# DEPROGRAMMED: Ex-Palestine supporter blasts ‘insane’ movement for ‘cherry-picking’ oppressors

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/deprogrammed-ex-palestine-supporter-blasts-insane-movement-for-cherry-picking-oppressors/
- Published: 2026-10-31T11:00:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T13:54:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/deprogrammed-ex-palestine-supporter-blasts-insane-movement-cherry-picking-oppressors
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- Kavyani says selective advocacy led her to leave the pro-Palestine movement.
- She cites limited support for Iranian women’s freedoms.
- The 7 October attack was a turning point for her.

## Summary

Parishad Kavyani, an Iranian-born former supporter of the pro-Palestine movement, says she left after seeing what she regards as selective concern for human rights. She argues that some activists condemn oppression in Palestine while staying silent about Iranian women’s freedoms or supporting Iran’s authorities, and says this undermines the movement’s claim to universal principles.

Kavyani said her experiences growing up in Iran, where she heard calls to support Palestinians while witnessing poverty and poor infrastructure at home, shaped her perspective. The 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel was a turning point: she said she opposed the killing, rape, torture and hostage-taking of civilians regardless of their nationality or politics. She also described facing homophobia, racism and sexism from left-wing activists she had marched alongside for more than two years.

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