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Hamas and Iran: Slaughtering Jews for Decades
Khaled Abu Toameh
October 12, 2023

…Why, then, are Hamas terrorists labeled “militants” while ISIS members are called “terrorists”? It is because of the identity of the victim. When the victim is a Jew, then the perpetrator is a “militant.” Yet when the victim is a non-Jew, the Muslim extremist is called for what he really is: a terrorist. Attempts by some Westerners to whitewash Hamas and portray it as a small group of fighters challenging Israel, one of the most powerful countries in the Middle East, have continued in spite of the atrocities committed by the group over the past 35 years. Bizarrely, the attempts have continued even while Hamas leaders themselves were stressing that their group has not changed and remains committed to slaughtering Jews and eliminating Israel. READ MORE