Hamas

March 31, 2006

USA Today Publishes CAMERA Letter

A CAMERA letter in USA Today points out flawed logic in an earlier editorial that suggesting that "fresh violence" by Hamas would be the result of Israeli actions. The letter also asks why that newpaper cautions Israel not to target terrorists, but instead improve their cash flow.
March 29, 2006

Madison Newspaper Features Propaganda by Anti-Israel Activist

The Capital Times, a daily newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin, published an Op-Ed on March 17 by local anti-Israel activist Jennifer Loewenstein. The column, for the most part, ranted incoherently against Israel and was riddled with factual errors.
March 17, 2006

BACKGROUNDER: Hamas Essentials

Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) is considered a terrorist organization by much of the non-Arab international community including Israel, the U.S. and the European Union.  But following the group's overwhelming victory in Palestinian elections, some journalists and politicians like former U.S. President Jimmy Carter now insist Hamas deserves to be recognized and legitimized. Given such trends, it is important to recall key facts about Hamas.
February 8, 2006

Ignoring Hamas Hate-Indoctrination

A familiar quality of unreality pervades much of the news and commentary about the ascendance of Hamas in recent Palestinian elections. Note is endlessly made of the fact that Hamas, with its clinics and other welfare operations, is less "corrupt" than the old-guard Fatah chieftains. But as to why Palestinians en masse are comfortable choosing a leadership engaged in the defamation and murder of innocent Jews -- including children, teenagers and the elderly -- very little is said.
January 30, 2006

Guardian Cheerleads for Hamas

While European Union and American officials are aghast at the electoral victory of the terrorist organization Hamas, London's Guardian newspaper wasted no time in burnishing the image of the group sworn to Israel's destruction and treating its victory as a positive development.
January 26, 2006

Same Old Hamas, Same Old Media?

Despite its victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections, Hamas remains the same old organization committed to Israel's destruction. News consumers might be forgiven, however, for thinking the group has reformed, because much of the American media appears eager to minimize threats to Israel and to blame the Jewish state for all lack of progress in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy.
January 26, 2006

Hamas PR by the Guardian

An analysis of the Palestinian election by the Guardian's diplomatic editor, Ewen MacAskill, softens and justifies Hamas's goals and motives, depicting the terrorist organization's political victory ludicrously as a chance to achieve real peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This delusional attitude and acceptance of Hamas's rhetoric reflects the predominant Guardian position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
January 16, 2006

CAMERA Primer on Palestinian Elections and Hamas

With Palestinian elections scheduled for January 25th, it is important to recall that under the Oslo Agreements terror groups like Hamas are barred from participating, and that this is a solemn Palestinian obligation under signed peace accords rather than a "unilateral Israeli demand."