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Rawan ‘Gabrielle' Osman: "Recovered Antisemite"& Hezbollah Groupie - "The Only Obstacle To My ‘CON'version To Judaism Is Security Clearance"
Syrian Lebanese German ‘Ex' Islamonazi "I Had The Privilege Of Visiting Auschwitz"-‘If Jews & Germans Can Make PeaceJews & Arabs Can Too'
July 2, 2026
MIM: Syrian,Lebanese,German,Muslim "Recovered Antisemite"& Wannabe Jewess Rawan 'Gabrielle' Osman Strikes A Sad/Contemplative Pose For Her Film Crew While Gripping A Rail At The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum In Jerusalem.
'Does This Pose Make Me Look Fat?'
Osman in Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum (Photo: Courtesy)
MIM: On a jaunt to Auschwitz In 2023 organized by SHARAKA a Jewish funded group which brings Muslim Jew haters to Nazi death camps (to convince them not to hate Jews) Rawan Osman
"Last year, I had the privilege of visiting Poland for March of the Living — a nearly three-mile march from the Auschwitz concentration camp to the Birkenau extermination camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ironically, it was there, while touring the depths of human depravity, that I saw the beauty of humanity. I didn't find it in the horrific displays of abuse and torture, but instead I witnessed it when Jewish visitors at Auschwitz were moved by the presence of our Arab delegation."
'My parents were Lebanese and Syrian and who had family members belonging to Hezbollah'
"I was told Jews were scary, dangerous and not to be trusted. And after going through three wars in Lebanon where the state told me Israel was the aggressor, my feelings not only felt justified; they were encouraged."
In 2023 I again joined Sharaka's delegation of Arab influencers at the March of the Living. Last year's delegation was a breakthrough. This year was an affirmation.
***I anticipate that more Muslims will visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day as the word spreads, forming a new alliance of tolerance that counters the axis of resistance to change in the Middle East.***
"If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace, I firmly believe that Jews and Arabs can continue to do the same."
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MIM: In her profile on X as well as Instagram Osman proudly refers to herself as "Recovering Antisemite'.
rawanosman2024
Rawan Osman
1,046 posts
Recovered Antisemite
Syrian-born l German Activist
Writer . Speaker
Visiting Research & Diplomacy Fellow
@ Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXWLmUcjOHs
MIM: About 2 months ago Rawan Gabrielle Osman posted about the fact that her 'con'version to Judaism in Israel was "blocked or suspended"
"Most of the responses, however, focused on one thing: conversion. Many people welcomed me with kindness, invoking Ruth and telling me that the Jewish people have always made room for those whose souls found their way home."
"But I want to clarify something. I am not converted yet."
"Ironically, while so many people describe the agony the rabbinate in Israel puts them through, my own experience with rabbis has been the opposite. Every rabbi involved in my process so far has treated me with support, respect, and encouragement. The obstacle is not Judaism. The obstacle is security clearance."
"Because of my background, my application has been blocked or suspended. I am told that approval is highly unlikely."
See full X post below:
🚨What if Europe today is becoming Lebanon yesterday?
On the latest episode of ALL CAPS, @RawaneOsmane reflects on growing up in what was once called the "Switzerland of the Middle East" and explains why she believes Europe is heading down a similar path.
Drawing on her personal experience, she argues that demographic change, extremism, and the erosion of secular values are reshaping parts of Europe in ways many refuse to acknowledge.
Her warning is stark—and impossible to ignore.
▶️ This is only part of the story - Watch the full episode
youtube.com/watch?v=0SZSHi…
Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) advances legal action against terrorism and fights misinformation.
#Europe #Lebanon #Geopolitics
https://x.com/shurathadin/status/2062513350152450308?s=61
MIM: Rawan Osman Syrian Lebanese Hezbollah Fan, Naturalized German Citizen & Recovered Antisemite" (Re Her XProfile) Wrote That The Reason Her 'Con'version To Judaism Was Denied Because She Was Not Given A "Security Clearance".
"But I want to clarify something. I am not converted yet.
🏴☠️Ironically, while so many people describe the agony the rabbinate in Israel puts them through, my own experience with rabbis has been the opposite. Every rabbi involved in my process so far has treated me with support, respect, and encouragement. The obstacle is not Judaism. The obstacle is security clearance."🥷🏿 Rawan Osman Recovered Antisemite" on X "5/16/2026
Has Anyone At ShuratHaDin 'Vetted Osman's Story Or Asked Or Inquired As To Why The Israeli Security Services Regard Osman As A Terror Threat?
Osman's favorite subject is herself & she has made countless postings on X, Facebook, Instagram and in filmed and written interviews which explain why.
Osman has stated that she herself and her family members were supporters AND MEMBERS Of Hezbollah.
She Was An Islamonazi until her oft described 'halal epiphany' in France when she encountered Orthodox Jews in Strasbourg.
In Lebanon Osman was married and had a son. Osman's and her family's declared support for Hezbollah make it likely that her spouse was a Hezbollah Operative. Her FAMILY IS HEZBOLLAH!
