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At a February 15, 2025, virtual roundtable hosted by the People's Forum and Publishers for Palestine, entitled "From Lebanon to Palestine: Resisting and Returning Together," Pennsylvania-based Palestinian-American writer Susan Abulhawa, whose work has been published by Simon and Schuster, stated that armed resistance against Israel must be upheld and supported at every turn, emphasizing that Israel will only respond to "real threats." She added that Hamas's "unyielding resistance" and "mind-blowing" persistence and perseverance have finally forced the Israelis out of Gaza. Abulhawa further commented that future generations will wonder how "a people as depraved as the West" ever ruled the world, stating, "I think their days are numbered."
On February 23, 2025, Abulhawa eulogized the Secretary-General of Designated terror group Lebanese Hizbullah in an Arabic-language Instagram post. She wrote: "Farewell, oh leader of the oppressed, oh uniter of the Arabs and the [Islamic] Ummah, oh beloved of Allah and beloved of the free peoples, oh martyr, son of martyrs, and father of martyrs, we will raise your banner in Jerusalem soon" (source: Instagram.com/susanabulhawa/p/DGacLbQxvC5/).
Dr. Hanine Shehadeh, visiting professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, stated that colonialism is embedded in Western culture, and that the "Jew himself" is also a victim of Zionism. She added that the events of October 7 did not happen in a vacuum, seeing them as the next step through which more land can be liberated, after her generation dismantled settlements in the Gaza Strip, referring to the 2005 Disengagement. She said that if it was possible to carry out such an attack on the Gaza Envelope, then it is also possible to do so in Jaffa, and dismantle all of Israel.
Lebanese analyst in Criminal Justice and Human Rights Omar Nashbe argued that the only way to confront Israel is through armed resistance.
Dr. Jamila Ghaddar mentioned that her vision for the future starts with the guillotine, while journalist Rania Khalek applauded.
It is worth noting that Dr. Hanine Shehadeh recently completed her PhD thesis in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS), and her work was nominated for Columbia University's Salo and Jeanette Baron Prize in Jewish Studies.
The People's Forum, a New York-based socialist organization, reportedly has been linked to the Chinese Communist Party. For more information, see MEMRITV clips Nos. 11461 and 11132 .
Omar Nashabe: "The only way to confront Israel is through armed struggle. There is no other way."
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Susan Abulhawa: "As Omar said, armed resistance must be upheld and supported at every turn. They will not respond to anything but real threats to themselves, and we have ample evidence to demonstrate this point – not just from history elsewhere – but from our own history.
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"Now, how Hamas's unyielding resistance and their mind-blowing persistence and perseverance against all odds, finally forced them out of Gaza."
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Hanine Shehadeh: "So we have to understand that this sort of colonialism as a structure is embedded in Western culture.
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"You also understand how European and American Chistian Zionism have historically operated and why they still operate this way, and that they both, are actually killing not only the Palestinian Arabs, but the other victim of this process is the Jew himself."
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Abulhawa: "I probably won't live to see this, but I have no doubt that generations from now they are going to look back on this time and wonder how the hell a people as depraved as the West ever ruled the world, to be honest. I think their days are numbered, ultimately."
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Shehadeh: "I mean, October 7 did not happen in a vacuum. We did dismantle settlements in the Gaza Strip that were there for 40 years. That is my generations, so October 7 was only the next step of more liberated lands, and that is also a possibility today. Maybe not at this moment, but that is a possibility. And if you can do the Gaza Envelope, then 2:04 the text says "than" but it should be "then" you can do Jaffa, and then you can dismantle all of Israel."
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Abulhawa: "So my vision for the future starts with the guillotine. Off with their heads."
