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Khaled Abu Toameh

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “n " israeli-arab -muslim -palestinian " journalist and documentary filmmaker”. Today it says “israeli arab journalist”.
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Khaled Abu Toameh Khaled Abu Toameh ( Arabic : خالد أبو طعمة , Hebrew : חאלד אבו טועמה ; born 1963) is an Israeli Arab journalist , lecturer and documentary filmmaker . Abu Toameh writes for The Jerusalem Post and for the New York–based Gatestone Institute , where he is a senior distinguished fellow. He is a producer and consultant for NBC News since 1989. His articles have also appeared in numerous newspapers around the world.

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n " israeli-arab -muslim -palestinian " journalist and documentary filmmaker

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israeli arab journalist

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