A viral video of FBI agents looking into pro-Palestinian Facebook posts reflects the muddled politics and social media swirl of 2024.
Three FBI agents visited Rolla Abdeljawad's home in Oklahoma, intending to ask questions about her social media posts. She filmed the encounter and posted it to Facebook, where it went viral. The video begins with a door opening onto a recent bright spring day. Three visitors, identifying themselves as FBI agents, stand in the yard of a woman who makes it clear they are not welcome.
Devoid of information about Abdeljawad or her beliefs, the video was uncomplicated by racial, religious or ideological baggage. It was a made-for-sharing scene of a woman in Oklahoma standing up for her rights. The fuzziness of the details allowed the episode to travel across cultural and political lines, turning one Egyptian American Muslim’s experience into a symbol for anyone with a grievance against the federal government.
Still, Abdeljawad said, she also feels intensely connected to Palestinians suffering in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Since fighting erupted Oct. 7, when Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and seized around 250 hostages, Abdeljawad said she has watched in horror. The death toll has swelled to more than 32,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
“I hear, ‘We are FBI,’ and I’m like, ‘This cannot be happening right now,’” she recalled. “This is not real.”The tense meeting with the agents — two men and a woman — culminated in a back-and-forth on civil liberties. When one of them tried to reassure Abdeljawad that “we’re not here to arrest you,” she cut him off.They kept talking and the same agent added, “We do this every day, all day long. It’s just an effort to keep everybody safe and make sure nobody has any ill will.
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