims to speak out against al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Jihadi terrorists who behead, murder, rape, and enslave in the name of Islam - just as it's "racist" to ask certain African nations to outlaw the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, or to ask China to outlaw Shark Fin Soup that decimates shark populations, or certain Middle Eastern countries to legislate the end of state-sanctioned child marriages. Accusations of racism have become a shield to defend the indefensible, to justify heinous acts, and to protect the sensitive feelings of pro-terror, pro-Jihadi, pro-violence voices who refuse to do what any self-respecting human being should. Palestinians shouldn't be asked to condemn Hamas; it should naturally and organically occur as part of separating the legitimate aspirations for freedom and independence from Islamofascist terror militias (and often does!). Meanwhile, the formal/official representatives of the Palestinian people have condemned Hamas, and, on multiple occasions, NUMEROUS Jewish, Zionist, and Israeli organizations and individuals/leaders have condemned the behavior, violence, and horrid statements of far-right extremists like Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and other Israeli officials. Astonishingly, someone like Mr. Khalil can continue to have access to major platforms that propagate his horrendous and deeply despicable narrative and worldview. Meanwhile, Palestinians who want peace, oppose Hamas, challenge the dominant narratives, and speak out against the behavior of the Western-based “pro-Palestine” movement are attacked, ostracized, and prevented from gaining access to large audiences and spaces. There is a clear, deliberate effort to misrepresent the voices of the Palestinian people by platforming individuals like Khalil who have no right to speak on their behalf.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
So many commentators and supposed experts, pundits and observers seem to be living in parallel galaxies - worried that Larijani was some paragon of pragmatism and reasonablness, and poor us and the people of Iran, we'll all now have to contend with a hardline replacement for this monsterous figure who's directly responsible for countless lives lost in and outside of Iran. I remember "smart people" saying that Yahya Sinwar's assassination was going to introduce an even more hardline replacement that makes Hamas more extreme, as if it weren't fascist enough to begin with.
Vali Nasr@vali_nasr

Larijani’s replacement will be appointed by IRGC. With every assassination U.S. and Israel engineering greater radicalization of Iran’s leadership. It will makes for a bleak future for Iran, Iranians, the region and ultimately makes it far more difficult for U.S. to disentangle itself from endless conflict in the region.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
The antisemitism, anti-human, pro-fascism elements of the "pro-Palestine" and "pro-Iran" movements in the United States must be confronted head on. This behavior is violent, nasty, un-American, hateful, intolerable, and worthy of consequences for traffickers of such vile rhetoric
Luc Bernard@LucBernard

This shit is really honestly getting disgusting and people of their own community need to really start clamping down on this because I’ve never quite seen anything like it every single day and week.

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
This is a condemnation of a questionable U.S. strategy, especially after sending 2 minesweepers to Malaysia/the Asia-Pacific. The tanker ships' path via the Larak-Qeshm Channel, which is not how ships usually sail, while a good thing for relieving pressure on energy markets, means that there's acquiescence to Iran's imposed closure and blockade, and that the U.S. has ultimately failed in reopening the Strait despite the destruction of Iran's navy. The lack of preparation for what has long been considered a pillar for any military confrontation with Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, is astonishing even to the most hawkish of neocons who have long promoted a military option for dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran and forcing through a regime change operation.
Martin Kelly@_MartinKelly_

CONFIRMED - Iran is allowing select vessels transit the SoH after verfication At least 4 vessels have transited outbound voa the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24hrs with a short diversion via the Larak-Qeshm Channel. This appears to be a verification process whereby Iran confirms the ownership, cargo and vessel are not US, or belongs to those that Iran has permitted transit to. The ships that have passed are 3 bulk carrier (2 Greek / 1 Indian) and one aframax tanker (Pakistan).

