Bashir Khamis Ghannam lists himself on Facebook as a pediatrician at UNRWA. Many of his Facebook friends also work for UNRWA and he is a member of UNRWA’s LSU staff union Facebook page. Furthermore, he is mentioned in a post by the UNRWA New Facebook page, to which he replies, confirming that he works for UNRWA. Ghannam endorses the Hamas massacre.
On October 7, Bashir Khamis Ghannam reposted a post by Al-azhar Al-Sharif Research Academy along with his own prayer for “the triumph of our cause,” endorsing Hamas’ barbaric terrorist attack on Israel. The post shared and endorsed by Ghannam also celebrated the Hamas “martyrs of proud Palestine,” and justified their massacres of civilians as “defense of their homeland, their nation.”
Translation:
O Allah, have mercy on our martyrs and receive them in Heaven, grant patience to their families and fortify them, protect our families in Gaza and strengthen them keep them steadfast with the truth
O Allah, bless the scholars of Al-Azhar, bless them in recompense forwhat they’ve done
Grant tranquility to the scholars of the Umma (the Islamic nation) and inspire them to speak the words of truth [to bring about] the triumph of our cause
You see those with sickness in their hearts racing for their guardianship, saying, in justi- fication, “We fear a turn of fortune will strike us.” But perhaps Allah will bring about your victory or another favor by His command, and they will regret what they have hidden in their hearts.
[Quran, Al-Ma’idah, verse 52]
Translation of portion of the post by the Al-azhar Al-sharif Research Academy:
Al-Azhar excoriates those who are silent over Palestine’s innocent victims, salutes the steadfastness of the proud Palestinian people, and beseeches Allah to inspire them to remain steadfast in the face of the tyranny and terror of Zionism, and in the face of thes hameful silence of the international [community]. The esteemed Al-Azhar [University] sends its deepest consolations and sympathy for our martyrs and for the martyrs of the Arab and Islamic nation. The martyrs of proud Palestine, who have taken up martyrdom in the path of the defense of their homeland, their nation, their cause and our cause, the cause of the honorable ones of the world, the Palestinian cause. [Al-Azhar] calls on Allah to inspire the Palestine people to remain steadfast in the face of the tyranny and terror of Zionism.
Al-Azhar strengthens the hearts and hands of the proud Palestinians, and this has restored our confidence, has imbued us with spirit, and has given us back our life after we had thought that it shall not be restored once more. It calls on Allah to sustain you with patience, steadfastness, tranquility and strength, emphasizing that the occupation will pass, sooner or later, in the short term, or in the long term.
This antisemitic cartoon has been on Bashir Khamis Ghannam’s Facebook page since September 2015. It uses classic antisemitic motifs like the stereotype of the hooked-nose Jew. It also conflates Israelis with Jews by placing a large star of David on the soldier’s chest, thus inciting against both Israelis and Jews worldwide. The cartoon portrays the Israeli/Jew violently taking over the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aqsa compound, as the helpless Palestinian throws his hands up in surrender. Pales- tinians commonly incite against Israel by accusing it ofchanging the status quo and/or attacking the Al Aqsa mosque. This has led to violent riots on multiple occasions, endangering Jews visiting the Temple Mount and at the Western Wall Plaza below.
Translation:
Jerusalem is ours
Jerusalem is ours
