Mahmoud Khalil, the senior Palestinian envoy in Washington, was given multiple chances to condemn the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Globalize the Intifada.” He refused. Let that sink in. A man who regularly meets with members of the U.S. Congress could not bring himself to reject calls for a global campaign of violence against Jews.

This isn’t diplomatic ambiguity—it’s radical endorsement by omission. Khalil’s meetings with Democratic lawmakers like Rashida Tlaib and AOC aren’t harmless photo ops. They’re moral legitimizations of a man who dances around incitement and evasion. A global intifada isn’t a metaphor—it’s a call for blood. If Khalil won’t denounce it, then he has no place in the halls of American power. And neither does anyone who welcomes him.