{"id":2118891,"date":"2023-12-07T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:46:31","slug":"i-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabs shocked by footage of Hamas killing civilians: &#8216;I couldn&#8217;t breathe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2118891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Arab Peace Activists React to Restricted Hamas Massacre Video Compilation<\/h2>\n<p>A group of Arabs from the Middle East and North Africa were deeply \u2063disturbed after viewing 47-minutes of Hamas\u2019s October \u20627 atrocities during a screening at the Israeli consulate in Boston, \u2064Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was \u200dshocked \u2014 I couldn\u2019t breathe,\u201d Fatema \u200bAl Harbi from Bahrain told The Daily Wire. \u201cI cried most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group is part of a delegation\u200d meeting with American leaders and advocating for\u200c peace under the organization Sharaka, which was founded\u200d after the Abraham Accords. Members of the delegation included individuals from Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Morocco.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ARAB PEACE ACTIVISTS\u200b REACT \u2064TO RESTRICTED HAMAS MASSACRE VIDEO COMPILATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While much of the footage has been circulated \u200bonline, the\u2064 compilation does not blur faces of dead or alive adults, and includes\u2062 videos that have not been\u2062 released publicly. The consulate did not allow video cameras or cell phones in \u200dthe screening room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I saw\u2064 enough on social media,\u201d said Al Harbi, who is also the Sharaka\u2019s Gulf affairs director. \u201cThere were more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nice-speech-mr-president-now-lets-stop-appeasing-terrorists\/\" title=\"Great speech, Mr. President. Time to halt appeasement of terrorists.\">horrific\u2063 acts<\/a> and barbaric acts towards civilians \u2014 people sleeping in their beds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In total, the video shows over 120 bodies including children, videos\u200d of\u2064 beheadings, houses and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-superheroes-super-anymore\/\" title=\"Are Superheroes \u2018Super\u2019 Anymore?\">people set<\/a> on fire, unarmed people shot at \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: The Lie Of \u2018Systemic Police Racism\u2019 That Kills\">point blank range<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200dthought the worst I\u2019ve seen in my life is what ISIS has done in Iraq and\u2063 Syria,\u201d Rawan Osman \u2064who is Syrian \u2062and Lebanese said.\u2062 \u201cI have never \u2064imagined saying \u200cI\u2019ve \u200cseen something worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_662433\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-662433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of Arabs from the Middle East speak at an event during their trip to the United States to\u2063 advocate for peace in the Middle East. (Photo by: Consulate of\u2063 Israel to the\u2062 Southeast)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Osman, who has lived in Syria and Lebanon, said the glee that Hamas fighters had in the video while they executed and\u200c beheaded \u2064people made them worse than ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were so joyful\u200d and cheering over dead \u2063bodies and\u2062 they were\u200c parading bodies without clothes,\u201d Al Harbi,\u2062 who is Muslim, said. \u201cThat\u2019s \u200dnot the Islam \u2063that I\u200b knew my whole\u2064 life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-inside-the-day-long-terrorist-siege-on-israels-sderot-police-station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VIDEO:\u200b Inside The Day-Long Terrorist Siege On Israel\u2019s Sderot\u200d Police Station<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Osman said the hardest part of the \u200cvideo for her was\u2064 a scene of a father\u200b appearing to jump on a grenade to save his children in a bomb shelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a\u2062 mother \u200band \u2064I could relate \u200bto the\u2063 fear, the dread the father and the children were feeling,\u201d she said. \u201cThe moment the\u2062 boys realize that their\u2062 father has \u200cbeen killed and the way\u2064 the terrorists react to \u200cthat, \u200cthey\u2019re just pushing them around, like move \u200con.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_655763\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-655763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Kfar Aza homes, \u2064one with shrapnel holes in the ceiling from a grenade\u200b and another with blood on the walls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think his childhood ended that moment,\u201d Osman said of \u200done\u200c of \u2062the\u200b children that was heard wishing to\u200d be dead in the video after his father was killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-l52ekw e1ttcx5v0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-inside-the-israeli-kibbutz-where-dozens-were-murdered-by-hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: Inside The\u200d Israeli Kibbutz Where\u200d Dozens Were Murdered \u2063By Hamas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u200bfootage has left\u200c journalists and lawmakers in tears \u2063during other screenings. Nearly\u200d every person from the Boston group \u2062was crying while watching the footage.\u2064 During the\u2063 debrief one man had to leave and no one was\u200b making eye\u200c contact with each \u2063other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t\u2062 contain\u2062 myself, I had to go out,\u201d Youssef Elazhari from Morocco said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen\u200c most\u200d of the\u200d videos, but seeing them all together\u200d gets to \u2064you. I had to change the air and \u2064cry a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_655759\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-655759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Each house ion a \u2064particular street\u2063 in n Kfar Aza\u2063 faced a \u200cdifferent\u200d fate. Some\u200b were entirely burned,\u2062 some had bullet \u2064holes, others\u2064 still\u2064 have blood on personal items.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elazhari said \u2062the section showing videos from\u200d the Nova\u200c music festival massacre was the hardest for him because \u200che likes to attend similar events\u200c in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how happy\u200d people are at these types of \u200bevents and how much they want to be\u200c with their community that is full of love,\u201d \u2064he said.