Why “Hamas” is being discussed
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I think you have a genuine dogmatic blind spot here. 1. Popular "pro-Palestinian" movements in the West largely do not support Hamas. Sometimes its iconography appears! Just as…
by linkregister · Sep 23, 2026
Yes, and political cover in the UN and beyond for Israel's aggression. I also don't think Hamas blames US citizens, they blame the government, and rightfully so.
by newspaper1 · Sep 23, 2026
Much of the reason Hamas is full of fire and brimstone for the US is that the US continues to supply Israel with the bombs and weapons used on their people.
by FireBeyond · Sep 23, 2026
Are you saying that most Palestinians don't believe in Hamas, or their message? At one point they were elected... Have you ever read this? https://www.wilsoncenter.org…
by bamboozled · Sep 23, 2026
Your dogged equating of support for the Palestinian people with support for Hamas is elevating a minority view. This would be like my claiming that all Liberal Party of Australi…
by linkregister · Sep 23, 2026
Hamas and Islamic Jihad says stuff like this themselves openly and frequently.
by boxed · Sep 23, 2026
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The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas, is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades. It has governed the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007. In July 2026, it announced the resignation of its civilian administration under the Gaza peace plan and US President Donald Trump announced that his Board of Peace had reached an agreement to disarm Hamas. Read more on Wikipedia