"Looking at the tweets now the ones that were not completely twisted out of their meaning I do understand how shocking and hurtful they are, and for that I unequivocally apologise. They were mostly expressions of a young man's anger and frustrations in a time of regional crises (the wars on Iraq, on Lebanon and Gaza), and the rise of police brutality against Egyptian youth."
"In some of the tweets he describes the killing of Zionists as heroic, adding we need to kill more of them. He also once described British people as dogs and monkeys. Looking back, I see the writings of a much younger person, deeply enmeshed in antagonistic online cultures, utilising flippant, shocking and sarcastic tones in the nascent, febrile world of social media."
He apologised unreservedly for tweets written more than ten years ago that he accepted were shocking and hurtful. He said the tweets arose from heated online battles and reflected a young man's anger during regional wars and the rise of police brutality against Egyptian youth. He expressed regret for insults penned with disregard for how they read to others and acknowledged he should have known better. Some tweets praised killing Zionists and disparaged British people. He emphasised his real-world engagement in non-violent pro-democracy activism and repeated incarceration for calling for equality, human rights and democracy for all.
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