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Three messages from the Gazans to the world, and why the people will win this time: 1. "Hamas are terrorists." 2. "We want peace." 3. "We want to live a normal life." It is not the first time the people of #Gaza protested against Hamas rule. Similar protests have happened many times before, but it has always been under-reported in the media and quickly suppressed by the brutally powerful Hamas and its regional backers. However, this time is different. Why? * Hamas is lonely and devasted. * The biased Qatar-sponsored media has already lost its credibility and ability to manipulate the truth. * The people of Gaza have broken the barriers of fear after they have been left with nothing to lose. Let's amplify their voices. #Gaza #Israel #Hamas #Protests #غزة #حماس #مظاهرات #احتجاجات #إسرائيل

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Three messages from the Gazans to the world, and why the people will win this time: 1. "Hamas are terrorists." 2. "We want peace." 3. "We want to live a normal life." It is not the first time the people of #Gaza protested against Hamas rule. Similar protests have happened many times before, but it has always been under-reported in the media and quickly suppressed by the brutally powerful Hamas and its regional backers. However, this time is different. Why? * Hamas is lonely and devasted. * The biased Qatar-sponsored media has already lost its credibility and ability to manipulate the truth. * The people of Gaza have broken the barriers of fear after they have been left with nothing to lose. Let's amplify their voices. #Gaza #Israel #Hamas #Protests #غزة #حماس #مظاهرات #احتجاجات #إسرائيل

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Let me be the one highlighting the silver lining of the #October7 tragedy! As horrific as it was, October 7, 2023 will be remembered as the day that changed the Middle East forever... perhaps for the good. It was meant to be the end of #Israel, just like the #Holocaust was meant to be the end of the Jewish people in #Europe. Yet, thanks to the mighty Israeli army, this day will be written down in history books as the beginning of the end of #Hamas, #Hezbollah, and #Iran-sponsored terrorist organizations that have been wreaking havoc all over the Middle East for decades. It was the point when the geopolitical status quo that had empowered these terrorist organizations to dominate the Middle East region since the 1980s was broken... ... and the masks covering the ugly faces of radical Islamists and terrorism supporters in the East and the West fell off. It was the day when the state sponsors of terrorism (known as the Axis of Evil) were exposed, and their scheme to destroy the West was unveiled. It is a war on the West... What is happening now in the Middle East, and its loud echoes in American and European societies and universities, is part of the greater scheme of Iran's war on the West, Iran's war on the United States. ...and Israel has been working hard to block the ambitions of the Axis of Evil and protect not only itself but also the United States, Arab countries, and even the people of #Gaza. Hamas terrorists had not only attacked Israelis, but they also tortured and humiliated the people of Gaza for almost two decades and then used them as human shields in a war that they did not choose or want. A war that even Israel did not choose or want. A war that only Hamas and Iran wanted to fuel their greater scheme of destroying the West. Hamas threatened the security of Arab countries, including my own home country, #Egypt, and if it were not for the cooperation and help of Israel in 2013-2015, we would not have been able to get rid of the terrorists that Hamas implanted in #Sinai in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Hamas and its fellow terrorist organizations are not only targeting the Israelis, but they have also been chasing and terrorizing liberal Muslims and Arabs like myself. That is why I applaud the Israeli army for crushing Hamas and Hezbollah and feel so ashamed of the stance of the majority of Arab states against Israel at this challenging time in the history of our region. When Hamas terrorists launched the October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians last year, I was one of only a handful number of Arabs and Muslims who dared to publicly condemn Hamas's terrorism and show support for Israel's right to defend itself. I paid a heavy price for my position in support of Israel. I was forced to leave my country after radical Islamists and also my own people in Egypt wanted to imprison and kill me because I dared to say the truth... I said, in Arabic, to the Arab audience that "Hamas is a terrorist organization and Israel is doing the right thing by chasing Hamas in Gaza, and that if Arab states are thinking straight, they should be supporting Israel in this war." Thank G-d! One year later, Israel has proved my point right, and heroically and single-headedly, the Israeli army has been combating Hamas and Hezbollah to the point of defeat. Now, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon are almost defeated. However, the fight against the Axis of Evil that aims to dominate the Middle East and destroy the United States is still going on. Do not forget that! Well, History may also remember this day as the beginning of the end of the Islamic regime in Iran. Israel’s astonishing progress on the battlefield so far makes us safely hopeful that this could really happen.

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Watch so you know... why President Trump's decision to initiate the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood an FTO marks a very personal moment for me. As a liberal Muslim, I have been fighting against the Muslim Brotherhood for 13 years, since they hijacked my native Egypt in 2012. I was at the forefront of the civil society movement that campaigned to oust them from power in 2013. I documented the Brotherhood's violent atrocities in Egypt, and in 2014, I led an international campaign to influence policymakers in the US, UK, and Germany to ban the group. Over the years, I got into countless direct fights with the members of the Brotherhood in several political and diplomatic arenas worldwide, including at the UN. In 2023, the Brotherhood and Salafist affiliates and sympathizers in Egypt attempted to kill me after I publicly condemned the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas (the Brotherhood's armed militia in Gaza). I had to run for my life, leaving behind everything I ever owned and every person I ever loved. They literally destroyed my life. I saw it collapsing in front of my eyes. But they couldn't destroy me. They only made me stronger. When I came to the US in November 2023, I quickly licked my wounds and resumed the fight against the Brotherhood's evil influence everywhere I could... from university campuses (thanks to Hillel) to Capitol Hill and beyond (thanks to ISGAP), powered by personal experience and winning by delivering authentic education to students, the public, and policymakers. Only three days before President Trump signed this historic executive order, I joined my beloved colleagues at ISGAP to launch one of our best reports ever, which for the first time connects the dots between the Muslim Brotherhood networks in the US and their networks in the Middle East. I am not saying this to be proud (maybe, I am!). I am just happy that we (the forces of good) have won this crucial round of this long-term battle against the forces of evil. There is still much to be done next, though. I will write about it in a different post. Now, let's celebrate.

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