Media Whore aka 'Influencer' Osman Appears To Also Suffer From A 'Muslimah Messiah' complex.
"Rawan Osman Believes She Was Born To Defend The State Of Israel" YNet December 2025 "
"I still have many family members and friends in Lebanon and Syria. Most of them blocked me right after October 7 when I made a public statement condemning Hamas and supporting Israel," she said. "Many out of fear, but many just because they are antisemites, as I was until my mid-twenties."
ynetnews.com/article/r192o1…
After an IDF soldier was accused of smashing a Jesus 'idol' in Lebanon in April Rawan Osman virtue signaled her condemnation & posted:
[Excerpt from Osman's X post (screenshots available]
"If I don't worship Buddha, I don't go to Thailand and smash a statue.
That kind of behavior belongs to ISIS and the Taliban—not the IDF.
You didn't just damage an object.
You damaged trust. You damaged credibility. You damaged something that took years—decades—to even begin to build.
I hope one day you understand the gravity of what you've done.
And that you find the courage to apologize—not only to the Lebanese, but to Israelis as well.
Rawan Osman Believes She Was Born To Defend The State Of Israel" YNet December 2025 "
"I still have many family members and friends in Lebanon and Syria. Most of them blocked me right after October 7 when I made a public statement condemning Hamas and supporting Israel," she said. "Many out of fear, but many just because they are antisemites, as I was until my mid-twenties."
ynetnews.com/article/r192o1…
After an IDF soldier was accused of smashing a Jesus 'idol' in Lebanon in April Rawan Osman virtue signaled her condemnation & posted:
[Excerpt from Osman's X post (screenshots available]
"If I don't worship Buddha, I don't go to Thailand and smash a statue.
That kind of behavior belongs to ISIS and the Taliban—not the IDF.
You didn't just damage an object.
You damaged trust. You damaged credibility. You damaged something that took years—decades—to even begin to build.
I hope one day you understand the gravity of what you've done.
And that you find the courage to apologize—not only to the Lebanese, but to Israelis as well.
Because this didn't just hurt "relations."
It felt personal.
"Hundreds of hours I've spent showing the world Israel's beauty, its humanity, its complexity—
undermined in a single moment, by a single image."
And all I could think was:
Why? למ
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MIM: Rawan Osman is a self promoting opportunist who has been assessed by Israeli Security and been designated as threat to national security by them.
If Shurat Ha Din wants to maintain their credibility they should find out the reasons for Osman's security threat determination for yourselves.
https://x.com/mislammonitor/status/2062729145709117882?s=61
Rawan Osman Syrian Lebanese Hezbollah Fan, Naturalized German Citizen & Recovered Antisemite" (Re Her XProfile) Wrote That The Reason Her 'Con'version To Judaism Was Denied Because She Was Not Given A "Security Clearance".
"But I want to clarify something. I am not converted yet.
🏴☠️Ironically, while so many people describe the agony the rabbinate in Israel puts them through, my own experience with rabbis has been the opposite. Every rabbi involved in my process so far has treated me with support, respect, and encouragement. The obstacle is not Judaism. The obstacle is security clearance."🥷🏿 Rawan Osman Recovered Antisemite" on X "5/16/2026
Has Anyone At ShuratHaDin 'Vetted Osman's Story Or Asked Or Inquired As To Why The Israeli Security Services Regard Osman As A Terror Threat?
Osman's favorite subject is herself & she has made countless postings on X, Facebook, Instagram and in filmed and written interviews which explain why.
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MIM:Rawan 'Gabrielle' Osman a 'con'vert to Judaism wannabe spends her time posting 'look at me' selfies & videos (ala the Expedia Gnome) while walking through the streets of Tel Aviv in with a Lebanese flag Tshirt & posting demands for IDF soldiers who are saving the country from her Hezbollah family members to 'apologize to the Lebanese people' 🇱🇧🥷🏿
https://x.com/mislammonitor/status/2046655291719376994?s=61
Message to :
SYRIAN/LEBANESE/ GERMAN "RECOVERING ANTI$EMITE"RAWAN OSMAN & THE JEWISH INDIVIDUALS & ORGANIZATIONS WHO FUND & PLATFORM HER
You are using Jews & your lucrative 'Judeophila' schtick for personal gain & fame in an effort to assuage your own Islamonazi demons.
Your niqab slipped yesterday 'bigly' & your arrogance condescension towards Jews & Israel & your megalomaniacal view of your own importance was revealed for all to see:
You self righteously berated what is believed to be an Israeli soldier (who might NOT be Jewish) for 'undermining' your "hundreds of hours" of self aggrandizing virtue signaling, selfies & media hype when you posted this about an incident under investigation which took place while Israeli soldiers were trying to free YOUR country of Lebanon from the tyranny of your fellow Muslims from the Islamonazi's of Hezbollah some of whom,as you yourself have stated & written ARE HEZBOLLAH members and/ or support Hezbollah as you youself did!
Truth bomb: No one asked YOU, a German/Lebanese/Syrian citizen, to come Israel to try to prove to 'the world' that you don't hate Jews & film & photograph yourself showing that Jews are not as evil as they think.
