The "Neutral" Gaza Chief’s Secret History
A "neutral" future for Gaza? Bombshell footage reveals the new U.S.-backed Gaza chief, Ali Shaath, boasting about violent riots and labeling Israel a "colonizer." As his radical past explodes into the light, critics ask: Is the international community handpicking a reconstruction leader or a revolutionary?
Ali Shaath, the freshly appointed Chief Commissioner of the so-called "technocratic" Gaza Administration Committee, backed by the U.S. and international players for supposedly neutral reconstruction, turns out to have a history of spewing anti-Israel venom and boasting about his role in violent protests.
In a resurfaced April 2025 podcast interview, Shaath didn't hold back. He labeled Israel a full-on "colonizer," planted by America and Western Europe post-Balfour Declaration, with the explicit goal of crushing Palestinian hope and breaking their spirit. And to make matters worse, he also proudly admitted to organizing stone-throwing demonstrations against Israeli soldiers and checkpoints as a student in Khan Yunis. "We set this day ablaze, and I actually was the organizer of this activity," he said. "I succeeded in awakening all the opinions and feelings of the people."
This bombshell was dug up and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) right after Shaath's January 2026 appointment, and it's exploding across Israeli media.
JNS and The Media Line are calling it out for what it is: proof of deep-seated bias in a role that's supposed to be apolitical and focused on rebuilding Gaza.
The Gaza Administration Committee? It's meant to be a neutral body handling aid, infrastructure, and governance in post-conflict Gaza, not a platform for old grudges. Yet here we have Shaath, handpicked for the top job, with a track record that screams anything but impartiality.
How did this slip through? The U.S. and its allies need to answer: Is this the best they can do for Gaza's future? Or are we just setting up another cycle of failure?