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Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil repeatedly refuses to condemn Hamas in tense CNN interview: ‘Disingenuous to ask’

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Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas during a tense CNN interview – insisting it was "disingenuous" for the anchors to demand his position on the terror group.

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  1. Breitbart News

    Watch: Mahmoud Khalil Repeatedly Refuses to Condemn Hamas on CNN (opens Breitbart News)

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    Tuesday on CNN's "The Situation Room," Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and released by a federal judge, refused to condemn Hamas. | Clips

  2. The Washington Free Beacon

    Mahmoud Khalil Lashes Out After CNN Asks If He Condemns Hamas: 'Disingenuous and Absurd To Ask Such Questions' (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Mahmoud Khalil refused to condemn Hamas on Tuesday and instead lashed out at CNN for asking him to, calling that line of questioning "disingenuous and absurd."

  3. Blaze Media

    Mahmoud Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas as he tours the country after being released (opens Blaze Media)

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    'But do you condemn Hamas specifically?'

  4. Fox News

    Mahmoud Khalil avoids explicit Hamas condemnation, criticizes 'selective outrage’ amid Palestinian suffering (opens Fox News)

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    Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil avoided explicitly condemning Hamas in a CNN interview, but criticized "selective condemnation" amid ongoing Palestinian casualties in the Gaza conflict.

  5. NewsBusters

    ABC Sucks Up to Pro-Hamas Protester Mahmoud Khalil (opens NewsBusters)

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    Monday’s Good Morning America showed snippets of ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis’s interview with former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, who was recently released on bail from ICE detention. Despite Khalil’s ties to pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas protests, (and laws that contradict ABC’s state…

  6. NewsBusters

    Mahmoud Khalil Can’t Answer CNN When Pressed If He Condemns Hamas (opens NewsBusters)

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    On Tuesday, CNN’s The Situation Room had on Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and former Columbia University student, as he attempted to downplay claims from the Department of Homeland Security that he was a terrorist sympathizer.

  7. New York Post

    Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil repeatedly refuses to condemn Hamas in tense CNN interview: ‘Disingenuous to ask’ (opens New York Post)

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    Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas during a tense CNN interview – insisting it was "disingenuous" for the anchors to demand his position on the terror group.

  8. Townhall

    No Doubt Left: Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil Backs Hamas, Dodges Terror Question on Live TV (opens Townhall)

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    Mahmoud Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas during CNN interview, sparking controversy.

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