Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took a hard stance against foreign nationals in the United States promoting terrorism. Since the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel that left over 1,400 civilians dead, people have been protesting in major American cities in favor of Hamas.
I have one of those surnames that might be Arabic or might be Jewish. Whenever I travel through Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, I trigger the ethnic profiling on which its security rests. “What was your father’s first name?” the young conscripts ask. “Where was his family from?”
Hamas uses global financing network to bypass international sanctions and access funds. It also relies on taxes, donations, and support from countries like Iran and Qatar for funding.