Jamal Merhi works for UNRWA in Tyre, Lebanon and is also a Hamas member. Merhi’s neutrality violations include the following:
- Attends Hamas events and is photographed at the podium.
- Openly celebrates Hamas and its leaders on his Facebook page, writing “jihad and resistance” is the way.
- Has many pictures of children wearing Hamas uniforms and holding weapons.
Photographed at Hamas Event with Hamas Members
Merhi is open about being a member of Hamas. He appears in a photo of a May 2019 Hamas event at the podium. He also appears in a photo along with known Hamas members at the same event. (May 19, 2019).
Merhi Attends Hamas Events in Support of Jihad
Merhi has various pictures on Facebook of himself at Hamas events “in support of the approach of jihad and resistance called for by the Hamas movement.” (March 22, 2019).
Merhi Endorses Jihad and Resistance
Merhi has countless photos of Hamas leaders and militants on his Facebook page. In one photo, showing Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi holding an automatic weapon, Merhi commented that “This is the right way, jihad and resistance, not security coordination.” Fateh Sharif’s mother, Sanaa, then endorses Merhi’s comment, writing “of course, 100%.” (November 11, 2018).
In another post, Merhi calls for the Israeli “invaders” to be “humiliated” and “killed” by the “resistance.” Merhi writes “Listen, you holy warriors! Listen, you resistance fighters! What is required is the head of the resistance! What is required is your prostration! What is required is your surrender! What is required is your humiliation and killing! What is required is your submission and normalization! Beware of trusting that filthy man and the servants of the occupation around him.. By God, these are the enemy, so beware of them! They want you to be humiliated as they were humiliated! They want you to kneel as they kneeled! They want you to prostrate as they were prostrated!” (November 11, 2018).
Merhi Posts Photos of Children in Hamas Uniforms Holding Weapons
Many of the photos Merhi posts feature children dressed in Hamas military uniforms and weapons in the background, inciting children to the hateful Hamas ideology. (October 2018).
