Born in Bethlehem of Judea, Walid's grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler.
Walid's great grandfather, Abdullah Ali Awad-Allah, was also a fighter and close associate of both Abdul Qader and Haj Amin Al-Husseini, who led the Palestinians against Israel. Walid lived through and witnessed Israel’s Six Day War while living in Jericho.
As a young man, he became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel.
After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the U.S, he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities.
In 1993, Walid studied the Tanach (Jewish Bible) in a challenge to convert his wife to Islam. Six months later, after intense study, Walid realized that everything he had been taught about Jews was a lie. Convinced he was on the side of evil, he became an advocate for his former enemy.
Driven by a deep passion to heal his own soul, and to bring the truth about the Jews and Israel to the world, Walid shed his former life and his work as a software engineer and set out to tirelessly bring the cause of Israel to tens of thousands of people throughout the world: churches and synagogues, civic groups, government leaders and media.
Walid has written several online books including "Dear Muslim, Let Me Tell You Why I Believed" and "Israel, And The World's Mock Trial”, where he exposes anti-Semitism and the hatred of Jews in both the Islamic Christian and secular worlds.
Walid is an American citizen and lives in the USA with his wife and children, under this assumed name.
They are being paid $3,000 a piece for this little event.
I've heard this man speak on the radio, if I'm thinking of the right person. I had not idea he was the Mukhtar's grandson. Oh, my!
Just another gang-banger who grew up, read something other than the Koran and saw the light. Isn't he risking his life speaking against his former religion? He should read the new testament and really experience the truth.
Glad he turned his life around and realized the truth. Good for him. If only there were more like him.
Yes he is making a living speaking out against terrorism. I really can't understand why conservatives would have a problem with capitalism.
Walid Shoebat, Zak Anani, and Ibrahim Abadallah were scheduled to speak live at Princeton University today.
Word is, the speaking engagement was cancelled.
This radio station keeps saying they will be on the air live shortly.
If you want to listen live, go here: http://www.nj1015.com
On the right, top, is a link to listen live.
Here's exactly what they'll say:
"It's all the Zionists' fault. They stole our lands. They didn't pay us for it. We hate them because they made us hate them. It's not our fault. Day after day, they do well and make money and we can't because it's all their fault. We have no future and it's all their fault. You just don't understand, so I hate you too."
I've heard this rant a hundred times from a Palestinian I know who always ends by slamming out of the room in an uncontrollable rage. And she's lived here for 25 years, has a perfectly nice life.
I assume that security will be extremely tight.
This guy was on my local radio earlier
I thought I heard him say that Princeton wouldn't let them give the speech ... but that they were giving a speech at some hotel
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http://nj1015.com/personalities/carton-rossi.shtm
The Jersey Guys interview with former terrorists:
http://nj1015.com/personalities/carton-rossi/terrorists/terrorists1.mp3
Part 1
http://nj1015.com/personalities/carton-rossi/terrorists/terrorists2.mp3
PART 2
http://nj1015.com/personalities/carton-rossi/terrorists/terrorists3.mp3
PART 3