\u2064 \u201cBut Hamas just\u200b wanted\u2062 to kill them without\u200d even knowing who they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Morocco, Palestine \u200dis considered a noble cause but they don\u2019t know who they \u2064are\u2064 championing, they\u200d don\u2019t \u2062know \u200ds***,\u201d he\u200d said.<\/p>\n<p>Elazhari\u200b added that \u200bhe\u200c is not \u2063surprised by Israel\u2019s response in invading Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas killed people and took hostages. That\u2019s just telling the\u200c Israelis \u2063\u2018come\u2063 to\u200d my house\u200d and look \u200dfor them,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cHamas \u2062has no concept of failure: if you\u2062 kill someone it\u2019s glory, if you die, \u2063it\u2019s \u2064also\u2063 glory. There\u2019s\u200c just no end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Osman \u2064said \u2064it\u2019s\u200c frustrating when Hamas denies\u200c the atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Israeli was decapitated \u200bwith a small knife and then his head was taken away,\u201d she said\u2064 recounting what \u200dshe\u200d saw\u200b in\u200b the video. \u201cI think that\u2019s enough proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_647707\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-647707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GIL COHEN-MAGEN\/AFP \u2063via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Al Harbi said she doesn\u2019t think the video would\u2062 convince \u200dsome people who hate Israel of the atrocities even if it were to\u2063 be \u200creleased publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-l52ekw e1ttcx5v0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meet-the-american-cowboys-who-rushed-to-israel-to-fill-in-for-farmers-called-up-to-fight-hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Meet The American\u200d Cowboys Who Rushed\u2062 To Israel To Fill In For Farmers Called Up To Fight Hamas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think \u200bsome people don\u2019t want \u2063to\u2063 accept the reality and don\u2019t want to \u2064give credits of what actually happened that day,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a different kind of war happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the horrific scenes burned into her mind, Al \u200bHarbi said she will\u200b continue to advocate for \u2064peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing the\u200b bodies without without their heads and and seeing children crying over their\u200c family\u2019s bodies \u2026 I think those scenes\u2064 will always stick in my mind, and I think that will\u2064 help me always to advocate for peace, that no children, no woman, no father deserve to to\u200d see such scenes, no matter what their religion or nationality,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Osman said she \u200bhas no \u2063plans to stop advocating for \u2064peace and against\u200b Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen the horrific scenes coming\u2063 out of \u2062Gaza, but I also do not allow them to confuse me,\u201d she said. \u201cI do remember what happened on the 7th of October \u2014 \u200cwho instigated this war \u2063\u2014 and as a mother, as someone who \u200cgrew up in the Middle East, as\u200c someone\u2063 who has family across the Middle East and many friends in Israel, I cannot carry\u2062 on \u2064living as if something hasn\u2019t happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> According to the Arab peace\u200b activists, what is the true face of Hamas and how does it\u2064 differ from \u200btheir \u200bclaim of \u200bbeing freedom fighters?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d E atrocities they have committed, and when\u2062 they claim to\u2062 be fighting for the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u2062so frustrating when \u2063they say they\u2019re \u2064defending Palestine,\u201d Osman said. \u201cDefending \u200cPalestine is not about beheading people, it\u2019s \u200cnot about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-cable-news-death-cult-craziness-goes-unpunished\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: Cable News \u2018Death Cult\u2019 Craziness Goes Unpunished\">killing children<\/a>, \u200dit\u2019s\u200d not about burning houses. \u200bIt\u2019s\u200b about unity, it\u2019s about peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bgroup\u2063 of Arab peace activists hopes \u200cto raise \u2064awareness about the brutal reality of Hamas \u200dand the\u2063 need for peace in the region. They are meeting with American leaders \u2064to \u200cadvocate for\u2063 peaceful solutions and to emphasize the importance of \u2063the Abraham Accords in\u2062 promoting stability and coexistence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to expose the true\u200d face of Hamas,\u201d Al Harbi said. \u201cThey are not freedom fighters, they are terrorists. \u2064They are killing\u200c innocent \u2063people, including \u2064Palestinians. We need to stand up against them and work towards a peaceful future for\u200b everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group also expressed their gratitude towards the Israeli\u200b consulate for organizing \u200cthe screening and allowing them to witness the brutality firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the\u2063 Israeli consulate for showing us this footage,\u201d Al Harbi said. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to see the reality, to know the truth. Only then can we work towards a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Arab peace activists are determined to continue\u2063 their efforts and to spread their \u2064message of peace and reconciliation. They believe that \u2062through dialogue and understanding, it is possible\u200b to achieve\u2062 a lasting peace \u200cin the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u2062will \u200bnot give \u200cup,\u201d Osman said. \u201cWe will continue to fight\u2063 for peace, for justice, and for a better future for\u2063 all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Arabs from the Middle East and North Africa were profoundly disturbed by a 47-minute screening of Hamas&#8217;s October 7 atrocities at the Israeli consulate in Boston. Fatema Al Harbi from Bahrain expressed her shock, saying, &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t breathe. 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