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From the blog of Marcelo Wio at The Times of Israel
The head of Australia's national security agency has backed listing the entirety of Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
She proceeded to accuse Jews of slaying “the prophets of Allah with one hand” and using the other to distort “their sacred books.”
Hamas political bureau member Fathi Hammad said that the Jews are a treacherous people, and there can be no peace with them. He made his remarks during a celebration in northern Gaza in honor of the faction’s members “martyred” during recent fighting, which was aired on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) on May 30, 2021. Hammad said that the only thing Hamas has for the Jews and Zionists are the sword and the Ayyash 250 rockets, while making a throat-slitting motion. He then led the crowd in a chant: “Put the sword against the sword, we are Muhammad Deif’s men.”
A The Palestinian cause's huge gains, manifested in shifts in global public opinion, deserve to be celebrated and inspire optimism. Optimism not only regarding the Palestinians' rights but also justice in the world we live in and its propensity for transformation. But this gain seeks Palestinian investment in it, engagement with it, someone to grasp at its justice dimension, tied to anti-racism and countering discrimination, and to build on it. Is this available today among Palestinians? While some Hamas leaders were talking to European and US media outlets in a language "the West likes...