THANK YOU EILEEN FLEMING
IN DEFENSE OF MY IDENTITY, STORY, AND CREDENTIALS
By Walid Shoebat
As Christ instructed to “be good to those who despise you.” In this I will even do more, I am personally thanking Eileen Fleming who wrote for the Arabisto.com in a smear campaign against myself (Walid Shoebat) and the United States Air Force for inviting me to speak against terrorism. The Air Force did proper due diligence and asked for the proper data to investigate me which was provided to them. How could Flemming accuse the Air Force of not dng due diligence is beyond me, she provides no evidence of such a claim.
It doesn’t matter what my critics do, it always benefits the cause of the righteous. I learned in the U.S as I served several times in court cases to simply always tell the truth, for if you do, you have nothing to worry about.
For years I have been denied my identity, to many I was a Christian Lebanese falangist, a person who “never lived in Palestine,” “was never Muslim” “no one can confirm his identity,” “Walid is not a Palestinian,” “nothing can be confirmed of his origin, name, identity,” “a fabrication,” “liar,” “Islamophobe, racist, imposter……”
Thanks to an anti-Israel, anti-Christian reporter Eileen Fleming, now I have a solid confirmation to my identity, origin, trouble with violence, connection to terrorist relatives and even imprisonment verification.
While Fleming stated in her half done investigation article:
“Walid's entire biography is a manufactured fabrication. His handlers have taken one point and have twisted it and built up a fictional story.”
Her witnesses she provided beginning with Mr. Kamal Younis. Kamal Younis is the brother of a prominent attorney and member of the P.L.O Mr. Jawad Younis ???? ???? an exiled lawyer and a well known terrorist who was exiled by Israel to Jordan. Jawad’s arm was blown off in his youth while messing with explosives.
Had Ms. Flemming examined this or asked for a balanced view by contacting us, I would have been glad to offer evidence for her un-balanced and not so honest reporting. Now Flemming has served us well to prove my connection with family members of prominent terrorists.
Younis and my other relatives according to Flemming’s article stated:
1—“Beit Sahour is adjacent to Bethlehem, not a part of Bethlehem.”
This is a stupid objection.. I accurately wrote Beit Sahur-Bethlehem in my bio. Had Flemming checked she could have confirmed that Beit Sahour is in the Bethlehem District. This is why I write “Beit Sahur-dash-Bethlehem.”
I guess the Municipality of Bethlehem’s official website1 is wrong and Mr. Younis is correct. The official website includes both Beit Jala and Beit Sahur are included in Bethlehem. Yet this is a minor card, the rest of the deck will fall the minute you continue to read.
I must state that Mr. Kamal Younis whose full name is Kamal Jum’a Younis is accurate when he stated that he had helped my father in Arcata in Humboldt County California. Mr. Younis testimony proves:
A—That I did live in Beit Sahur-Bethlehem from an American mother.
B—My grand father was the main chieftan of the Muslims who at his time was dominated by the largest clan “Shoebat” (also spelled Shuaybat), yes there are other minor chieftans.
C—That even my name Walid Shoebat is accurate. I realize that in my book it was mistakenly printed by my editor as an assumed name.
A fraud would definitely make a name up—I chose not to, why?
D—That I am a son of an American woman who lived in Bethlehem for all these years held against her will. Everyone in Bethlehem knew her sob story. None offered to help except a few nuns that hid her from my father’s abuse.
E—All the claims of my identity having never lived in “Palestine” being a disguised Falangist, Zionist Jew are bogus, I was telling the truth.
2—“Walid's grandfather never even met him and was a peaceful man….Beit Sahour at that time there were eight tribes; two Muslim and six Christian.”
A— I urge Flemming to call her witnesses again and ask “did Walid know his grand father?” If I proved to Flemming that I did know my grand father, would she agree to apologize? I think she meant my great grand father.
B—When did I ever say that my grand father was a “violent man?” In fact, this statement proves what is already in my book written way before Flemming did her irresponsible report “My grandfather liked everyone, and he had no problem selling land to Jewish or Christian immigrants. The village had much land with only a handful of families that immigrated in the last decade prior to the 1948 war.” 2
I never said that my grand father was violent. His statement confirms what I stated in my book, Beit Sahur had a handful of families.
I should also know the history of the Shoebat (Shuyabat) clan more then Mr. Younis Jum’a (Flemming should check his I.D and be amazed that I know what’s in it) Younis is confused, I was also speaking about my Arab great grand father Abdullah Ali Awadallah was a fighter for Abdul-Qader Al-Husseni. He was an icon in our clan, a well known wrestler that defeated the strongest man in Hebron.
