I looked at the Canary Mission's web page on Mahoud Khalil (2), and I viewed some of the articles and videos that they cite to support the claim that he supports Hamas and terrorism. None of these showed him stating support for Hamas, terrorism, or even violence. I also did not see quotes or video…
I looked at the Canary Mission's web page on Mahoud Khalil (2), and I viewed some of the articles and videos that they cite to support the claim that he supports Hamas and terrorism. None of these showed him stating support for Hamas, terrorism, or even violence. I also did not see quotes or videos of him denouncing Hamas, but of course that doesn't imply that he supports them.
At a press conference on April 23, 2024 (1), Khalil says (starting at 27:07) "We are here to affirm that we believe that the struggle to achieve liberation - Palestinian and Jewish liberation - is intertwined and go hand-by-hand. And after all, this is a movement of equality, social justice, and liberation for Palestine and the rest of the world."
Canary Mission also cites a video of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests at Columbia University (5), saying that Khalil was standing next to "Maryam Iqbal, who led the chant calling for Israel’s destruction", but Khalil is not heard saying anything in the video. That's a particularly egregious form of the guilt-by-association argumentation. Note that a women on the pro-Palestinian side says (0:38 - 0:45) "Clearly we're all against violence, but we're just asking for the lives of Palestinian civilians to be acknowledged as well." Of course, that's also not evidence about Khalil's personal beliefs, but her statement belies the claim that all the pro-Palestinian protestors support violence, terrorism, and Hamas.
Canary Mission also links to a few videos of Khalil at student protests, but that also proves nothing about his particular views on Hamas. He explicitly stated that the protestors want Columbia U. to divest from Israel because of their treatment of Palestinians.
Canary Mission also cites an X/Twitter post of Khalil (6) saying "As you've seen, Palestinians have tried multiple sorts of resistance, whether it is armed, unarmed resistance, peaceful, whatever. But Israel and the propaganda always find something to attack." and "We [Palestinians] tried armed resistance, which is legitimate under international law, but Israel calls it terrorism." The video has been edited, so we cannot know what armed resistance he was referring to, and that out-of-context quote certainly doesn't imply that he supports the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli Jews.
Following up on my previous reply to you:
I looked at the Canary Mission's web page on Mahoud Khalil (2), and I viewed some of the articles and videos that they cite to support the claim that he supports Hamas and terrorism. None of these showed him stating support for Hamas, terrorism, or even violence. I also did not see quotes or videos of him denouncing Hamas, but of course that doesn't imply that he supports them.
At a press conference on April 23, 2024 (1), Khalil says (starting at 27:07) "We are here to affirm that we believe that the struggle to achieve liberation - Palestinian and Jewish liberation - is intertwined and go hand-by-hand. And after all, this is a movement of equality, social justice, and liberation for Palestine and the rest of the world."
Canary Mission also cites a video of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests at Columbia University (5), saying that Khalil was standing next to "Maryam Iqbal, who led the chant calling for Israel’s destruction", but Khalil is not heard saying anything in the video. That's a particularly egregious form of the guilt-by-association argumentation. Note that a women on the pro-Palestinian side says (0:38 - 0:45) "Clearly we're all against violence, but we're just asking for the lives of Palestinian civilians to be acknowledged as well." Of course, that's also not evidence about Khalil's personal beliefs, but her statement belies the claim that all the pro-Palestinian protestors support violence, terrorism, and Hamas.
Canary Mission also links to a few videos of Khalil at student protests, but that also proves nothing about his particular views on Hamas. He explicitly stated that the protestors want Columbia U. to divest from Israel because of their treatment of Palestinians.
Canary Mission also cites an X/Twitter post of Khalil (6) saying "As you've seen, Palestinians have tried multiple sorts of resistance, whether it is armed, unarmed resistance, peaceful, whatever. But Israel and the propaganda always find something to attack." and "We [Palestinians] tried armed resistance, which is legitimate under international law, but Israel calls it terrorism." The video has been edited, so we cannot know what armed resistance he was referring to, and that out-of-context quote certainly doesn't imply that he supports the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli Jews.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/live/kI3VrmZCVfY?t=2190s
[2] https://canarymission.org/individual/Mahmoud_Khalil
[3] https://x.com/canarymission/status/1897731409369870762
[4] https://www.instagram.com/mosheh/reel/C6ZKrh-r5Zx/
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-pIpnaixA&t=5s
[6] https://x.com/Davidlederer6/status/1899501664580571423