Question: WHY DOESN'T RAWAN OSMAN RETURN TO LEBANON & HER PRO HEZBOLLAH RELATIVES & START A CHAPTER OF 'RECOVERING ANTISEMITES ANONYMOUS' WITH A 12 STEP PROGRAM WHICH STARTS WITH "SURRENDER" ?
ICYMI: The IDF soldiers went to Lebanon to save the Christians from your Hezbollah family members & Jews in Israel from being killed by them!
For you as a self declared 'recovering antisemite' & 'con'vert wannabe, from an Islamonazi family of Muslim Jew haters to equate an isolated incident of what appears be an Israeli soldier (who might not be Jewish) smashing a statue of Jesus to ISIS & The Taliban IS antisemitic and providing aid & comfort to Hezbollah & Jew haters world wide.
Your demand that the IDF soldier "find the courage to apologize, not only to the Lebanese but to the Israeli's as well." & that the "image" 'damaged relations" and "felt personal" attests to your pathological narcissisism & delusional sense of your own importance.
News Flash! The world' and the Jewish people don't need you.
Your X post shows that you still are an antisemite who in an act of inverted taqiyya believes the Jewish people & Israel must be grateful to you for not hating them.
You revealed this in your own words…
Translation: A photo (AI?) was posted by an Arab (Muslim) on their X account of a man in an IDF uniform (who might not be Jewish or Israel) smashing a statue of Jesus in Lebanon.
Muslimah Rawan Osman is 'personally' offended because 'HER' efforts as a self declared "Recovering Antisemite" were 'undermined' by a 'Jew' she claims to have 'spent hundreds of hours' trying to convince 'the world' not to hate like she 'did' & implies that this incident serves to justify Jew hatred!
This Syrian born Lebanese German Muslimah than demands that 'The Jew' 'who was in Lebanon to fight Hezbollah terrorists like those in her family apologize to her fellow Lebanese & the Israeli public!
[Excerpt]
"If I don't worship Buddha, I don't go to Thailand and smash a statue.
That kind of behavior belongs to ISIS and the Taliban—not the IDF.
You didn't just damage an object.
You damaged trust. You damaged credibility. You damaged something that took years—decades—to even begin to build.
I hope one day you understand the gravity of what you've done.
And that you find the courage to apologize—not only to the Lebanese, but to Israelis as well.
Because this didn't just hurt "relations."
It felt personal.
"Hundreds of hours I've spent showing the world Israel's beauty, its humanity, its complexity—
undermined in a single moment, by a single image."
And all I could think was:
Why? למה…
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On April 21 self proclaimed "Recovering Antisemite" Rawan Osman posted:
To the IDF soldier holding the sledgehammer and to the one holding the camera,
Why?
What were you thinking?
At a moment when something rare—almost unthinkable—was beginning to emerge…
For the first time in decades, Israeli and Lebanese representatives shook hands.
For the first time, voices in Lebanon found the courage to say: enough. Enough war. Enough hatred. Enough blood.
A fragile bridge was forming.
A bridge so that your mothers don't have to fear the next war in Lebanon.
So that Lebanese families don't have to live under Hezbollah's grip.
So that your children—and theirs—don't inherit another cycle of destruction.
And for the first time, many began to understand:
the real threat is not in Tel Aviv, but in Tehran.
That Hezbollah is not "resistance," but a force of ruin.
And then—this.
Why behave this way?
Why disgrace your uniform, your commanders, your country?
If I don't worship Buddha, I don't go to Thailand and smash a statue.
That kind of behavior belongs to ISIS and the Taliban—not the IDF.
And then—this.
You didn't just damage an object.
You damaged trust. You damaged credibility. You damaged something that took years—decades—to even begin to build.
I hope one day you understand the gravity of what you've done.
And that you find the courage to apologize—not only to the Lebanese, but to Israelis as well.
Because this didn't just hurt "relations."
It felt personal.
Hundreds of hours I've spent showing the world Israel's beauty, its humanity, its complexity—
undermined in a single moment, by a single image.
And all I could think was:
Why? למה…
#israel #lebanon
April 21,2026
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Why this Syrian-born activist says Israel is fighting for civilization
Rawan Osman believes she was born to defend the State of Israel
Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | published:12.27.25
Syrian-born activist Rawan Osman believes she was born to defend the State of Israel. A German citizen who travels the world speaking about what is wrong with Islamic society and what is right about Israel, she lives under constant threat.
Although she does take security measures based on the recommendations of a criminal investigator assigned to her case in Germany, Osman said she has made "compromises and sacrifices" to continue her work.
"The only moment that I felt was really tough was missing my son's graduation from high school, but I did not want anyone to associate me with him for his own safety," she told ILTV. "Other than that, I do not think that I'm suffering. I'm really happy with what I'm doing. I do see it as a moral obligation, as a responsibility."
Osman stressed that she is not exposing Islamist extremist lies for Israel alone. She said she is doing it for the future of her children and grandchildren.
