Twenty-two-year-old Sharif Gaber is a typical young Egyptian in many ways but his political opinions have made him a highly controversial figure on social media – he’s a supporter of Israel and happily tells the world why.
Egyptian Sharif Gaber – ‘I despised myself for hating Israel’
Twenty-two-year-old Sharif Gaber is a typical young Egyptian in many ways but his political opinions have made him a highly controversial figure on social media – he’s a supporter of Israel and happily tells the world why.
“This video will cause me to lose friends, but honestly, it’s a message of love and not hate,” Gaber firmly wrote on his Facebook profile after his video explaining his liberal views regarding Israel went viral. “If you are bothered that I’m telling you to stop hating Israel, that’s your problem.”
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WATCH: Egyptian Sharif Gaber’s video explains how logic ended his hate of Israel and his devotion to Islam, sending him on the run from the authorities.
Gaber has been on the run from the authorities since a second run in with the justice system last February. But fear, he says, is no longer part of the equation.
“My body will die in the end, but ideas are forever,” he said. “It’s important for me that they win, even through a video. That’s more important than being in jail or staying free.”
Gaber moves from place to place, in touch with his family only once-in-a-while, but he has Israelis to thank for some form of support in life.
“All of the comments on the video on my Facebook were threats – except for those from Israelis,” said Gaber. “I was left speechless at their beautiful comments.”
With that, Gaber left a response for his supportive commentators. “Be proud of yourselves,” he told his Israeli viewers. “You’re neighbors see you as the great Satan and despite that you still manage to hold back your strength and maintain your goodness and the too-good treatment of those who wish you death.”
Egyptian Sharif Gaber – ‘I despised myself for hating Israel’
