Gaza 'journalist' with ties to terror group nominated for Emmy Award

A journalist with ties to a terrorist organization has been nominated for an Emmy Award. Bisan Owda was nominated for an Emmy by the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences in the News and Documentary category, according to UNMID.

According to journalist Eitan Fischberger, though she presents herself as a "filmmaker" from Gaza, the Peabody Award-winning Owda is reportedly a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) a Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary socialist terrorist organization and has been designated as such by countries including the US, Canada, European Union, and Japan.

In 2015, she led a rally to celebrate the PFLP's 48th anniversary dressed in the military garb of the terrorist group. During the event, young children were also dressed as terrorists at the festival which was a celebration of violent terror. According to Fischberger, Owda has participated in other PFLP-affiliated events.

Owda, who creates content for Al Jazeera and its streaming service AJ+, is active on TikTok and YouTube and has a substantial following numbering in the millions. Her posts have previously been supported by many well-known antisemites, including race-hoaxer Shaun King, who asked his 5 million Instagram followers to "please listen to @wizard_bisan1 and follow her. She’s on the ground in Gaza now. And needs to be a household name." Owda was nominated for an Emmy for a story she did for AJ+.

Following the October 7 massacre of over 1,200 Israeli civilians, Owda posted a note in Arabic on social media that said, "For every action, there is a reaction. This means: What was expected after 75 years of occupation and 17 years of siege? … What was expected of us? … Would the families of the prisoners remain silent?"

Owda has even been quoted as "an ambassador of goodwill" on ABC News and has been featured on many outlets, including the BBC. She also helped spread the lie about the Al-Ahli Hospital, falsely claiming that an Israeli airstrike killed hundreds, when in reality, a misfired rocket from Palestinian terrorists landed in the parking lot and the number of casualties has not been confirmed. Owda falsely claimed in a video, "800 people were killed in one airstrike in Gaza. The Israeli army was not willing to evacuate them, and they killed them inside the hospital."

She also falsely claimed that humanitarian corridors set up by Israel for Palestinian citizens to evacuate "was a trap" and that Israel was killing civilians who fled to the south.

As a member of the UN Women's Youth Gender Innovation Agora Forum and an EU Ambassador, Owda has worked with the United Nations on issues including gender equality and climate change. Earlier this year, the US and other Western countries cut funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees organization after it was revealed that the organization was providing support, aid, and shelter to Palestinian terrorists.   

Owda is not the first terrorist honored by the elites of journalism media. In March, The Associated Press nabbed an award for “Team Picture Story of the Year” for a photo that showed the half-naked body of Shani Louk, a German Israeli woman, who was murdered while attending the Nova music festival, surrounded by Hamas terrorists in a pickup truck on Oct 7. Ali Mahmud and Hatem Ali, among others, are credited with the now “award-winning” photos. Both have been accused of participating in the Oct 7 attacks.