Adnan Ibrahim Sparks Outrage Over Comments on October 7 and Palestinian Resistance
Palestinian scholar under fire after calling Al-Aqsa Flood operation a miscalculation and echoing narratives aligned with Israeli and Gulf interests.
Watan-The Palestinian scholar Adnan Ibrahim sparked a wave of outrage after making fiery remarks in which he described the October 7 operation (Al-Aqsa Flood) as “orchestrated and a miscalculation,” attacking the Palestinian resistance—especially Hamas—and accusing it of sacrificing civilian lives for the sake of “foreign agendas.”
Adnan, who had remained silent for a long time, broke that silence more than a year after the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, making statements that provoked widespread condemnation, particularly after he described the operation that stunned the world as “a plan that saved Benjamin Netanyahu politically”—a remark seen as justifying the ongoing Israeli massacres against innocent people in the Gaza Strip.
Adnan Ibrahim Under Fire for Remarks on Hamas and October 7
What’s more, Adnan called on Hamas to issue a statement revealing the “planners of the operation”—a demand that observers described as aligning with the narrative of the occupation and serving parties seeking to tarnish the image of the resistance, foremost among them some Gulf regimes.
His comments did not go unnoticed. Criticism poured in against Adnan Ibrahim across social media platforms, with activists calling him “a traitor to his homeland’s cause,” and noting that his stances have become identical to those of Emirati media outlets attacking the resistance and trying to pave the way for Arab-accepted normalization over the blood of Palestinians.
At a time when the people of Gaza are fighting for survival under siege and bombardment, and facing daily massacres, a Palestinian voice from abroad emerges to direct its attacks at his own people instead of exposing the crimes of the occupation.
So has Adnan Ibrahim become a voice for his funders? Or is he an example of someone trying to wash his hands of the martyrs’ blood by blaming the victim for the crime? And what remains of the value of an ideology used as a weapon in a media war against a people who stood firm and refused to be broken?