He also fought alongside Abul Qader Al-Husseni who was appointed by Haj Amin to lead the rebellion against the Jews. Abdul Qader also was appointed to execute so many chieftans (Mukhtars) in the whole region. Anyone that was considered peaceful or had connection with the Jews were to be executed. My grand father was one of these who escaped the massacre due to his connection with the family and with his father in law, my great grand father. This story was known in the family. On page 44 of my book the story is documented. Many were not so lucky. This massacre between 1936 and 1938 carried out by Husseni’s men is so well known and documented which included Sheikh Daoud Ansari (Imam of Al Aqsa Mosque), Sheikh Ali Nur el Khattib (Al Aqsa Mosque), Sheikh Nusbi Abdal Rahim (Council of Muslim Religious Court), Sheikh Abdul el Badoui (Acre, Palestine), Sheikh El Namouri (Hebron), and Nasr El Din Nassr (Mayor of Hebron). Between Feb. 1937 and Nov. 1938, eleven Mukhtars (community leaders) and their entire families were slain by Amin al Husseni’s men.3
Does Flemming desire to deny all this? If Mukhtars were executed, would you not consider that my grand father would be on a hit list? He had a mock trial in Al-khader by Abdul Qader Al-Husseini and was rescued by his father in law.
3—“His older sister and brother were born in the USA”
This proves beyond doubt that I was born in Beit Sahur-Bethlehem as I claimed. In fact, Daniel Pipes of Middle East Forum who reads fluent Arabic examined my birth certificate himself.
4—“and the family lived in Jericho until 1968, then in Saudi Arabia for two years then returned to Beit Sahour.”
This proves my testimony having lived during The Six Day War in Jericho as written in my books.
The mistake Younis did was that I lived in Saudi Arabia were my father worked for the Arab-American Oil Co (ARAMCO) in Ras-Tannura, then moved to Jericho.
5—“In 1976, his sister Mona was coming home from school with her friends and were stopped and beaten up by Israeli soldiers, they nearly broke Mona's back. This made Walid very angry and shortly thereafter he attended his first demonstration against the occupation.”
This is absolutely correct and accurate, I was also beaten by Israeli soldiers for not carrying my I.D I can add further that my cousin Walid’s ear drum was punctured from an Israeli soldier who slapped him. My sister Mona was also injured when Ronald Reagan ordered an attack in Libya against Muammar Ghadaffi in 1986. She was innocent and did nothing to deserve all this. This is fair to say, but this is war and all wars have fair and unfair events.
However, when I arranged for my sister Mona to join an airlift from Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War since she was an American, her husband refused to allow her exit from Saudi Arabia. Such ownership of women prohibits women to even obtain shelter from Scuds and such.
6—“ In 1977 Walid was caught distributing Palestinian flags and was arrested and held for about two weeks in Mascubia [Russian Compound] Prison, until his mother went to the Embassy and got him released.”
This proves that I was in prison as I always claimed. All the rumors that my story cannot be collaborated do not hold any water. Did Flemming, the left wing anti-Christian reporter accept Zionist bribes from me to do this article and gain me what I have been looking for? Flemming is in fact my ace-in-the-hole. If I am not vindicated from my Zionist bribes accusation, does that mean that Flemming could and should be accused of such things since she collaborated to prove my story?
7— “But, when he was in jail he met someone who invited him to join a group against Israel”
This further proves that I was recruited by Mahmud Al-Mughrabi and was in prison as I claimed, a known bomb-maker. Had Flemming did proper investigation and checked on files in the Russian Compound prison to find both myself and Mahmoud to have served these short term prison time together. Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi alongside with Muhamad Abu Sneineh. Let’s not forget, Mahmoud was a very close relative of Dalal Al-Mughrabi who killed 30 some Israelis in a bus operation.
8—“ In 1977 Walid and his friends put packages behind a bank, but there were no explosives in it.”
Why would my family since 1977 keep in memory that I was putting empty “packages?” Does it make any sense that my entire family remembers such and uneventful and empty event of us placing empty envelopes on the roof of a bank? Had there been no explosion, why then would the Israelis make arrests? Muhammad El-Atrash was arrested for being close to the area when the explosion happened on top of the roof. Nidal Shoebat my cousin should testify to this. He was with me. He was also injured when Israelis killed the most wanted terrorist Muhammad Abiyat (also spelled Abayat).
Why would my family want to testify that Nidal was also a terrorist and risk him go to prison? Especially since his brother Eiad is wanted by the United States of America for money laundering and fraud of millions of dollars and is currently in hiding from U..S authorities. This with passport fraud. This alongside my family who drained by fraud the social security system by lying and cheating. Even their citizenships is fraud. My cousin who claimed to be a Mexican Farm worker and applying for citizenship should not be granted citizenship. I was born a citizen.
