We're at Newark Airport and we're waiting for Mahmoud Khalil to come out.

He has just landed. His plane was diverted to Philadelphia, then took off again, is at Newark.

Right now he's playing with his baby Dean. He's reunited with his family.

And he's about to walk into the press scrum. And there are a

number of people here who are here to greet him playing drums. They have flowers for him. He's

coming out. Hey,

Sama, Missedbba, Marnashi!

Hey, Saba on the Sariq al-Khyr and the

Chaliki, and God!

Thank you, God! Hey, how did it live? Oh, thank you.

Uh, well, first, um, friends, thank you so much, uh, for everything.

No, no, no.

Not only for today.

It's, it's just for everyday, like like just your words, your words of support,

your messages have kept me going. Still, the fight is far from over. The genocide is still happening

in Gaza. Israel is still waging a full war against Palestinian

across Palestine. The US government is funding this genocide and Colombia University is

investing in this genocide.

This is what I was protesting. This is what I will continue to protest with every one of you.

Not only if they threaten me with detention, even if they would kill me, I would still speak up for Palestine.

I'm again, I just want to I would still speak up for Palestine.

Again, I just want to go back and just continue the work that I was already doing, advocating

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