CNN senior investigative reporter Tamara Kiblawi wrote online:[s] … Zionism,” she was the lead author of a widely cited paper this week that argues that Hamas is stronger than Israel is willing to admit.
of article Israel insisted it had only damaged, not destroyed, some Hamas battalions, casting doubt on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims of a near victory – a key part of his push for arms supplies from the United States.
After the killing of a leading Hamas figure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said victory was near. From CNN, @Serious Threat and translation: The situation on the ground in Gaza presents an entirely different picture. Tamara Kibrawi I will report. pic.twitter.com/KityoqymyR
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) August 5, 2024
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied the allegations and are quoted in the article, but the story has gone viral in Israel, with Army Radio reporting CNN’s allegations as a front-page story on Monday.
However, one of the article’s main sources, retired U.S. Army Colonel Peter Mansour, has openly supported a Palestinian state even after the October 7 terrorist attacks, revealing the article’s less-than-blatant political bias against an Israeli victory.
And then there’s Kiblawi, who, as analyst Eitan Fishberger pointed out on X (formerly Twitter), has a long and radical history.
PSA: Don’t take CNN’s reports at face value @TamaraKibrawi seriously.translation: After some research, I found some shocking posts from her past. First off, this one. But even worse: pic.twitter.com/tvfrVDv362
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) August 6, 2024
In one post Notably, in 2012, Kiblawi wrote, “The thing I hate most, besides Zionism, is armchair theory. If you are not trying to bring about change, then stop preaching.”
The one thing I hate more than anything besides Zionism is armchair analysis. If you’re not trying to effect change, then don’t really preach.
— Tamara Qiblawi (@tamaraqiblawi) August 17, 2012
Other Social Media Posts Quote According to critics, Kiblawi appears to express other radical anti-Israel views.
Kiblawi’s official CNN biography mentions her freelancing for “international media” in Beirut, but according to Fishberger, one of the outlets she wrote for was Al-Akhbar English. Identified As a pro-Hezbollah, anti-American publication.
Neither CNN nor Kiblawi responded to requests for comment via X.
Asked about the CNN article on Tuesday, Israeli government spokesman David Mensah called the article “shoddy” and said Israel had in fact “crushed” Hamas, even if “fragments” and “shards” of Hamas were reconvening in various places.
“We are dismantling them, slowly, steadily, with precise intelligence,” he said. Hamas would regroup if given the opportunity, he said, but Israel was “crushing” the terrorist organization. “We are finishing this job,” he concluded.
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