(Free Beacon) In his first broadcast interview since his release from detention, Mahmoud Khalil blamed the United States’ “unconditional support” of Israel for the recent string of anti-Semitic attacks.
“What is happening is a direct result of the U.S. unconditional [sic] support to Israel. People want to be heard. And unfortunately, they are [resorting] to violence to do that,” Khalil told ABC News anchor Linsey Davis on Monday. Khalil initially condemned violence, but immediately pivoted and excused it.
Davis asked Khalil if he agreed that “it is never okay to use violence to express yourself.” He said “definitely,” but added that anti-Semitic attacks are “desperate attempts to be heard.”
“There is no place for any form of racism, including anti-blackness, anti-Semitism in the Palestine movement,” Khalil said.
