Why Oct. 7 Victims Are Suing a Palestinian Mogul, with Gary Osen

When people concerned with the future of the Palestinian people talk about the future, they often say, hopefully, that change will come only once we replace Hamas and other terror groups with entrepreneurial technocrats more interested in building projects than in starting wars. They’re talking, in short, about men like Bashar Masri, a Palestinian American mogul who developed some of the best-known and most lucrative real-estate projects in Gaza, including luxury hotels and thriving industrial zones. But as a new bombshell lawsuit argues, Masri’s properties were all used as launching pads for Hamas attacks, including on Oct. 7, 2023, and Masri knowingly collaborated with individuals closely tied to the terror group. Gary Osen, one of the attorneys representing Oct. 7 victims in the lawsuit, joins Liel to discuss how Hamas’ terror infrastructure dominates everything in Gaza, and how the United Nations and other international aid groups gave millions of dollars to support projects that did little more than give terrorists better cover.

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