Did Flemming do any due-diligence on any of my accusers?
Or only on me?
Why the persistence to deny my terror connection? I confess. I did it. Why insist that my confession is a lie? Yet not examine my family who do not confess anything and the evidence of there crimes is overwhelming? Even when the evidence is clear, we have many terrorists in my family.
Does it make sense in a Palestinian culture of death and terror not to deny everything?
Would Flemming dare to have my family testify that my other cousin Raed Awadallah was killed on his way to Ben Yehuda Street? He too was supposedly innocent and the Israelis sold his inner body parts in the Black Market. What utter lies.
Would my family also deny that his brother Mahmud was sentenced to life, then released by an international deal?
Does my family deny that Eiad is wanted? Would he dare visit the U.S and show himself? Would he dare sue me for slander?
Does Flemming care how she aids and abets the cause of terrorists? Would she include these in her article, or even apologize for her lack of due-diligence?
9—“Walid speaks about his grandfathers whom he never met, never knew and he labels them as terrorists! I knew them and they were peaceful men.”
Can Flemming or her witnesses give ONE statement in which I claimed that my grand father was a terrorist? She will never find one. Why didn’t Flemming quote my claims first? Because she found no such claims.
10—“Walid came to the U.S. in 1978”
This also proves my claim in all my books, I came to the U.S in 1978.
11—“met an Afghani friend and they went into business together, but it didn't work out, so he moved to Chicago”
This is in reverse and wrong. I left to Chicago between 1980-1981, my business with the Afghan was not a failure which was in 1992 way later. I moved to Chicago after leaving my Jewish wife.
12—“ he moved to Chicago in 1981 where many cousins live and asked for help. He went to Loop College [now Harold Washington College] and was appointed as a foreign student advisor; a position offered him so he could pay his tuition.”
A—This proves my Chicago connection just as I stated in my books. It also proves that there is a Loop College, would the Muslim Student Association send an apology for passing leaflets denying my story since they never found a “Loop College?”.
B—This proves that I was a counselor for the Arab Students as I claimed. I believe all this came from Mr. Kamal’s nephew Adnan Younis who was with me during our activism. This also can be collaborated from Mary Edwards (currently Mary Edwards Wertsch), a reporter and a girl friend who served on the team to defend Ziad Abu Eian, a terrorist who killed 3 Israelis, also James Zughbi the director of the Arab-American Institute was on that committee to protect a terrorist who was later extradited to Israel to serve his sentence.
13—“The repo man took Walid's truck and after that he went back to California”
The repo man took the truck while I was staying with Mary Edwards in her apartment by the Wrigley Field who was working on a defense case for Ziad Abu Eian the terrorist. Ziad is now in charge of the prison system of the Palestinian Authority. Can anyone imagine a terrorist inmate is in charge of the prison system? This is the madness we lived.
14—“ he went back to California. He met a Palestinian girl there and they got married and had a son. But, he beat his wife and that marriage broke up.”
Wrong again, I left to Chicago from California and left behind my Jewish wife whom I was abusive to. This is documented in my book “Why We Want To Kill You.” I later married a Palestinian girl from Beit Sahur, this can be proven. Also, I never beat my Arab wife, only the Jewish wife got her fair share of Muslim style beatings. Had I beaten my Arab wife she would have easily won the court case in California when we divorced. In fact, the court awarded my current wife Maria the child and found the “Palestinian girl” guilty of abandoning her son. All this can be proven. In fact I have won every case that I was involved in. If I entertain the thought of suing Flemming for slander, I would probably win. For she wrote:
“Walid's entire biography is a manufactured fabrication. His handlers have taken one point and have twisted it and built up a fictional story.”
In fact, I can prove that her story is the one twisted in several areas. Does Flemming care to challenge me? Would she take a challenge from a seasoned and experienced X-terrorist? Will she dare debate me? Dialogue? I seriously doubt it.
15—“Walid's maternal grandparents were wealthy and when they died Walid was to share the inheritance with his sister and brother, but his siblings never received a dime from their grandparent's estate. And, while his own father was in a nursing home in California Walid took his mother and moved far away from him to another city.”
A—Would Flemming care to investigate and report my American connection? She would find that without a shadow of doubt that my American family connects with a close friendship with Winston Churchill.
From my American side—Anti-Hitler
From my Arab side—Pro-Hitler
Which choice should I make Ms. Flemming?