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
The Israeli air force struck one of Hamas's police trucks that were recently part of a parade by the terror group inside the al-Mawasi tent city. These Hamas terror operatives have been killing, kidnapping, torturing, disappearing & taxing thousands of Gazans since the ceasefire.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
The Islamic Republic of Iran fired a missile at Abu Dhabi in the UAE today, landing on a car and killing 34-year-old Ala'a Nader Moshtaha, a Palestinian female resident of the Emirates. Palestinians everywhere in the ME have & continue to pay a heavy price for the regime's crimes
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی
This is the person some folks wanted Mamdani to defend lol. Just entirely unserious.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
One of the chief terrorist heroes of the "pro-Palestine" movement in the United States, a vile and horrendous individual worthy of derision and utter contempt, Susan Abul-kharra, who called Jews parasites and is one of the most despicable domestic terrorists in the West, is an example of why there should never be tolerance with violent fascists anymore. This cretin cheers on the assault against a Jewish house of worship under the guise of being "pro-Palestine" while bemoaning the killing of a terrorist who attacked a Temple full of children in broad daylight. Susan and many Nazis like her are not fellow "Americans"; they are "Third Worldist" violent agents of chaos who are the worst additions to Western societies. They've turned support for the Palestinian cause into a pseudo-religion that justifies the most horrific acts of violence, even though what happens in Michigan has nothing to do with what's unfolding in the Middle East. If Susan were held to her sick and evil standard, acts of violence against her by resentful and angry Israelis and Jewish individuals would conceivably be justified because of her Nazi and dehumanizing rhetoric. Of course, as disgusting as she is, she shouldn't be physically harmed or assaulted because of her fascist and terrorist beliefs, something that she's not willing to extend to Jewish Americans. It is good that, at the very least, Mayor Mamdani attempted to distance his wife from this insane lunatic who should be banned from all of society, academia, media, and all places where normal human beings exist. No more tolerance of the intolerable; no more attempts to have “dialogue” and conversations with terrorists; say no to the normalization of foreign “Third Worldist” imbeciles pretending to be Americans when their natural place is their troubled and violent homelands; stop endless, boundaryless leftist “compassion” that’s causing decay and dissolution of Western values and societies from within.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
@TadhgHickey Sounds like he's right where he belongs among Irish fascists who cheer on every violent & failed cause in the world-Since you're in love with the resistance, Nazis & violent antisemites, can we send more from Gaza? Seriously, I'll raise money to charter a plane for Hamaniks to 🇮🇪
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Tehran Tadhg@TadhgHickey·
@afalkhatib I'm glad you didn't mention his name because you're not fit to utter it. You hate him because he's everything you're not: honourable, wildly smart & courageous. Hope the money was worth it, you collaborating, soulless POS. Up the resistance
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
Remember this Hamas "football journalist" who left Gaza a year ago during the war despite opposing the option being available to other Gazans, and was taken into Europe, starting in Greece and Ireland? Now that he's in safety, this fascist is predictably cheering on terrorism in the West, using ridiculous claims that the attack on Jewish children in Temple Israel in Michigan by a Lebanese terrorist is a form of "self-defense" that's legally protected. These are the scumbags that Europe and the West are importing, while tens of thousands of anti-Hamas Gazans are rotting in the Strip and being murdered and tortured daily, desperate for an opportunity to gain freedom and leave. This is not compassion; this is not tolerance; this is not sound immigration policy - this is suicide, this is bringing intolerant fascists, Jihadis, terrorists, and ultranationalists into the West. Stop before it's too late.
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"Iran’s leaders entered this war with the goal of ensuring it will be the last one. Either it breaks them or radically changes the country’s circumstances." So much of this reads like Hamas's calculus following October 7. I remember distinctly when Khalil al-Hayya said that the goal of the attack was to turn the table and overthrow the situation in Gaza, but the 10/7 war ended up breaking Hamas and destroying the Palestinian national project. Much of what Vali is saying here makes the case for why there can't be a situation in which the Iranian regime is allowed to survive: it will 100% pursue a nuclear weapon; continue to pose a threat to the Gulf nations, and destabilize the global economy - all of which are not only unacceptable to the U.S. regardless of who is President, but to the rest of the world. In fact, Tehran's behavior will likely cause a global alliance to emerge against the regime, willing to engage in kinetic action to cease its ceaseless aggression.
Vali Nasr@vali_nasr

