Mohammed El-Kurd, who is described as the left-wing magazine's "first-ever Palestine Correspondent," denounced Israel and called to root Zionism out of the world:
El-Kurd’s comments came amid a spike in anti-Semitic crimes and attempted terrorist attacks. On Saturday, London police arrested six pro-Palestinian activists who were allegedly plotting an attack on the city’s stock exchange. The Anti-Defamation League has reportedly tracked over 3,200 anti-Semitic incidents since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis.
While El-Kurd said on Monday that he opposes "massacres, murder and genocide," he has a long history of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments.
Last February, Princeton University's English department invited El-Kurd to speak at its Edward Said Memorial Lecture, where he defended Palestinian violence against Israelis. According to audio obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, El-Kurd asked the audience, "What else would you do if there is an occupying power in your backyard beating the shit out of your family?"
