Khaled Assad, UNRWA Lebanon Site Engineer, Promotes Terrorism

Khaled Asaad lists himself as a Site Engineer at UNRWA in Lebanon. In addition to venerating martyrdom and glorifying Hamas terrorist Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Asaad also shared a video which includes footage of a terrorist stabbing. In one post, Asaad explicitly calls for the killing of Israelis.

The below screenshots were taken from a video shared by Khaled Asaad on July 20, 2019. A number of the images glorify violence, including depictions of Palestinian militants loading a rocket launcher and footage of what appears to be a Palestinian terrorist stabbing an innocent Israeli man. Another image is overtly antisemitic as it places a swastika over the American and Israeli flags, thereby endorsing Nazism.

This below post exalts the founder of the Hamas terror group, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on the anniversary of his death, describing him as “one of the most important symbols of Palestinian national action.” Next to the image of Sheikh Yassin is a map that erases Israel, implying that all of the territory belongs to the Palestinians and denying Israel’s right to exist. The caption reads “We stick to your path, 15th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.”

 

In this below post, Khaled Asaad states “we shall eradicate you [Israel; Israelis] from our land.” This is a bald call to battle against Israel. The inflammatory images further incite against Israel, as they depict violent clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians and show Palestinians praying in protest outside the Dome of the Rock. Palestinians frequently use the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock to incite terrorism against Israelis.

The wave of Palestinian terrorism in 2015-16 was incited by claims that Israel was takingover the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Likewise, two weeks of violent clashes in July 2018, including aterror attack in which three members of a Jewish family were slaughtered, were incited by claims that Israel was trying to take over the Al-Aqsa Mosque.