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 Pulitzer Prize on May 5, 2025, for essays about Gaza published in The New Yorker.
- The award sparked controversy after HonestReporting revealed Abu Toha's social media posts that disparaged Israeli hostages and excused their abduction.
- Emily Damari, an Israeli hostage held 471 days by Hamas and released in January 2025, publicly condemned Abu Toha for questioning her captivity and calling her a 'hostage' in quotes.
- Gil Hoffman, HonestReporting's executive director, urged the Pulitzer board to rescind Abu Toha's prize, saying it should not honor a man who 'repeatedly twisted facts.'
- The incident highlights tensions surrounding media recognition and raises calls to uphold ethical standards amid accusations of antisemitism and denial of documented atrocities.
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Former Hamas hostage rips Pulitzer board for honoring 'modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier' * WorldNetDaily * by Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal
Released hostage Emily Damari 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 dev…
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…
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