I write in @FT that Iran is playing the long game. In war, geography matters as much as technology. Iran commands the entire northern shore of the Gulf, looming large over energy fields on its southern shore and all that passes through its waters. Its Houthi allies are perched at the entrance to the Red Sea and along the passage to the Suez Canal; Iran is thus perfectly positioned to squeeze the global economy from both sides of the Arabian Peninsula. Those in command of Iran today are veterans of asymmetric wars in Iraq and Syria. They are now applying the same strategy to fighting the US on the battlefield of the global economy. Drones, short-range missiles and mines setting tankers and ports on fire can have the same effect IEDs had in Iraq, only with greater impact — disrupting global supply chains and sending oil prices higher. Iran could sustain its counteroffensive more easily and for far longer. Furthermore, a ceasefire alone will not lift the shadow of risk that Iran has imposed over the Gulf, which is now experiencing its nightmare scenario. That is why Iranian leaders are saying they will not accept a ceasefire until Washington fully grasps the global economic cost of waging this war. Businesses, investors and tourists may not return to the Gulf states if they assume that war could resume again. Unless the US is prepared to invade Iran to remove the Islamic republic’s leaders and then stay there to ensure stability and security, confidence in the Gulf will only return if the US and Iran arrive at a durable ceasefire. Iran says it will only accept a ceasefire with international guarantees for its sovereignty, which would probably mean a direct role for Russia and China. It may also demand compensation for war damages and a verifiable ceasefire in Lebanon. The US would then have to agree to some form of the nuclear deal it left on the table in Geneva in February and commit to lifting sanctions. Iran’s leaders entered this war with the goal of ensuring it will be the last one. Either it breaks them or radically changes the country’s circumstances. They are betting on surviving long enough and squeezing the global economy hard enough to realise that goal. Read full article ft.com/content/93b7b6…

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
We’re not all Americans! When a group of supposed “Americans” marches through the streets of New York and chants “we support Hezbollah here” and “we support Hamas here,” not to mention their overt, clear, and unequivocal support of the fascistic Islamic Republic of Iran’s regime, we’ve reached a point where it is critical, however uncomfortable and controversial, to make explicit declarations and take clear stances. Clueless Americans, including “paper Americans” who are Americans in name only and are mere extensions of their backwards and violent native homelands, insist that celebrating terrorists and Jihadis, are not actually American. Being an American entails much more than merely being a U.S. citizen; Americanism is a spirit, a way of life, an ethos, a willingness to reject what is harmful, unjust, regressive, backward, and despicable. You can disagree with U.S. and Israeli actions all you want, and I certainly do in numerous instances. However, such disagreements should never translate to overt support for terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Ayatollah’s regime. Such disagreements should never justify ceaseless attacks on Jews, synagogues, and Israeli-Americans, while hiding behind the fake guise of “Islamophobia.” It is time that Americans begin the messy journey of cleaning house, recognizing the failure of endless immigration, boundaryless multiculturalism, and suicidal tolerance of the inherently intolerable. It is time to make access to freedom and Western privilege available to individuals who will actually enhance and bolster our societies, not to those who seek to destroy them from within. It’s time to reject Islamism, political correctness, fascism, and “Third-Worldism”, which is a disease that seeks to import the ills and disasters of developing nations, not their strengths and unique characteristics. This does not at all mean endorsement of hate, violence, bigotry, racism, xenophobia, or anti-immigrant sentiments, for multiple things can be true at once. Immigrants are and have been the backbone of American ingenuity, especially those coming from rough backgrounds and struggling nations. Plus, many of the most toxic, horrendous ideas are promoted by natives, often white, far leftists, who have no real appreciation for their privilege, and endorse the most destructive ideas and proclamations using academia, journalism, or “social justice” activism.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
@ryangrim Because the ceasefire that Hamas agreed to in Oct 2025 was explicit about the group disarming, relinquishing administrative and policing duties/control over Gaza, and not exercising dominion over the Strip - all of which are violated time & again. So yeah, Israel will strike them
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Ryan Grim
Ryan Grim@ryangrim·
@afalkhatib Why would Israel kill them amid a ceasefire? Are you suggesting Israel doesn’t abide by its agreements??
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib·
Israel can't kill us here! Hamas terrorists conducted a parade in their trucks inside the al-Mawasi tent zone for the displaced. These gunmen are the same ones who are killing, kidnapping, torturing, and shooting Gazans every single day; they're making their presence known to say "shut up & pay us taxes"! They hide in tent areas and use civilians as shields to lessen the chance of being struck by Israeli drones and air strikes. Just ask yourself: why would a terror organization do a parade of its militiamen in the middle of a tent city, if it weren't either hiding among the tents, or seeking to terrorize its inhabitants?
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