US EditionFreed 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 received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in recognition of a series of essays in The New Yorker that depict the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
- The award sparked controversy after HonestReporting revealed Abu Toha's social media posts questioning Israeli female hostages' status and spreading antisemitic content.
- Emily Damari, an Israeli hostage held for 471 days and released in January 2025, condemned Mosab Abu Toha for making offensive remarks about her and other captives, likening his behavior to Holocaust denial.
- HonestReporting's Gil Hoffman and Israeli Consul General Ofir Akunis publicly called for Abu Toha's Pulitzer Prize to be rescinded, citing his repeated fact distortions and disgraceful posts.
- The situation raises concerns about journalistic ethics and award vetting, highlighting tensions amid ongoing violence and contested narratives surrounding Gaza and Israeli hostages.
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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…
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The Scottish SunBrit 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 …
Freed Israeli Hostage Calls on Pulitzer Board to Revoke Prize to Palestinian Writer Who Justified Hamas Abductions
Former hostage Emily Damari is reunited with her mother, on Jan. 19, 2025. Credit: Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Unit. The Pulitzer Prize board is facing increasing pressure to rescind its decision to give the high-profile journalism award earlier this week to a Palestinian writer who justified the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel, shared antisemitic comments, and dismissed the accounts of hostages held in Gaza who …
Emily Damari denounces Pulitzer board for awarding journalist who ridiculed hostages
A former British-Israeli hostage who was held by Hamas in Gaza for 15 months spoke out against the Pulitzer Prize Board on Thursday for bestowing an award to a Palestinian poet who has disparaged victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and appeared to legitimize the abduction of hostages, among other comments that have stirred controversy. Emily Damari, who in January was released from Hamas captivity after she was shot and taken from her home in K…
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