"When my son asked me for the first time, 'Why are you doing this? Why are you going to a war zone? We are a tiny family and I cannot lose you,' I said, I'm not doing it to you. I'm doing it for you. I'm doing it for myself. I'm doing it for my granddaughters, because I will not live in a world where Hamas can get away with what they've done on October 7, or in a world where someone, even in Europe, might dictate what my granddaughter says or wears."
Osman has more than 125,000 followers on Instagram and over 130,000 on X. She said that level of support reassures her that she is doing something right. Her goal, she explained, is to inspire a younger generation of Arabs while delivering a clear message.
"Our enemy is not Israel. Israel is not responsible for the corruption, for the crime, for the pollution, for domestic violence, and for all the decay in most of the Arab and Muslim worlds," she said.
Still, she acknowledged that life on social media comes at a steep price.
"Being on social media is like being exposed naked all the time," Osman said.
She explained that critics attack not only her message, but also her appearance, background, and even her personal hygiene.
"Social media is paradise for maniacs and for psychos," she told ILTV. "You have to be very tough to do that. The cost is I have no personal life, and this is nonstop, and it won't stop no matter what happens."
Osman warned that many people, including Jews, fail to grasp the significance of October 7. She said the massacre was meant to ignite a final war against Israel and its allies. While extremists may sometimes appear foolish, she cautioned against underestimating them.
"They come across as buffoons," she said, "but they are very smart and patient."
Turning to Syria, Osman was deeply skeptical of Western engagement with the country's new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. She said the West, including the Trump administration, may not fully understand Islamism or the figures they are dealing with.
"Jihadists are invested in the afterlife, not in this material world," Osman explained. "So no matter what you give them, they are devoted to their cause, to spreading Islam."
While she believes the United States could pressure Syria into a limited security agreement with Israel, Osman strongly opposed normalization with al-Sharaa's government.
"I do not want to see normalization between al-Sharaa's government and Israel," she cautioned. "They say that they are an interim government. Once the government is changed, once you have moderates who are running the country, then yes, of course, Israel needs normal ties with Syria."
Osman said she initially believed al-Sharaa had the potential to neutralize jihadist forces, not necessarily through violence, but by modeling a new path forward for Syria after years of war under the Assad regime. In her view, he failed to do so, even as Washington welcomed him diplomatically.
"It's very disappointing," Osman said. "Why would he be received in New York and in Washington without the Americans demanding concessions, such as releasing female hostages, at least, be it Alawites or Druze?"
She added that al-Sharaa appeared emboldened by his Western reception and began making demands, including calls for the return of the Golan Heights. Osman dismissed the idea outright.
"The Heights were strategically used repeatedly to attack Israel," she noted.
For Osman, the broader threat is clear.
"Jihadism is bad news for all of us, and I stand with Israel, unapologetically," she said.
Osman also revealed that she is currently undergoing a conversion process, which she said was entirely her own decision. She added that a DNA test confirmed Jewish ancestry, strengthening her sense of mission.
She said her message to Israel and the Jewish people is one of resilience.
"People like me come as a reminder to tell you we got this. We're fine," Osman said. "This is gonna last a long time. We have those among us who are strong enough to help those who need a break.
We're fighting again for the future of our children. What is the world you want for generations to come? You have to understand that this war is against Western civilization."
Osman makes no apologies for her realism.
"Mathematically speaking, we are doomed," she admitted. "We are dramatically outnumbered. However, the Jewish people are still here in spite of everything that happened, and they will be here. They will stay here in order to be a light unto nations."
Watch the full conversation:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r192o1k7zx
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I condemned Hamas—my own family blocked me': Arab peace activist on her journey from antisemitism to Judaism
Lebanese-born activist Rawan Osman once supported Hezbollah but is now a proud Zionist fighting antisemitism; visiting Israel, she spoke to Ynetnews about her transformation, the backlash she faced, her conversion to Judaism and the need to reclaim Israel's narrative
Alexandra Lukash | updated:02.22.25 | 20:03
Rawan Osman, a pro-Israel activist of Lebanese-Syrian descent now based in Germany, has become a prominent voice challenging antisemitism in the Arab world.
During a visit to Israel, she spoke to Ynetnews about her transformation from a Hezbollah supporter to a vocal Zionist, her work on the documentary Tragic Awakening and her decision to convert to Judaism. Osman, who grew up in Lebanon, was raised on a state-sanctioned narrative that demonized Israel.
"I was a fan of Hezbollah. I believed the narrative the state wanted us to learn about Israel and the Jews," she said. "I'd never spoken to a Jew until I moved to France in my twenties and lived in the Jewish quarter. That was my first encounter with Jews, and that opened my eyes."
Her shift in perspective was not immediate but developed over years of reading about Israel and Jewish history. "It sounds as if it happened overnight, but that was a long journey," she explained. "Slowly, after years of reading about Israel and Jewish history, I became a proud Zionist activist. And after October 7, that event changed my life."
Osman has traveled to Auschwitz and visited Israeli communities near Gaza, deepening her understanding of Jewish suffering. She is baffled by the continued global support for Hamas despite the October 7 massacre. "I don't understand how anyone can buy their narrative," she said.
