Mohammed Al-Shaikh Ali lists himself on Facebook as an UNRWA employee. He has posted several photos of himself at UNRWAschools, including while presenting UNRWA awards to various individuals. A caption in one of the photos references the Rafah Preparatory Girls School. Ali incites violence against “traitors” who try to leave Gaza during hostilities.
In this October 10th post endorsing Hamas, Mohammed Al-Shaikh Ali assails and threatens Gazans trying to flee the territory through Sinai as “a traitor”who will “be treated the way we ought to treat traitors.” This not only supports Hamas, but endorses its tactic of using civilians as human shields which is a war crime. There is no reason for uninvolved civilians to remain in Gaza during thehostilities except to serve as human shields for Hamas. The post also supports Hamas’ invasion of Israel referred to as “our country,” effectively denying Israel’s existence – “We move from Gaza in two directions, there is no third direction, towards our country, to the east or to the north.”
Translation:
Anyone who talks about taking refuge in Sinai is a traitor, and such people, along with anyone who tries to flee to the south, should be treated the way we ought to treat traitors. We move from Gaza in two directions, there is no third direction: toward our country, to the east or to the north.
