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Photos by Maltese journalist Karl Schembri in September 2010

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Mark Camilleri
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This is a photo of Ismail Haniyeh by Maltese jorunalist Karl Schembri. It was taken on 10 September 2010 at the start of an Eid celebration where Haniyeh made a spiritual speech.

Karl Schembri is a popular Maltese writer and journalist who wrote sevral books and spent much of his life working for different newspapers and media organisations. Today, he works for the Norwegian Refugee Council and is based in Kenya.

One of his many stints as an editor and reporter in the press industry, Karl Schembri once worked as the English editor for the Gazan based Ramattan News Agency. He lived in Gaza between 2009 and 2013 and once Hamas raided his apartment and confiscated his camera. The news agency does not exist any more today.

Ismail Haniyeh. Photo taken by Karl Schembri.

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  1. Ziblu avatar
    Ziblu

    Bir-rispett kollhu lejn Karl Schembri ?iffisat fuq il-kultura Gharbija u il-Palestinjani. Jhekk ihossu daqshekk tajjeb mahhom , ghax ma baqax jghix hemm go Gaza? fejn kien trattat bhal-re ghax iqassam l-ikel u il-medicine b?xejn. Kemm hanbaq fuq Malta today dan Karl ( miskin ). Ghax ma b?qajtx hemm Karl f? gieh is-sewwa?

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    1. camillerimark avatar
      camillerimark

      Unfair.

      Is this you?

      https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/9260/jewish-community-disassociates-itself-from-unilateral-act-of-harassment

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    2. David Farrugia avatar
      David Farrugia

      Dejjem iqumlu ghal xi terrorist dan Karl.

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    3. Banquo avatar
      Banquo

      @Ziblu

      All people who take an interest in the world around them have subjects which tickle them more than others, and they have blind spots too. That does not make them bad people, bad observers or bad journalists. As long as one questions and ponders and tries to discover the truth, one can learn new things and convey to others what one has learnt.

      If Karl Schembri (whom I don’t know and know nothing about) has a keen interest in Arabs, good. The world needs more journalists who report from inside turbulent parts of the world and live there for extended periods of time. This makes their reporting based more on the real lives of people living there day-to-day instead of flashes of conflict, tropes or clich?s. Admittedly, it can make them more biased towards the side they support or live in, but nothing is perfect.

      For you to imply, without evidence, that Mr Schembri’s work is not worthy is unfair. Arabs deserve a good life just like everybody else does, and they also deserve people who champion their cause, particularly because their own leaders have tended to be so awful. Mr Schembri’s work with various media organisations suggests that he is not an insane partisan, and keep in mind that, judging by what Mark has written, Mr Schembri is also a victim of Hamas. That is probably why he stopped living in Gaza.

      Accepting that someone’s work is worth reading and reviewing does not mean one has to accept every opinion by that person. I am sure Mark would disagree with Mr Schembri about several issues related to Israel, for example. However, that does not mean Mark cannot recognise the cause or the good work done. Mr Schembri’s work with a Norwegian refugee organisation based in Kenya implies that his heart has always been in the right place.

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