Alleged Hamas Front Group Opens Registration for Wikipedia Editing Training Course
Euro-Med, whose chairman and senior staff have professional and familial ties to Hamas, plans to teach participants how to edit Wikipedia articles about the "genocide" in Gaza
The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, identified by watchdog groups and the Israeli government as a Hamas front organization, officially opened registration for a training course teaching participants how to edit Wikipedia articles about the Israel-Hamas War, Jewish Onliner has learned. The program comes amid growing congressional scrutiny of Wikipedia’s vulnerability to foreign manipulation and coordinated campaigns to inject anti-Israel bias into the platform.
Training Program Returns After Four-Year Hiatus
EuroMed has opened registration for its third “WikiRights” training course, specifically designed to teach participants how to “enrich Wikipedia with the narratives of Gaza genocide victims.” The last training course took place in 2021, over four years ago. This upcoming program offers comprehensive instruction on Wikipedia’s rules, policies, and editing standards, with a particular focus on documenting what the organization calls “Israel’s genocide against civilians since October 2023.”
The training is free and targets participants in the Palestinian territories, covering “Wikipedia in conflict areas,” methods for “inclusion of victims of violations,” and hands-on training in account creation and article editing.
Applications are being accepted through December 31, 2025, with training sessions scheduled to begin in January.
Documented Ties to Hamas Leadership
EuroMed is regarded as a Hamas front group by multiple watchdog organizations and the Israeli government. The group’s founder and current chairman, Ramy Abdu, along with former chairman Dr. Mazen Kahel, were both named in a 2013 Israeli government list identifying Hamas operatives and affiliated institutions in Europe. Honest Reporting has explicitly described EuroMed as a “Hamas front org.”
Abdu’s personal connections deepen these concerns. In March 2025, he inadvertently disclosed that he is the brother-in-law of deceased senior Hamas official Muhammad Daoud Ismail al-Jamassi. He has also publicly stated he is childhood friends with Assad Abu Sharia, allegedly the founder and leader of the Mujahideen Brigades, a Hamas-affiliated terrorist group that played a key role in kidnapping the Bibas children during the October 7th massacre.
EuroMed serves as the parent organization for the We Are Not Numbers (WANN) writing project, which is registered in Gaza under EuroMed’s umbrella. The project’s co-founder, Ahmed Alnaouq, also serves as EuroMed’s Outreach and Advocacy Officer.
Alnaouq’s brother, Ayman Alnaouq, was an active member of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades and was killed in an Israeli airstrike in 2014. WANN’s American co-founder, Pam Bailey, was aware of Ayman’s membership in the Qassam Brigades and described him as “a resistance fighter” whose story was “critical to tell and share.”
Growing Congressional Scrutiny
The WikiRights program emerges as Wikipedia faces mounting criticism. In August 2025, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander requesting records related to suspected manipulation of Wikipedia entries, citing evidence that hostile networks have engaged in coordinated campaigns to distort articles on Israel and Jewish history.
The congressional inquiry followed an Anti-Defamation League report documenting systematic efforts to inject anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias into Wikipedia entries. Wikipedia has deemed EuroMed “marginally reliable” as a citable source, while classifying organizations like the Anti-Defamation League as “generally unreliable” on Israel-Palestinian topics.
The WikiRights training program represents what critics view as a systematic effort to shape historical documentation on one of the world’s most-visited information platforms, raising fundamental questions about Wikipedia’s ability to maintain neutrality on contentious geopolitical conflicts.
Wikimedia Foundation did not respond to request for comment.