Link to paper in The Australian quoting Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
27 January 2025
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From an article in The Australian by Alexi Demetriadi, /Pro-Hamas activists
trying to 'out-Palestine Palestinians' amid terror group's 'normalisation'/

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/prohamas-activists-trying-to-outpalestine-palestinians-amid-terror-groups-normalisation/news-story/b52f3fb9fba4b55bdd574a268387ed92

Excerpts,

    A prominent Gazan writer [Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib] has decried the
    "normalisation" of terror group Hamas across Western societies.

    Mr Alkhatib's criticism comes after a year in which terrorist flags were
    openly waved in Australian state capitals, Hamas death symbols tagged on
    MPs' offices, and anti-Semitic attacks targeted the Jewish community.

    "The right to resist has been translated to that you can kill, rape,
    pillage, kidnap and invade with no boundaries," Mr Alkhatib said.

    He criticised the Netanyahu government and its military response in Gaza,
    but also "grifters" who sought to attach themselves to a cause.

    Reflecting on Australia's grappling with the conflict's domestic
    ramifications, Mr Alkhatib said there must be "consequences" for
    anti-Semites and those who espoused the terror group, and a stronger
    counter-narrative pushed by political, educational and community leaders.

    "I feel bad for the people of Gaza, who - due to ignorance and a lack of
    alternatives - are still cheering on the very group who has brought this
    (war) upon them."

    "And I'm far more empathetic to those people, because they're isolated.
    I'm a lot less charitable to the idiots in the West who should know better
    and who don't have the risk that Gazans face."

    "We're approaching the 20-year anniversary of the withdrawal of Israeli
    settlements. What is there to show for billions of dollars and tens of
    thousands of lives wasted? Absolutely nothing."