The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has rescinded its announcement of a “Courageous Journalism” award for Gaza-based, pro-Hamas Palestinian journalist Maha Noussaini following the exposure of her anti-Semitic views.
Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon report Tuesday:
A group of female journalists led by the former partner of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will present a “courageous journalism” award to a Hamas supporter who posted anti-Semitic cartoons on social media.
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Hussaini said: Comments section A journalist who writes about the Middle East for a group called the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor favorably published anti-Semitic cartoons drawn by first and second place winners in the 2006 Iranian International Holocaust Cartoons Competition.
She has also openly supported terrorism. write After Palestinian terrorists shot four Israeli border guards on the Temple Mount in 2017, killing two, Hussaini cried out “glory to the martyrs.” When Israeli forces destroyed Hamas’ intelligence headquarters in al-Jala’abil in 2021, Hussaini I swore The people of Gaza are saying, “10 [towers] Then our resistance will be able to bomb the occupied territories again.”
Ann Archived A version of the press release posted on the IWMF website listed Husseini as the recipient of the “Courage in Journalism” award.
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another, Archived To dig deeper into Husseini’s biography, see the IMWF link: Link The story has since been removed from online, but there was little doubt about Hussaini’s sympathies: “Her reporting on survivors of Israeli field executions has been used as evidence of Israeli genocide in South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice.”
Hussaini is also reportedly a member of the board of directors of the avowedly anti-Israel group Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (EuroMedMonitor), whose president has cited inflammatory and error Online propaganda.
The IWMF also posted the announcement of Husseini’s award on X (formerly Twitter).
In 2024 #IWMFCourage Winner:
-Maha Hussaini (Palestine)
-Lauren Choorjian (USA)
-Monica Velazquez Villacis (Ecuador)
-Shin Dewe (translator Justice Award for Women Journalists (Myanmar)visit https://t.co/EYv3N4UGPH For more information! pic.twitter.com/BnFV8xK2nf
— International Women’s Media Foundation (@IWMF) June 10, 2024
of translation: This article highlights the well-deserved recognition of Palestinian freelance journalists. Mahagaza As IWMF in 2024 #courage Winner of a journalism award for her courageous reporting from Gaza. Read more here: https://t.co/eu6i6XXGfn
— International Women’s Media Foundation (@IWMF) June 14, 2024
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