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Anti -Israeli activist Mahmud Khalil refused to clearly condemn the terrorist group Hamas and raised the issue with the “selective condemnation” of the plight of the Palestinian people during an interview on Tuesday.
In response to a question by CNN’s Pamela Brown, whether he would condemn a nominated terrorist organization in the United States, especially Hamas, not only for his actions on 7 October, “Khalil appeared trying to avoid condemning the terrorist organization.
“I condemn the killing of all citizens, full break,” Khalil told Brown.
Brown asked him during Khalil’s reply, “But do you especially condemn Hamas?”
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Anti -Israeli activist Mahmud Khalil refused to clearly condemn Hamas and instead raised the issue with the “selective condemnation” of the plight of the Palestinian people. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
“I am very clear with condemning all citizens. I am very straightforward in my position in that part,” said Khalil. “But it is dissatisfied to ask Hamas to condemn Hamas, while Palestinians are now hungry by Israel.”
Khalil is a graduate student at the University of Columbia, who was released on bail from an immigration detention center in June. order by US District Judge Michael Farbiarz, who said it was “highly, highly unusual” to detain a legal American resident, who did not have violent offenses or is a possible flight risk.
He was arrested on the anti -Israel activism at Campus in Columbia in March, and A. Immigration Judge ruled He could be removed from the country based on a memorandum by State Secretary Marco Rubio, stating that his campus protests were not with the interests of the US foreign policy.
Homeland Security Department has also said that Khalil Did not deliberately appear When he applied for a permanent American residence, he was employed by the Syrian office at the British Embassy in Berut.
Instead of condemning Hamas, Khalil talked about violence against Palestinians.
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Mahmud Khalil was arrested in Colombia in March. (Cena Betanakur/AFP via Getty Image)
“It’s not condemning on 6 October, where 260 Palestinians were killed by Israel before 7 October,” said Khalil. “So I hate this selective resentment of condemnation, because it will not have a creative conversation. And this is also what we want to deal with, why this happened, the root cause of this is. And, and, it is not justified in any way.”
Brown pressed Khalil, asked him, “Do you condemn Hamas because the Trump administration has claimed that you are Hamas Sympathy.”
“That’s what I did,” said Khalil. “This is my duty as a Palestinian, as a human right now, to ask for the murder stop in my country. And it is conforming to who I am. I believe in international law and human rights and all my values come from that point.
“This is just like for me … dissatisfied and absurd to ask such questions when 62,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, and that’s why I will not really get too much attached to such questions on condemnation or not. Because selective condemnation, we will not get it anywhere. It is not just a hypocrite.”
In a statement by Fox News Digital, White House spokesman Abigail Jackson said, “It should not be difficult to condemn a heinous terrorist organization that is responsible for the brutal acts of rape, murder and torture against innocent people – but obviously it is for Khalil.”
Jackson said that “In the United States, Khalil is continuously engaged in harmful conduct for the interests of US foreign policy, including the ongoing support for Hamas and harassment of Jewish students in the campus. All Democrat politicians who are hugging Khalil should explain why they are supporting someone who can not even condemn terrorists.”
Fox News Digital Arrived to Khalil’s lawyer for comment.
The Homeland Security Department has also said that Khalil did not deliberately stated that it was employed by the Syrian office at the British Embassy in Berut when he applied for a permanent American residence. (Chip Somodeville/Getty Images)
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