"I just read this morning—like many around the world, we don't want to believe the Bibas family was killed. They are monsters, and learning that the aggressor is your own side, not Israel, is a harsh realization. I'm trying desperately to get Arabs to understand that they are intensely brainwashed."
She is outspoken about what she sees as the real threat in the region. "Every day, it becomes clearer that the enemy of the people in the region is not Israel, but the so-called 'Axis of Resistance' led by Iran or by the Iranian regime. The Iranian people are awesome and they deserve better."Osman's outspoken stance has come at a price. "I still have many family members and friends in Lebanon and Syria. Most of them blocked me right after October 7 when I made a public statement condemning Hamas and supporting Israel," she said. "Many out of fear, but many just because they are antisemites, as I was until my mid-twenties."
She has also faced threats, particularly from Palestinian communities. "I did receive many death threats in Germany. There is a criminal investigator I report some of them to, but as they say, 'A dog that barks rarely bites.' Those who want to kill me won't inform me in advance," she said. "I have to be careful where I'm invited to speak publicly. We have heavy security, but I truly believe I'm doing the right thing, so it doesn't bother me at all."
Osman confirmed that she is in the process of converting to Judaism, a decision she chose to share publicly despite warnings that doing so might weaken her impact as an Arab ally. "I'm not considering converting to Judaism—I am converting to Judaism," she stated. "Many people told me that I shouldn't share that I'm converting. Being an Arab Muslim ally is more valuable. However, converting to Judaism is not my dirty secret, and there's nothing to be ashamed of. It's something I'm proud of and I'd like the Jews to understand that it is something you should be proud of. There's nothing wrong with you and everything wrong with the world."
Osman believes that the suppression of Israel's narrative in the Arab world is a major obstacle to peace. "Many Arab countries have anti-normalization laws and policies forbidding people-to-people contact," she explained. "Arab citizens, including Lebanese, are afraid of communicating with Israelis because of these laws, even abroad when they are on holiday. But thanks to social media, the Jews can reclaim their space, reclaim their voices and communicate their narrative, exposing the lies told for very long in the Arab world."
Through her work with filmmaker Rabbi Raphael Shore, Osman has been exposed to a different way of understanding antisemitism. "The notion that the Jews are the world's conscience, and they have been a pain for fascist regimes, was an eye-opening idea," she said. "The Jewish nation excelled. It became a remarkable country in spite of the Holocaust.
But many are bothered by the Jewish saying, 'No matter who you are, no matter how high your position is, you're still a human being, and God created us equal, so I will challenge whoever I want to challenge."
Despite the challenges and threats she faces, Osman remains steadfast in her advocacy. "I truly believe I'm doing the right thing," she said. "And that gives me all the strength I need."
https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/rjup1mxq1l
MIM: Media Whore Rawan Osman roams around Israel with cameramen wearing a teeshirt with a Lebanese flag in a halal version of the Roaming Gnome shoving microphones into Jews' faces while making sure that SHE is the main focus.
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MIM: Rawan obnoxiousness knows no bounds.
At the height of Israel's defensive war on Lebanon, Syrian born Rawan Osman posted short videos of herself accosting Israelis on the street asking them about the prospects of peace with her Lebanese 'heimat'. After a religious Jew who had a young daughter responded negatively she Osman chased them down and lectured him in front of his toddler daughter. The 'Recovered Antisemite' and wannabe Jewessthan proceeded to lecture HIM that his pessimism about the prospects of peace with Lebanon meant HE was" giving up on the very essence of Judaism"! She also brazenly lied (taqiyya) and told him that "I have family and friends who oppose Hezbollah!"
MIM: Osman's full post on X (screenshots available).
"Last week, we conducted street interviews in Tel Aviv, asking a simple question:
What are the prospects for peace with Lebanon?"
The overwhelming majority of Israelis we spoke to were hopeful. They wanted peace.
But one man, carrying his daughter on his shoulders, said:
"F*ck them all. We don't want peace with them anymore."
At first, I let it pass.
Then I went after him.
Not just because of what he said—but because of who he was. He wore tzitzit and a kippah. He said it in front of his child.
I told him: I have friends and family in Lebanon who oppose Hezbollah—people who want peace with Israel.
And when you give up on peace, you betray the very essence of Judaism.
Because make no mistake: abandoning normalization with Israel's neighbors is exactly what the so-called "axis of resistance" wants.
It was one of the goals of October 7.
Let me tell you something I never shared.
On one of my first visits to Israel, I went to a hairdresser in Jerusalem straight from Tel Aviv, before even checking into my hotel. He offered to store my suitcase and handbag in the back room.
A friend had made the appointment. She is the only one who knows this story.
While doing my hair, he asked where I was from. One of his employees rolled her eyes, glaring at me as she smoked.
When I finished, I paid and tipped generously. Then I went to collect my things.
My handbag was soaked.
Inside it: my recording equipment, my microphones—ruined.
I demanded an explanation. He said he had no idea.
The employee was smiling.
He understood what had happened. But instead of confronting it, he told me maybe my bag had already been wet when I arrived.
