Rep Calls for DHS to Deport Gaza Journalist Who Admitted to Protecting Hamas Through Propaganda

An outspoken member of the House Freedom Caucus has called on President Donald Trump’s administration to remove a photojournalist from the United States after he publicly admitted in an online video interview that the conditions of his work were dictated by Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip.

The journalist, Motaz Azaiza, who has been championed by Rep. Rashida Tlaib and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, also admitted to witnessing the Israeli hostages of the Oct. 7 massacre being beaten and paraded in the streets of Gaza, but refused to take photos of the incident.

“People got out, watched, beat them, hit them, and I followed them and filmed,” Azaiza told the “Taqarrab” podcast over the weekend. “But I did not publish those videos.”

“Why? Because I did not want to ruin the lives of the people who were filmed,” the photographer continued. “I understood that Israel would use those videos to identify every person who was there and eliminate them.”

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Signal, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., said that Azaiza “needs to be deported.”

Fine added that Azaiza needs to be detained by the Department of Homeland Security and have his visa revoked by the secretary of state.

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The DHS and the State Department did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment.

Fine, during the phone interview, said it’s unfortunate that the American people will never see a retraction from the mainstream media outlets or politicians who have previously championed Azaiza because of their newfound support of Islam.

“They fetishize Islam, the Left has fetishized Islam,” Fine said about the legacy media that championed the photojournalist for his work pushing Hamas propaganda. “They have adopted the view of mainstream Islam that you cannot engage in blasphemy, you cannot criticize Islam. They have adopted Sharia, [and] they are operating as Sharia-compliant entities.”

One example Fine highlighted was the shooting that took place in Arizona earlier this month, where two “Gays for Gaza” activists were killed by an Islamic radical outside of a gay nightclub. The perpetrator, 44-year-old Gambian-born Ousman Ceesay, had a list of other gay bars and nightclubs that he planned to attack.

“I know the media lost their mind over this,” Fine said, adding that they failed to cover the incident because it did not fit their narrative.

CNN and The New York Times did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment.

Previously, Fine told the Daily Signal that he “feels bad” for the LGBTQ+ community because they have “been replaced by Islam” in the list of groups the Left chooses to fetishize.