Palestinian activist Mohammed el-Kurd called to “normalize the massacres as the status quo.” He did so in a speech he delivered during an anti-Israel protest in London last weekend. Now he says he “misspoke.”
Thousands of protesters marched through central London Saturday as part of a global day of action against the Israel-Hamas war. It was an anti-Israel protest. Video was posted on social media that showed Mohammed el-Kurd addressing a crowd of protesters in Parliament Square.
“I dare you to look into the eyes of a Gazan child and tell him you tried your best,” he told the crowd. “Our day will come. But we must not be complacent. Our day will come. But we must normalize massacres as a status quo.”
That is pretty clear, right? He clearly called for normalizing massacres. As you might imagine, the statement caused a stir on social media. Soon el-Kurd posted that…