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From the New York Post: Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly removing reporters who accused the cabinet official of allowing a “genocide” in Gaza.
State Department aides escorted Grayzone News journalist Max Blumenthal from the briefing room, while security guards dragged independent journalist Sam Husseini away, as Blinken was hailing the cease-fire agreement first pitched in May and set to take effect Sunday.
Both Blumenthal and Husseini were enraged that Israel’s war in Gaza after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, which has lasted 15 months and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, hadn’t come sooner.
“Criminal!” Husseini screeched as three guards carried him out of the briefing room, according to footage posted on X. “Why aren’t you in the Hague! Why aren’t you in the Hague! Why aren’t you in the Hague!”
As three security officials were trying to remove Husseini, he tried to hold on to the front edge of the desk, and screamed, “You’re hurting me! You’re hurting me!”
The finally pried his hands loose and dragged him out of his seat, past other reporters seated at the table, all while Husseini yelled out his objections and howled in protest.
Watch all the drama below:
Sam Husseini forcibly removed from the briefing room after interrupting Blinken’s final press conference. @TheNationalNews pic.twitter.com/xw5ulrYhPA
— Willy Lowry (@willy_lowry) January 16, 2025
Reporter @samhusseini was just physically dragged from Blinken’s briefing. “Why aren’t you at The Hague?” he asked. pic.twitter.com/Nvs10aFjgh
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) January 16, 2025
Another video shows Max Blumenthal being escorted from the room, as he blasts Blinken over the peace deal with Israel and Hamas.
“Why did you allow my friends’ homes in Gaza to be destroyed?” he screamed.
Good job @MaxBlumenthal #Palestine #Gaza pic.twitter.com/VtFTOPjQDM
— Nader Abed (@naderabed) January 16, 2025
All the while he was being escorted out, Blumenthal was filming on his own phone as well:
My final words for Tony Blinken, Secretary of Genocide, and his smirking press secretary, Matt Miller pic.twitter.com/DuLnepSwDl
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) January 16, 2025
Blumenthal’s outburst is also seen in the video below:
MUST SEE: Journalist @MaxBlumenthal confronts Antony Blinken about Israel’s genocide
“300 reporters in Gaza were on the receiving end of your bombs…”
“Why did you keep the bombs flowing when we had a deal in May?…”
“Why did you allow the holocaust of our time to happen??…” pic.twitter.com/wqpRDGEWCd
— Decensored News (@decensorednews) January 16, 2025
Blumenthal later praised Husseini as a “national treasure.”
Sam Husseini is a national treasure
Before a national audience, with three massive secret service cops dragging him out, and Blinken ordering him to “respect the process,” Sam manages to mention Israel’s secret nukes and cites the ICJ and Amnesty on its policy of extermination https://t.co/A6vQL8bmpf
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) January 16, 2025
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