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Fox News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Bestselling author calls murdered Israeli embassy employees 'genocide cheerleaders' in social media post
An influential anti-Israel author expressed anger on Thursday towards the two Israeli embassy staffers who were murdered in Washington, D.C. last week. Author Susan Abulhawa attacked the murder victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, in an X post, calling them "genocide cheerleaders" and saying there is too much bloodshed at the hands of Israel to feel sorry for them after they were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum. "Now we're supposed to feel bad for two genocide cheerleaders after watching these colonizer baby killers slaughter people by the hundreds every day for two years," Abulhawa wrote on social media the day after the soon-to-be-engaged couple were killed. Lischinsky and Milgrim were shot and killed while departing an event at the museum on Wednesday. A man authorities identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago has been charged in the killings and faces the death penalty. Upon his arrest, Rodriguez screamed, "Free Palestine!" Abulhawa's post continued: "I've seen the inside of too many children's skulls to give a crap about the human garbage who get off on mass murder. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a false flag to focus on manufactured antisemitism instead of the actual holocaust being committed by Jewish supremacists." In a previous post, Abulhawa rationalized that the murders were a natural response to Israel going unchecked for its "holocaust" in Gaza. "Natural logic: when governments fail to hold Israel accountable for an actual holocaust being committed before our very eyes, no genocidal Zionist should be safe anywhere in the world. What Mr. Rodriguez did should come as no surprise. In fact, I'm surprised it has not happened sooner," she wrote. Abulhawa also suggested that the suspect was following his conscience, adding, "Human beings with a conscience literally cannot bear to witness such evil day and day out being inflicted upon the bodies, minds, and futures of an utterly defenseless people, by such a hateful, racist, colonial state." Abulhawa is the author of several books, including "Mornings In Jenin," a novel about a Palestinian family displaced from their homes by Israel in 1948, that has sold over one million copies. Her social media account on X is filled with anti-Israel posts. She has also written a number of articles for the digital outlet, "The Electronic Intifada," several of which accuse Israel of committing a "holocaust." In one, titled, "Israel is dragging the world into darkness," she wrote, "Israel does not belong in the modern world. It is the child of European colonialism and Europe's genocidal anti-Semitism, imposed by force and fire and Western guilt on a land already inhabited by an indigenous people." Abulhawa did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Pro-Palestinian author brands DC Jewish Museum victims 'genocide cheerleaders'
An acclaimed Palestinian-American author and activist called two murdered Israeli diplomats 'genocide cheerleaders' and 'human garbage'. Susan Abulhawa celebrated the deaths of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, in a terrorist attack on the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night. The young soon-to-be-engaged couple were hit by some of the 21 bullets allegedly fired by Elias Rodriguez, 31, who screamed 'free Palestine ' as he was arrested. Abulhawa rejected even the slightest sympathy for their families and even speculated the shooting was a 'false flag' by pro-Israel agents. 'Now we're supposed to feel bad for two genocide cheerleaders after watching these colonizer baby killers slaughter people by the hundreds every day for two years,' she wrote on Twitter. 'I've seen the inside of too many children's skulls to give a crap about the human garbage who get off on mass murder. 'It wouldn't surprise me if it was a false flag to focus on manufactured antisemitism instead of the actual holocaust being committed by Jewish supremacists.' Hours earlier, Abulhawa came close to calling for more murders of random Jewish civilians around the world in revenge for Palestinians killed in Gaza. 'When governments fail to hold Israel accountable for an actual holocaust being committed before our very eyes, no genocidal Zionist should be safe anywhere in the world,' she wrote. 'What Mr Rodriguez did should come as no surprise. In fact, I'm surprised it has not happened sooner. 'Human beings with a conscience literally cannot bear to witness such evil day and day out being inflicted upon the bodies, minds, and futures of an utterly defenseless people, by such a hateful, racist, colonial state.' Abulhawa doubled down by comparing the murders to the assassination of a Nazi diplomat by a Jewish teenager in 1938. 'Once you understand that Zionism and Nazism are two sides of the same coin, the world we live in will make a lot more sense,' she wrote. She called both killings 'an act of resistance because governments refused to stop a genocide'. Nazi Germany was yet to invade Poland and begin World War II in 1938, but had been mass murdering Jews inside its borders for years. The couple were hit by some of the 21 bullets allegedly fired by Elias Rodriguez, 31, who screamed 'free Palestine ' as he was arrested Abulhawa frequently posts inflammatory content about the Israeli invasion of Gaza since the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas. Even before that, she spent much of her career writing about Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and elsewhere. Her breakout novel Mornings in Jenin followed multiple generations of a Palestinian family living in a city in the northern West Bank. The book's original title was Scar of David in 2006 but it was re-released to critical acclaim without the more pointed title in 2010. It was translated into 32 languages and sold more than a million copies, already making her the most read Palestinian author of all time. Abulhawa published two more successful novels, and six other anthologies, books of poetry, and non-fiction works. She was the director of the controversial 2023 Palestine Writes festival at the University of Pennsylvania. Her hostility to Israel after fleeing Palestine as a war refugee caused her to decline various invitations and speaking engagements. Abulhawa's position is that Israel is an apartheid state similar to South Africa and should be abolished. Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, and Milgrim, an American, were gunned down at a Jewish conference of the American Jewish Committee focused on peace. One witness reported seeing Rodriguez throw his gun away after it stopped firing. Another witness earlier recalled how well-meaning security guards allowed him inside the building, wrongly assuming he was a victim of the shooting. At the museum, according to a charging affidavit, he told police: 'I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza. I am unarmed.'
Memri
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Memri
American Writer Susan Abulhawa Praises Hamas, Calls for Armed Resistance against Israel; Warns 'Depraved' Western Rule's Days Are Numbered; Colleagues: October 7 Proves Israel Can Be Dismantled; The Guillotine Is the Future, 'Off with Their Heads'
At a February 15, 2025, virtual roundtable hosted by the People's Forum and Publishers for Palestine, entitled "From Lebanon to Palestine: Resisting and Returning Together," Palestinian-American writer and activist Susan Abulhawa stated that armed resistance against Israel must be upheld and supported at every turn, emphasizing that Israel will only respond to 'real threats.' She added that Hamas's 'unyielding resistance' and 'mind-blowing' persistence and perseverance have finally forced the Israelis out of Gaza. Abulhawa further commented that future generations will wonder how 'a people as depraved as the West' ever ruled the world, stating, 'I think their days are numbered.' Dr. Hanine Shehadeh, visiting professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, stated that colonialism is embedded in Western culture, and that the 'Jew himself' is also a victim of Zionism. She added that the events of October 7 did not happen in a vacuum, seeing them as the next step through which more land can be liberated, after her generation dismantled settlements in the Gaza Strip, referring to the 2005 Disengagement. She said that if it was possible to carry out such an attack on the Gaza Envelope, then it is also possible to do so in Jaffa, and dismantle all of Israel. Lebanese analyst in Criminal Justice and Human Rights Omar Nashbe argued that the only way to confront Israel is through armed resistance. Dr. Jamila Ghaddar mentioned that her vision for the future starts with the guillotine, while journalist Rania Khalek applauded. It is worth noting that Dr. Hanine Shehadeh recently completed her PhD thesis in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS), and her work was nominated for Columbia University's Salo and Jeanette Baron Prize in Jewish Studies. The People's Forum, a New York-based socialist organization, reportedly has been linked to the Chinese Communist Party. For more information, see MEMRITV clips Nos. 11461 and 11132 .
