See what I mean? 

The PPB's decision to incredulously award a prize to Gazan poet Mosab Abu Toha — this year’s recipient for commentary — has triggered a firestorm of criticism; not only in Israel, but also among some conservatives in the U.S. and hopefully in at least a few other countries, as well. 

Toha not only discredited Israelis who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist group's October 7, 2023, horrific attack on the Jewish nation, but the Gazan has also disputed the brutal murder of the Bibas family mother and her two young sons, who were killed by Hamas while held hostage.

Toha was recognized by the PPB for a series of essays he wrote for The New Yorker in which he described his take on the ongoing war in Gaza. Unsurprisingly, the left-wing magazine wasn't dissuaded from giving the award to Toha by his disgusting attacks on the victims of the October 7th massacre.

On January 24, 2025, Toha posted an attack on Israeli hostage Emily Damari: 

How on earth is this girl called a hostage? (And this is the case of most ‘hostages’). This is Emily Damari, a 28 UK-Israeli soldier that Hamas detailed on 10/7… So this girl is called a ‘hostage?’ This soldier who was close to the border with a city that she and her country have been occupying is called a ‘hostage?’

Damari made headlines around the world after she was released by Hamas — minus two fingers, courtesy of the terrorist group. Damari wrote in a post to X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday:

Dear Members of the @PulitzerPrizes board,

My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days.

On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border into Gaza. I was one of 251 men, women, children, and elderly people kidnapped that day from their beds, their homes, and a music festival.

For almost 500 days I lived in terror. I was starved, abused, and treated like I was less than human. I watched friends suffer. I watched hope dim. And even now, after returning home, I carry that darkness with me - because my best friends, Gali and Ziv Berman are still being held in the Hamas terror tunnels.

So imagine my shock and pain when I saw that you awarded a Pulitzer Prize to Mosab Abu Toha.

This is a man who, in January, questioned the very fact of my captivity. He posted about me on Facebook and asked, “How on earth is this girl called a hostage?” He has denied the murder of the Bibas family. He has questioned whether Agam Berger was truly a hostage. These are not word games - they are outright denials of documented atrocities.

You claim to honor journalism that upholds truth, democracy, and human dignity. And yet you have chosen to elevate a voice that denies truth, erases victims, and desecrates the memory of the murdered.

Do you not see what this means? Mosab Abu Toha is not a courageous writer. He is the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier. And by honoring him, you have joined him in the shadows of denial.

This is not a question of politics. This is a question of humanity. And today, you have failed it.

Damari's post was both heart-wrenching and infuriating. 

The beyond-brave former hostage's question to the Board — "Do you not see what this means?" — can be answered with disgust for the once-dignified Pulitzer Prize Board. Of course the PPB sees what its award to Toha means — and more importantly, its virtual-signaling to antisemites the world over.

Moreover, Damari is a civilian who was shot twice and abducted from her home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7. Like many Israelis, she has served in the military.

Toha also attacked Israeli hostage Agam Berger in a post on February 3, 2025:

The Israeli ‘hostage’ Agam Berger, who was released days ago, participates in her sister’s graduation from an Israeli Air Force officers’ course. These are the ones the world wants to share sympathy for, killers who join the army and have family in the army! These are the ones whom CNN, BBC and the likes humanize in articles and TV programs and news bulletins.

The sickening list of Toha's vile attacks continues, yet the Pulitzer Prize board chose to reward his vile essays with its award for commentary, of all things, as I noted earlier.

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As noted by author and political commentator Jonathan Turley on Thursday, in addition to attacking “Zionists” and mainstream media, Toha also:

... pushed false claims that Israel bombed the Al-Ahli Hospital on October 17, 2023. It was instead hit by a misfired Islamic Jihad missile. The reported deaths were also wildly exaggerated in the incident.

"What is striking about this award," wrote Turley, "is that it is a recognition of Abu Toha’s commentary specifically on Gaza, the very subject of these shocking claims." He added:

The award reinforces the view of the Pulitzer committee that it seeks to make statements with these awards, ignoring serious challenges over the factual accuracy or content of the work.

Tragically, Turley was right. 

The left no longer cares about facts and serious challenges to its factual accuracy. As we continue to see from the Democrat Party and it's quasi-official lapdog media, facts and accuracy be damned. 

Why let the truth get in the way of leftist narratives and propaganda?

After all, Karl Marx would be proud as punch.