I called my friend. She called the police. They said they couldn't help.
That was the moment I understood: Israel is not Germany.
And I asked myself—what am I doing here?
Why am I in Jerusalem, in the middle of a war, instead of in southern Germany—the quiet, safe, orderly place I chose as "home"? A home that, even after 13 years, I still struggle to call home without quotation marks.
That moment stripped away illusion.
It forced a question I couldn't avoid:
How thick is your skin?
How much can you really take?
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I don't know what the future holds. I don't know what "all of it" will demand of me.
But I know what Israel represents to me.
And I know that it is worth it.
I am not blind to Israel's flaws.
I hate the noise.
The interruptions—of conversations, of queues, of sleep.
The airport security checks.
The comments I read.
The distance from family I miss.
The loss of friends when you realize who they really are.
The impact all of this has on my son.
And still, I love Israel.
Because the price I pay is nothing compared to what people across the Middle East are enduring.
In Judaism, the sanctity of life is central.
Yes, it sounds like a contradiction:
to fight wars in order to preserve life.
To take life to protect life.
But if you understand the Middle East, you understand that this is not a contradiction. It is reality.
There are forces among us whose highest value is death.
Martyrdom. Sacrifice. Redemption in the afterlife.
They would burn this world to validate their beliefs.
And there are others—who choose life.
Who build families, communities, futures.
Who want to live, and to let others live.
When we cannot stop those who seek death from destroying themselves, we must at least stop them from taking others with them.
That is what Israel's wars are about.
So no—do not compare Israel to Russia.
Do not compare it to colonial empires of the past.
If you do, you do not understand this region.
And those who do not have the luxury of staying out of the Middle East need less romanticism about "resistance"—and more resolve to build a different future.
The days in which the so-called axis of resistance dictated the fate of our children must end.
Perhaps you, too, are waiting for an epiphany—your own "hairdresser moment"—to realize what is at stake and to ask yourself whether Israel is worth it.
#Israel #lebanon
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MIM: Rawan Osman was married to a Lebanese Muslim and has an adult son with him.Since Osman was a Hezbollah fan girl it stands to reason that her hubby was a member of Hezbollah as were all of her family.
This could be one of several reasons that her 'con'version was 'put on hold' 'and possibly suspended' by the Israeli authorities who denied her a 'security clearance' because they deem her to be a national security risk.
Her son,is likely in contact with his Lebanese father has ties to Hezbollah.(If he's still alive).
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Single for eleven years.
When I was in my mid-thirties, my sister and close friends suggested therapy. They thought I must be broken of carrying trauma from previous abusive relationships. I didn't think I needed therapy. I was satisfied with my independent life as a divorced single mother. My son was more than enough company.
We became best friends. We lived alone together in several countries, even if he only remembers glimpses beyond Germany. What he retains are the most enjoyable memories — Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus — and the most terrifying ones: the tanks he saw from my mother's 11th-floor balcony in Damascus in 2011, and the Syrian soldier who once pointed his rifle at me after he complimented my behind and I gave him a stinky finger. That civil interaction went above my three-year-old's head.
We can sit in the same room for hours without speaking, and we cherish that silence. We have heated debates. We laugh at the same Seinfeld and Friends jokes we've heard a hundred times.
Why would I want a hairy and potentially aggressive man to disturb our peace?
Maybe I did need therapy.
To console the loving worriers, I offered a compromise: once a year, usually in August, I would go on ten dates. If I found him, I was willing to explore a shared life. If not, I would try again the following year.
I had the craziest experiences.
I was mindful of everyone's time. If my date was rude to the waiter, I left. If he spoke while chewing, I left. If he was more concerned about the price of the meal than enjoying it, I left. If he walked through doors before me, I ended it. There are details no dating app — no matter how sophisticated — can reveal. Only two men over five years made it past the first date. One I truly liked did not like me at all, especially not my political views.
Sometimes my son (who knows he may only call in case of emergency) would call anyway, offering me an excuse to leave. Wanting to help, he once sat down with meand drafted a list: non-smoker, no tattoos, tall, multilingual, Zionist… until he stopped and said: "I know you're allergic to pets, but there are hypoallergenic dogs that can keep you company when I leave. Forget about finding 'the man' or adjust your expectations."
Since I began converting to Judaism, something shifted.
Companionship, partnership, intimacy… what once felt optional has become deeply significant. In Judaism, partnership is an ontological completion. It is metaphysical architecture. Two souls are meant to build one home. Not as dependency but as wholeness.
What once felt irrelevant now feels absent. Not desperate. But missing — like a limb you forgot you had.
But how does one find "the partner"?
So many of my friends — men and women — are searching for love. Impressive profiles. Successful careers. Sharp minds. And still, frustration.
Through a Jewish lens, I am no longer willing to "interview candidates." My partner is not a job applicant. I want to meet him and recognize him. I want to marry someone I am madly in love with — not someone who merely fits criteria.
Where is he? I sense his existence. I just can't find him.
