Freed hostage Emily Damari to Pulitzer board: Mosab Abu Toha is 'the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for four essays about Gaza's war, published in The New Yorker.
- The award sparked controversy because Abu Toha disparaged Israeli hostages and questioned their status, including wounded soldier Emily Damari.
- HonestReporting exposed Abu Toha's social media posts criticizing hostages and spreading antisemitic content, prompting calls to rescind the prize.
- Damari, held hostage for 471 days after being shot and abducted from her home on October 7, 2023, called Abu Toha 'the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier.'
- The dispute highlights tensions over media recognition and differing narratives about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amid ongoing hostage situations in Gaza.
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Former Hamas Hostage Bashes Pulitzer Board for Awarding ‘Modern-Day Equivalent of a Holocaust Denier’
Emily Damari spent nearly 500 days in Hamas captivity after terrorists shot her in the hand and forcibly took her from her home on Oct. 7, 2023. Now, the Pulitzer Prize board has awarded a man who Damari calls the “modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier.” The Pulitzer board has awarded Mosab Abu Toha with a commentary prize for four pieces he published in The New Yorker discussing life in Gaza and the war’s devastation to the Palestinian …
Former Israeli Hostage Obliterates Pulitzer Board For Giving Award To Hamas Apologist
British-Israeli Emily Damari, 28, was held hostage by Hamas terrorists for 15 months — and on Thursday, she laid into the Pulitzer Prize Board members for honoring a man who repeatedly sided with her captors in the aftermath of the horrific October 7th attacks.Damari took to X to write her response to the news that writer Mosab Abu Toha — whose social media was rife with accusations referring to the Israeli hostages as “killers” and questioned f…


Brit hostage freed from Hamas speaks out after poet who mocked her wins gong
A BRITISH hostage freed from Gaza has spoken of her pain after a Palestinian poet who insulted her was awarded a top prize. Emily Damari, 28, endured 471 days in Hamas terror tunnels but writer Mosab Abu Toha, 32, questioned whether she was actually held captive. PABritish hostage, Emily Damari, 28, who was freed from Gaza, has spoken of her pain after a Palestinian poet who insulted her was awarded a top prize[/caption] After Toha was handed …
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