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Anti-Israel activists Mahmoud Khalil In a new interview with The New York Times on Tuesday, Hamas’s terrorist attacks have rationalized.
Columbia graduate Ezra Klein Show appeared on the Times podcast and although he thought it was wrong to kill more than 1,200 people in Israel in late 2023, he saw it as a desperate attempt to make sure the world knows the Gaza plight in Israel’s hands.
“For me, it was a desperate attempt to tell the world that Palestinians are here, and that Palestinians are part of the equation. Tell the host Ezra Klein.
Mahmoud Khalil said in the New York Times podcast that he believes Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 was a “desperate” call for the whole world to hear the gazans. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Number)
When asked about his opinion on the fatal attack, he said it was “breaking the cycle, breaking behavior that Palestinians were not heard”.
“Because there was no political process at that time. It was clear that the deal in Saudi Arabia was very imminent and that the Palestinians would not have any way to establish a situation and self-determination,” he said.
The activist clarified that he did not think Hamas’s actions were justified, saying: “So, based on their calculations, they have to do this – obviously, that’s not right.”
“It is wrong to target civilians,” he added.
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Columbia University’s anti-Israel protest performer Mahmoud Khalil told podcast host Ezra Klein his feelings about Hamas’s October 7 attack on Tuesday. (Screen shot/Ezra Klein Show)
Khalil, born in Syria, has become a central figure on American university campuses in recent months following the October 7 attacks. Immigration authorities Arrested him In March, Columbia University was the leader of anti-Israel activism on campus.
An immigration judge ruled that Mahmoud, who had a visa on the U.S., could be deported after the secretary of state Marco Rubio The memo said his campus protests ran counter to U.S. foreign policy interests.
In a separate statement, Rubio announces The United States can revoke anyone’s visa, especially when they support Hamas or promote chaos on university campuses. “So, when you apply for a student visa or any visa to enter the United States, we have the right to refuse you for any reason,” he said.
“But I think, as a supporter of Hamas, going into our college and turning them upside down, in obvious crimes, causing damage, complicit in closure of institutions… If you tell us that is what you intend to do when the United States comes to America, we will never let you in.
Despite efforts to deport Mahmoud, a federal judge ordered him to be released on bail while his immigration and civil cases took place through the court.
Department of Justice seeks to detain anti-Israel activist Khalil in Louisiana immigration prison
Elsewhere in the Times interview, Mahmoud expressed sympathy for the Gaza outrage towards Israel.
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“But we cannot ask Palestinians to be perfect victims after 75 years of deprivation, those who killed Gaza, were besieged, for more than 17 years. Palestinians in the West Bank stopped settlers at checkpoints and attacked them at every opportunity.
