Hamas

Gaza’s Glimmer of Hope Hamas, like all resistance groups, from the African National Congress to the Irish Republican Army, has been misunderstood and demonized. Contrary to what Israeli and US leadership say, Hamas is not a terrorist organization. Hamas is…

The world is bleeding. Life force is leaking from a thousand wounds, and maybe the most serious hemorrhage is that issuing forth from Gaza. The wound of Gaza festers with hate, despair, and cruelty, leaching those poisons through the body…

Of course, millions of people all over the world and in the United States support either Israeli or Hamas warmaking — warmaking which (one must point out the obvious because the very topic of warmaking renders so many people mentally…

On June 13, Hamas responded to persistent needling by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the U.S. proposal for a pause in the Israeli massacre in Gaza. The group said it has “dealt positively… with the latest proposal and…

How To Begin? For over a week now I’ve been trying to figure out a way to compose this article in a form that doesn’t alienate those who are open to hearing new information about this topic. On the other…

Since 1948, since the Nakba, the United Nations has created an agency, UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) which has guaranteed relief, development, education, health care, social services, and aid emergencies to…

After insisting that it would not negotiate with Hamas, Israel finally announced that it agreed to participate in a prisoner swap and temporary interruption of fighting. The terms of the agreement were published by Qatari representatives, with Doha being the place of…

In this time of dark grief, I cling to the one thing I have left to hold on to: the absolute belief that this hell is not predestined. Not for us, nor for them.   By Orly Noy (*) October…

Amnesty International urged the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups to make every effort to protect civilian lives. “We are deeply concerned by the number of civilians killed in Gaza, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and call on all…

The most important aspect of violence is not the act itself but its consequences. Dear Hamas: the bombing on Saturday makes it impossible for most of your friends to support your actions. The logic of “revenge justifies violence” only makes…