{"id":22308,"date":"2025-05-08T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22308"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:38:12","slug":"emily-damari-slams-pulitzer-win-for-poet-who-denied-hamas-atrocities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/emily-damari-slams-pulitzer-win-for-poet-who-denied-hamas-atrocities\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Damari Slams Pulitzer Win for Poet Who Denied Hamas Atrocities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Damari, who was kidnapped by Hamas and held captive for 500 days, issued a strong public statement yesterday (Wednesday) against Mosab Abu Toha, the Palestinian poet recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize. According to Damari, the prize represents a \u201cblatant denial of documented crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pulitzer Win by Palestinian Poet Sparks Controversy<\/strong><br \/>\nMosab Abu Toha, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary three days ago, has come under fire after past statements surfaced in which he justified the October 7 massacre and made antisemitic remarks. His award, granted for a series of essays about life in Gaza, has been heavily criticized in Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PulitzerPrizes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PulitzerPrizes<\/a> board,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Damari (@EmilyDamari1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmilyDamari1\/status\/1920367667115958319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Damari, released from Hamas captivity after nearly 500 days, wrote a public letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board: \u201cDear members of the Pulitzer Prize Committee,<br \/>\nMy name is Emily Tehila Damari. I was held captive in the Gaza Strip for nearly 500 days. During this time, I experienced hunger, abuse, and humiliation. I still carry that darkness with me today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Prize to a Man Who Denies the Truth<\/strong><br \/>\nDamari expressed outrage at the decision to honor Abu Toha, whom she says denied the massacre and kidnappings: \u201cImagine the pain and shock I felt upon learning that you awarded the Pulitzer Prize to Mosab Abu Toha. This is a man who denied my captivity and diminished the severity of the horrors that occurred. This isn\u2019t about wordplay \u2013 it\u2019s a blatant denial of documented crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Damari sharply criticizes Mosab Abu Toha, the Palestinian poet awarded the Pulitzer Prize | \u201cThis is someone who denied my captivity and downplayed the severity of the atrocities,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2241,8],"tags":[2678,2896,5355,5354],"class_list":["post-22308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-israel-advocacy","category-politics","tag-emily-damari","tag-hamas-hostages","tag-mosab-abu-toha","tag-pulitzer-prize"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Emily Damari Slams Pulitzer Win for Poet Who Denied Hamas Atrocities - 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