Then I listened to Rabbi Manis Friedman, who criticized those who meticulously plan and proactively build every project in their lives yet leave the most important one, finding their match, to coincidence.
That made me pause.
Maybe love is not meant to be hunted. But perhaps it is not meant to be left entirely to chance either.
#judaism #Zionism #torahwisdom
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SHARAKA: 'Next Year In Auschwitz' - Jewish Orgs Funding 'Holocaust Holidays' For Muslims To Death Camps 'For Peace'
There's No Business Like Shoah Business - Muslim Participants Urged To 'Impart Lessons Learned To Their Communities'
August 26, 2025
"I Prefer A Powerful And Proud Jewish State That Is Hated By The Entire World Than An Auschwitz That Is Loved By One And All"
Rabbi Meir Kahane H"YD
https://www.militantislammonitor.org/pf.php?id=8157
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MIM: Bringing Muslims to Auschwitz' is like taking a pedofile to Disney World.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK'IT'S MIND BLOWING, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE'
Muslim influencers visit Auschwitz, seek to bring truth of Holocaust to Arab world
A group of young leaders from Lebanon, Syria, Gulf countries join the Sharaka organization to strengthen the bond between Israel and the Arab world following the Abraham Accords
By YAAKOV SCHWARTZ
28 April 2022, 4:02 pm
OSWIECIM, Poland — Walking the gravel path between the faded brick barracks at the former Auschwitz concentration camp, Rawan Osman says that the first time she saw a Jew, she had a panic attack.
The daughter of a Syrian father and Lebanese mother, Osman, 38, was raised in the Bekaa Valley in southern Lebanon — a stronghold of the Hezbollah terror group. 🚩She lived in Saudi Arabia and Qatar before moving to Strasbourg, France, for university in 2011. 🚩
MIM: This is another reason why Osman has been denied a 'security clearance' by Israeli Security agencies.
"I never met a Jew until I moved to Europe," Osman says. "I lived in the Jewish quarter in Strasbourg next to the Synagogue de la Paix. The city has a diverse community, but I didn't realize that Jewish quarter meant that Jews actually lived there, because the Jewish quarters in Lebanon and in Syria are abandoned."
Osman is in Poland with Sharaka, a grassroots organization looking to strengthen the bond between Israel and the Arab world following the Abraham Accords. Sharaka is participating in the International March of the Living, one of the world's largest annual Holocaust commemoration events, held on Yom Hashoah, Israel's national Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year falls out on April 28.
With a smaller footprint this year due to the pandemic and the war in neighboring Ukraine, this March of the Living will see 2,500 people make the 3.2-kilometer (two-mile) trek from Auschwitz I to Birkenau. Participants in past years have numbered in the tens of thousands.
This year also marks the first time in the March of the Living's three-decade history that the United Arab Emirates is sending an official government delegation to participate in the event. That delegation is not officially linked to Sharaka, but the timing of the two delegations reflects the changing political reality in the Middle East.
Sharaka was founded in December 2020 just a few months after Israel signed the historic Abraham Accords with the Emirates and Bahrain. The group aims to build on the newly established diplomatic and economic ties to establish real connections on the person-to-person level. This is something that Dan Feferman, Sharaka's director of global affairs and a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, says is lacking in countries such as Egypt and Jordan, which formally have peace agreements with Israel but whose populations are largely hostile or indifferent to the Jewish state.
Sharaka director of communications and global affairs Dan Feferman at Auschwitz, April 27, 2022. (Courtesy)
"For too long because of the conflict, the Arab world has either minimized, downplayed, ignored, or denied the Holocaust, claiming it's a conspiracy, claiming it's something used by the Jews to justify things related to Israel," Feferman says.
This is really meant to be an eye-opening trip. All of these people through their various platforms — traditional media, social media — are going to relay this and use this as a platform to start a wider movement of educating the Arab and Muslim world about the Holocaust," says Feferman.
Sharaka delegates to the March of the Living view the crematorium at Auschwitz I, April 27, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
Sharaka's efforts are not limited to Gulf states alone; together with Osman are other delegates from Syria and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey and East Jerusalem, in addition to the delegates from the Emirates and Bahrain. Their number include authors, activists, social media influencers and politicians — in short, people who are capable of sharing their experiences in Poland with an audience willing to listen.
For many, finding that willing audience has been a journey in itself: Lebanon-born Osman currently lives in Stuttgart and attends the University of Heidelberg, where she is learning Jewish studies and Modern Hebrew. She says, however, that when she initially saw ultra-Orthodox Jews in her Strasbourg neighborhood, she was afraid. Not because she thought of Jews as the enemy, but rather because strict anti-normalization laws made any contact with Israelis — in her mind, "Jews" — strictly forbidden.
Lebanon-born Rawan Osman, part of the Sharaka delegation to March of the Living visits Auschwitz, April 27, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
"We're not allowed to talk to Jews, to Israelis. I was afraid that there would be legal consequences when I go back to Lebanon and Syria," she says. "And I was afraid that the Jews would hurt me if they know I'm an Arab, because they hate me automatically."