B—The claim that I took my mother away from my father is inaccurate, this could easily be proven. In fact, my father was denied by his own family after he stabbed Abu-Issa Al-Atrash and opened his stomach. The family publicly abandoned my father and called me to take him to the states. This was the rescue of my mother who was finally able to come home to her beloved country after 35 years of exile and spousal abuse that could be documented in horror books. Should my mother remain with her tormentor? If my father was so peaceful, why did all his brothers abandon him? Even his Muslim son (my brother) abandoned him and refused to help his parents to come to the U.S. I was stuck with all the expenses, I even paid for the damage he caused back in Beit Sahur.
The truth is difficult.
In fact, I should speak to the Air Force, after all my brother was in the Air Force who trained his Muslim daughter not to salute the American Flag. Why? Because she was told by his Gaza born wife that her country was Palestine, not America. This is the shame that I abandoned.
16—“and when they [Walid’s grand parents] died”
My grand father died. My American grand mother is still living at the age of 94 which also could be verified, may God give her longevity. This proves that Flemming’s witnesses are half-cocked.
Here’s the real scoop, the family thinks that since she is an American woman, she should not hold on to her wealth and should give it to them before she dies.
17—“Walid was to share the inheritance with his sister and brother, but his siblings never received a dime from their grandparent's estate.”
This is typical, the elderly American grand mother was bombarded by my brother and father continually haranguing the elderly lady who wanted nothing to do with them or any Islamist connection. The Christian side of the family, my mother, grand mother, wife, myself and two children, decided to break up after the threats, spying, and continual insults we received from my father and brother.
Now, if someone is still living, how could someone divide their wealth? How can I divide this wealth with my siblings? The woman still lives. What gives these greedy bunch a right to divide someone’s wealth before they die?
On the other hand, Flemming failed to contact myself to find out that I have full evidence of land ownership that was stolen by the very people who are complaining. The family offered me an ultimatum—come to Bethlehem Court and denounce my Christian faith, or loose my land. Does Flemming care to examine my property that was stolen and the inheritance that was denied to me in Bethlehem? I have full documentation.
18—“"Walid claimed on CNN that he met Sheikh Jamal and was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and claimed he had been a member of a U.S. sleeper cell terrorist group. All his relatives doubt this greatly, but we do believe he is being paid big money to keep saying bad things about Muslims."
They would not know what happened to me after I left their apartment in Chicago on Lawrence and Kedzy. Adnan Younis was jealous and offended and asked me to move out. Why? Adnan’s girlfriend began to date me instead and he was jealous so he urged the family to ask me to leave. I did, then I left the P.L.O activism to join with Jordanian Ghazi Dhabaybeh, a contact and coordinator of Jamal Said.
19—“[Alex] Awad shows problems with his timeline and his poor knowledge of the Christian leaders in Palestine”
Would Flemming care to share these “problems with his timeline”? There is nothing in either her source clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/issue_pdfs/102/11/News-07-11-09.pdf which I examined in detail, no, not a single line, or in her article to show a single problem with timelines. Does a serious journalist make a claim without providing any evidence? Or maybe Flemming is not a serious journalist.
Flemming who is notorious of criticizing American Christian leaders like Hagee for using the Bible, yet accepts Alex Awad’s use of the Bible? Does that make any sense? She writes “Walid's brand of Christianity as professed by anti-Christ's [against the teachings of Christ] such as John Hagee and Tim La Haye's Left Behind nonsense is the epitome of the spirit of the anti-Christ: fear of the other that drives one to violence.”
Why would Flemming use an “Anti-Christ” analogy? She doesn’t believe in these things anyway. Does she always quote things she doesn’t believe in just to make an argument? Does she believe Alex Awad who passed newsletters claiming that Israelis are shooting at Beit Jala, yet failing to mention that they were defending Gilo from terrorists who occupied Christian homes in Beit Jala to shoot across to Gilo and kill innocent Jews? Should we believe half truths, and one-sided stories that never gave the other side a chance to challenge the claims she made?
Does she or Alex Awad believe in Jesus, the Governor of Judah, The Jewish Messiah? Or the Palestinian Jesus of Alex and Hanan Ashrawi’s own concoction?
Flemming states “Discernment and good intelligence is what our troops need, and that is not what they are receiving on February 6, 2008 at the USA Naval Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the heart of the western Bible Belt.”
Flemming, Alex, or any of her witnesses are welcome to stand against me in a debate over my integrity anytime, either in public or in private. I doubt they will. For they will only incriminate themselves. Sure I confess my terrorism, yet these people deny their support of it.
1—http://www.bethlehem-chamber.org/arabic/visit_beth_ar.htm
2—Why I Left Jihad, page 44
3—he Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism, page 43, Chuck Morse
