Haviv Rettig Gur
This guy has no love lost for Israel and doesn't mince words about the war. But he also thinks Hamas are a bunch of mass-murderers who gladly offered up Gaza as a sacrifice to their religious vision. Unfortunately for him, a very great deal of the activist core of the pro-Palestinian movement in the West agrees with Hamas: Gaza's suffering, they insist from their comfortable homes far away, is a worthy sacrifice to lay on the altar of Israel's destruction. And if Israel's destruction requires more Palestinian suffering, never-ending Palestinian suffering, so be it. As with every Western ideology built on the lived experience of others, the basic purpose of the other is to satisfy a Western ideological fantasy. This is a new version of the same old orientalism. Now they're gunning for Ihab for daring to go off-script. Palestinians may yet emerge into a new day and a better future. But it will happen despite the best efforts of this pro-war, pro-genocide activist world that claims to speak for them. Not because of it.
Ihab Hassan
Once again—in less than a week—I’m the target of a major smear campaign and coordinated attack by Hamas supporters and terrorist-sympathizer accounts. They’re not just spreading lies and defamation—they’re openly inciting violence and murder against me. This isn’t criticism—it’s incitement to murder for exposing Hamas’ crimes against dissenters in Gaza, driven by blind loyalty to a terror cult and hatred for anyone who dares to speak out. Criticism doesn’t scare me—even hateful labels don’t matter. But this campaign of threats and intimidation crosses every line. Hamas terrorizes people on the ground—and their supporters are doing the same online, for the same reason: to silence, intimidate, and crush anyone who speaks the truth. They need to understand: I will not be intimidated. I will not be silenced.