EXPOSED: AP Freelancer in Gaza Praised Palestinian Terrorist Who Killed 37 Jews

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Key takeaways:Western media should not be hiring Palestinian media workers with a proven track record of support for terrorism and extremism to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Abu Dayyah also glorified the PFLP’s Leila Khaled, a terrorist who hijacked an airplane en route to Tel Aviv in 1969. Instead, Abu Dayyah was employed to document the war in Gaza for AP in 2024, and the agency still sells his images. In 2022, Abu Dayya also posted praise for Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled and the PFLP. “Ismael Abu Dayyah didn’t even attempt to hide his extremism from his employers, and it’s clear they didn’t even bother looking.