A U.S.-based charity hosted an event Wednesday to proclaim the innocence of a Palestinian criminal recently freed through an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal — alongside a terror-linked advocacy group.
A webinar with tax-exempt nonprofit Eyewitness Palestine featured Hussam Al-Zaanin, who was sentenced to 17 years in Israel prison over links to terrorism, and a speaker with the West Bank-based group Addameer. Eyewitness Palestine hosted them for over an hour and a half as they told their audience they are victims of Israeli smears without evidence.
Al-Zaanin is tied to the terrorist organization Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, with the group’s website calling him a captive “hero” while he was in prison. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade reportedly assisted Hamas’s most recent war on Israel that began with the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.
Eyewitness Palestine bills itself as an organization promoting…
