Exclusive | ICE urged to snatch World Cup writer over abhorrent pro-terrorist material

A World Cup journalist covering the tournament in the US espoused horrific pro-Hamas views on Oct.7, according to a legal watchdog looking to nix his visa.The Lawfare Project has asked State Department chief Marco Rubio to kick BeIN Sports journalist Ibrahim Khadra out of the country for his past comments on social media.Khadra, a senior international correspondent, compared Hamas’ attack on Israel to a soccer spectacle in a post in 2023, saying he believed the massacre to be “far more exciting than football.”“Apologies to the Premier League matches—regardless of the excitement or results—but today’s “Super Saturday” is brought to you by #Gaza,” he wrote in a since-deleted post.

“It scored goals that pierced the enemy’s nets, breached their borders and lines of soldiers, and caught them off guard from where they least expected.“May God protect our people in proud Gaza and across all of #Palestine… God is Great, and praise be to God #Flood_of_Jerusalem #AlAqsa_Flood,” he added.The journalist, who says he is from Gaza, also praised former Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah as a “righteous martyr” following his death in 2024.Most recently, he cheered on Iran’s June 2025 missile strikes on Tel Aviv.He posted a picture of a wrecked Israeli apartment building and suggested Israel should be met with force for the war in Gaza.“Whoever always speaks the language of violence and force cannot understand or comprehend any other language,” he wrote of the strike.

“This is your merchandise returned to you, and we wish for you what you wish for us.”Recent social media posts placed Khadra in Kansas City on Tuesday, two days before the FIFA World Cup is set to begin and about a week before the city’s first match.Argentina will take on Algeria on June 16.

The Lawfare Project, which calls itself the “legal arm of the Jewish community,” decided to raise the issue after a follower informed them of Khadra’s FIFA work.“This is an indi...