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LISTEN: The Whitewashing of Hamas: The Brendan O’Neill Show, Spiked, Jan. 17, 2024 — Jake Wallis Simons – editor of the Jewish Chronicle – returns for this episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jake and Brendan discuss the denial of Hamas’s crimes, the double standards of the ‘anti-Zionists’, and why Israelophobia is just anti-Semitism rebranded.
Sadly, The War Must Go on Until Hamas Is Stripped from Power – Analysis: Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 16, 2024 — On Tuesday, the 102nd day of the war with Hamas, the terrorist organization fired a barrage of 50 rockets toward Netivot.
Israel, Under Pressure to Scale Back Intensity of War, Pulls Thousands of Troops from Gaza: Thomas Grove and Carrie Keller-Lynn, WSJ, Jan. 17, 2024
Seeking Cash, Hamas Turns to Allies Experienced in ‘Financial Jihad’: Joby Warrick and Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2024
Growing Internal Tensions Between Hamas Leaders: Ehud Yaari and Matthew Levitt, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dec. 21, 2023
Hamas and the Houthis have Emboldened ISIS: Lucas Webber and Peter Smith, Unherd, Jan. 15, 2024
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For Further Reference:
What Does Hamas Actually Want?: Benjamin Hart, Intellligencer, Jan. 11, 2024 — Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7 fundamentally reshaped the perception of the militant group, which had been thought by Israel to be veering away from violent confrontation.
Hamas Doesn’t Want a Cease-Fire: Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, Jan. 2, 2024 — Recently, I drove along Israel’s northern border, west to east.
Israeli Hostage Forced to Say Fellow Captives Dead in Latest Hamas Video: Algemeiner Staff, Algemeiner, Jan. 15, 2024 — The Palestinian terror group Hamas on Monday released a new video of an Israeli hostage being forced to report that two of her fellow captives in Gaza have been killed.
Israel Army Says Killed Top Hamas Official in West Bank Strike: Asharq Al-Awsat, Jan. 17, 2024 — The Israeli army said it killed a top Palestinian militant in an air strike in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, averting a “terrorist attack” he was planning.