But, she says, "After a few days I started asking myself that if they didn't even look at me, why was I scared. I started reading about the history of our region and the history of the acts of resistance — I was a big fan of Hezbollah — and when I read about them, I realized that the situation is the other way around. It's not the Jews who are necessarily the assailants, but we are in a war, and it's a war of narratives. So if you listen to the Jewish story, you can come to a solution."
Osman says that since her initial awakening, she has met many Jews, and she works and studies with Israelis.
I think we have hope, we can reach peace someday, but we have to work on it," Osman says. "I was working with the Center for Peace Communications (CPC), and a friend connected me with Sharaka. So this is my first trip with them, but this will not be the last. I appreciate what they are doing."
'I always heard that the Holocaust didn't happen'
Aysha Jalal works at Bahrain's National Commission for Education, Science and Culture for UNESCO. She visited Israel with Sharaka this past October and had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial and museum. Jalal says that after visiting the museum, she wanted to come and see the extermination camps for herself.
Bahraini Aysha Jalal, part of the Sharaka delegation to March of the Living visits Auschwitz, April 27, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
"It's mind blowing, actually, what we have seen here," Jalal says. "It's a very hard experience, but we have to see it to ensure it will not happen again and to educate the people of our community to see the real story, not the story given to us by the media, because the media tells a lot of lies. It's a totally different story – I always heard that the Holocaust didn't happen."
Sharaka's Gulf affairs director, 30-year-old author and peace activist Fatema Al Harbi, was excited about the Abraham Accords signing and looked forward to the warmer relations between the countries.
"One of my friends actually invited me with the first Sharaka delegation in December 2020 to go and visit Israel," says Al Harbi. "I'd always dreamed of going to Israel, but I never thought it would be a reality anytime soon. So when that happened, I was like, of course I'm going."
Al Harbi ended up leading Sharaka's first Bahraini delegation to Israel this past October.
Sharaka's Gulf affairs director, Fatema Al Harbi, part of the Sharaka delegation to March of the Living visits Auschwitz, April 27, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
"When I went to Israel and visited Yad Vashem [with the Bahraini delegation], people asked questions and were curious to know more, so I knew coming here to the origin of the story would raise awareness more and hopefully I will educate more people about the Holocaust," Al Harbi says.
"It's necessary because in the Arab region, most people are denying and saying it never happened. They don't want to talk about it at all. So I think it's important for them to see one of their own talking about it openly," she says.
Al Harbi says she began posting about Israel on social media since her first visit to the Jewish state in December 2020 – with mixed results. "But I noticed that I was getting a lot of attention, and people started asking questions, so I continued doing that," she says. "Hopefully it will get the positive change I'm looking for."
"It's an historic achievement to bring this courageous group of influencers from around the Middle East to learn and witness the history of the Holocaust and spread the awareness of it to their countries and societies," says Sharaka co-founder and CEO Amit Deri. "It is through such engagements that we can truly build warm peace and understanding."
In our educational system, this part of history is nonexistent — one of the worst historical events is not taught in our curriculum
Osman agrees. "It's very interesting to see Arabs coming together with Israelis voluntarily to discover this part of history," she says. "In our educational system, this part of history is nonexistent — one of the worst historical events is not taught in our curriculum. So for Arabs to want to know voluntarily is very touching."
Between the clouds, Osman sees a ray of hope.
"Speaking to the younger generations, I find it very easy to convince them. Unlike talking to older people who think they know better, the younger ones are open, believe it or not, and they're very attracted to at least speaking to an Israeli, and that's something we can do, and that's what makes Sharaka's work even more interesting," she says.
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MIM: "Recovered Antisemite" and virtue signaler (aka media whore) Rawan 'Gabrielle' Osman wants 'the world' and her followers to fawn over her for her ad nauseum virtue signaling. "
"I think Middle East. I breathe Middle East. And I will talk about nothing other than the Middle East until we get rid of the root cause of suffering for millions. What makes us more important than the girl stripped of her most basic rights? Than the young man awaiting execution in an Iranian prison cell? Than those feeding their children from garbage in Syria? Than those dying in wars they didn't choose? They want to go home. They want normality. And so do I. I live better than most people on this planet. My activism is the least I can contribute to those crushed by decades of war. They deserve peace. They deserve the rights we take for granted in the West. And until they have them, I can't sleep well at night. Let alone talk about anything else."
https://x.com/RawaneOsmane/status/2071604734385967475?s=20
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MIM: Rawan Osman who claims that her 'con'version to Judaism is stalled because 'she can't get a security clearance from the government of Israel' met with Isaac Herzog, the leftist, liberal President of Israel and Jew4Jihad. Osman has most likely asked him to intervene on her behalf and convince Israeli Security officials to grant her a security clearance! THE PHOTO SHOWS THAT SHE IS QUITE LITERALLY TWISTING THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL'S ARM!
it is worth noting that Osman who lied by saying that the only "obstacle" to her 'CON'version to Judaism
Last time I posted a photo with President Herzog, TRT — Turkey's state broadcaster — declared me a threat to national security. I'll take that as a compliment. Let's see what this one earns me. #israel #jerusalem
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