The jihad to destroy Israel
August 28, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
A letter sent recently by the Palestinian “resistance” groups in the Gaza Strip to Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia, serves as a reminder that Iran and its terror proxies view the conflict with Israel as a jihad (holy war) to eliminate the Jewish state. Read more
Palestinians loathed Hamas’s corrupt Qatar club
August 13, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
Hamas leaders have every right to be disappointed with West Bank Palestinians for not demonstrating in large numbers to mourn the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of the terrorist group’s “political bureau.” Read more
For many Palestinians, the ‘day after’ should look just like the ‘day before’
July 15, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
More than nine months after the Israel-Hamas war began, many Palestinians are convinced that the “day after” in the Gaza Strip will be a return to the pre-Oct. 7 era, in which the Iran-backed terrorist group still has control of the coastal enclave. Read more
Palestinians need new leaders, not new governments
February 28, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
According to a famous Arab proverb, “A dog’s tail is never straight.” It is used to describe people who will never be cured of their bad habits. Read more
Hamas: Palestinian civilians are also terrorists
February 21, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
Since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, leaders of the Iran-backed terrorist group have been trying to distance themselves from the atrocities by holding Palestinian civilians responsible for some of the crimes, including the murder, beheading, rape, torture, kidnapping, mutilation and burning of hundreds of Israeli men, women and children. Read more
Judicial reform controversy emboldened Israel’s enemies
February 15, 2024 by Khaled Abu Toameh
The controversy over the judicial reform proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last year was what likely encouraged Iran’s terror proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis to attack Israel. Read more
Hamas also slaughters Muslims
December 1, 2023 by Khaled Abu Toameh
The Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel on Oct. 7 did not kill only Jews. The terrorists also murdered and kidnapped scores of Muslim Israelis, including members of the Bedouin community. The terrorists’ murder spree made zero distinction between young and old, Muslim and Jew. Read more
Hamas and Iran: Slaughtering Jews for decades
October 16, 2023 by Khaled Abu Toameh
Hamas’s Oct. 7 war on Israel did not surprise those who have been following the actions of Iran and its regime-backed Islamist terror group since it was founded in late 1987. Read more