Abdel Bari Atwan’s identity is based on three lies. He is not a “Palestinian.” This nationality was invented in the 1960s; it never existed in history until then. He is not a “refugee.” A refugee is someone who leaves one place and seeks refuge in another because of war, famine, exile, or some other crisis. Atwan, however, admits that he was born in the “so-called diaspora.” So he is not a refugee. And he is certainly not a “journalist.” He is not someone interested in reporting the facts (real journalists are vanishingly few these days); he is an ideologue who is consumed with hatred and bloodlust.
“British-Palestinian Journalist Abdel Bari Atwan: The Sirens That Go Off When Hamas Rockets Hit Ashdod Are Like A Beethoven Symphony To My Ears,” MEMRI, May 16, 2021 (thanks to the Geller Report):
British-Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan said that when he hears sirens indicating a rocket attack going off in Ashdod, it is like music, a Beethoven symphony to him. He made these remarks in an interview with Al-Manar TV (Hizbullah-Lebanon) that aired on May 16, 2021….
Abdel Bari Atwan: “I hail from the Gaza strip. We were refugees there. My family came there from Ashdod. I sing twice when the rockets reach… I was born in the so-called diaspora. By Allah, when the rockets reach Ashdod and I hear the sirens, it’s like music to me, like a Beethoven symphony. I have never heard such [music]. The second thing is that when we see those rockets hit Tel Aviv, and the settlers flee the beach in their bathing suits, to the nearest bomb shelter – this is unprecedented in the history of the Arab-Zionist conflict.”
mortimer says
Abdel Bari Atwan is a well-educated savage and merciless barbarian. Genocide lives in his heart. He believes in PAN-ARABISM … a pipedream that collapsed decades ago.
Frank Scarn says
Muslim, “By Allah, when rockets reach Ashdod and I hear sirens, it’s like music to me.”
Western leaders, “Yes, of course we can reason with people like this. Why do you ask?”
Michael says
Abdel Bari Atwan is the leftovers of Arab colonialism, and is as indigenous to the eastern Mediterranean as the French were to Algeria.
Michael says
He’s a British citizen and so has no legal or moral connection whatsoever to the territory of Mandate Palestine or Israel.
Michael Copeland says
Musical instruments are haram. Doesn’t he know?
Raja says
Michael,
Even haram is not haram as it involves the most hated people by Islam and its prophet. The devil can change colors at will and haram can become halal without batting an eye lid. Can you find a religion that is more venomous than Islam on the face of the earth?
shosh says
Let’s ask the G-d of Israel to send the Truth, to expose and strip naked the lies hidden in the innermost recesses of the hearts of the people who have never learned to love or to be loved. Let’s ask G-d to send messengers in their language to tell them what love feels like because they have never known love. Love has a Name. His Name is Jesus Yeshua or Yassoa , Let’s ask G-d to reveal the most powerful love in all eternity that cannot fail, die or turn away. These who hate have never known Love. L-rd in the Name above all names, in the Name of Your Son Yeshua Jesus, draw these unloved ones into the presence of YOUR SON JESUS YESHUA. Give them hearts to receive the Truth, to open the door to everlasting salvation, and to surrender to the ONLY ONE WHO CAN FILL THE EMPTINESS SO STRONG IN THEIR WAYS AND THOUGHTS. Cause them to discern lies from Truth, darkness from light and life from death, so that they can see clearly the Light of the World Whose Name is Jesus Yeshua. Bring many strong teachers in their language, many anointed leaders into their midst and many many followers of the ONLY LIVING G-D, THE G-D OF ISRAEL WHOSE NAME IS YESHUA JESUS ALMIGHTY G-D. Toda raba Adonai…thank YOU L-RD, bashem Yeshua amein
Fred van de Bunt says
While I would think that Abdel as a child from refugees would have compassion with the children from rufegees that live in Israel.
Abdel has completely forgotten about the 850.000 Jewsish refugees that were kick out of Arab countries, or had to run for their lives from Arab countries after 1948.
Keith O says
Fred, If you told that to Abdel or any other Arab they will tell you it’s lies by the Zionists and they are not to be trusted.
Islamists are a bit like the people of North Korea. They both only have one source of information, so they believe what they are told without question.
Both sad and scary.
gravenimage says
He would either claim it wssd a lie, or would gloat over it.
Walter Sieruk says
A typical jihadist warmonger mentality . How terrible ! How demonic !
Raja says
When the “worst of the pigs and apes” run for their lives, with sirens screaming it must be music to the “best of the people”, that is the wonderful Islam for you.
The PM clown or his official machinery must swing into action to quell all misinformation and lies of Islam from everywhere. This is the only way Jews can live a peaceful life in UK.
Crusades Were Right says
I’ve seen this joker many times on BBC political talk shows – the kind involving “journalists” talking to other “journalists” about world news.
Every time he was speaking about “Palestine-Israel”, you could pretty much turn the sound off and guess the gist of it.
You’d probably have got it right. lol
tim gallagher says
Looking at the reports here at Jihad Watch today, all involving violence and calls for jihad violence by Muslims, it made me think of the report from yesterday of that Muslim “scholar” saying that Muslim “scholars” have emphasised violence too much when talking about jihad. Seriously, Islam is and always has been about nothing but unending murderous violence. Muslims’ ideal man, Muhammad, was a murderous piece of crap (if he ever existed which I don’t believe was the case), so, when you have an ideology which has such a piece of crap as your ideal of how to behave, you get nothing but evil and violence. This journalist being discussed here is typical of the evil, totally inhuman monsters that islam produces. Scum of the earth is what this journalist shows himself to be by his delightful choice of words about how, to him, weapons are like music. I agree with Crusades Were Right’s comment, just above my comment, I never listen to poisonous maggots like this creature.
OLD GUY says
Muslim’Islamic religion of HATE, MURDER and RAPE. Whats not to be PROUD of. Atwan is just another evil mouth piece.