Khaled Abu Toameh, Author at J-Wire

A deal that keeps Hamas in power is meaningless

Khaled Abu Toameh — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:23:54 +0000

Those who think that the Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist group Hamas will abandon its jihad to murder Jews and destroy Israel in the aftermath of the recent ceasefire agreement are mistaken. Although the agreement may put an end to the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, it does not, in any way, reflect a shift in […]

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The jihad to destroy Israel

Khaled Abu Toameh — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:30:45 +0000

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. For Iran and its allies, the conflict does not concern borders, […]

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Palestinians loathed Hamas’s corrupt Qatar club

Khaled Abu Toameh — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:15:25 +0000

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.” Although public opinion polls conducted in recent years have indicated a rise in support for Hamas among West Bank Palestinians, the number […]

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For many Palestinians, the ‘day after’ should look just like the ‘day before’

Khaled Abu Toameh — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:48:32 +0000

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. For them, the “day after” means going back to the day before the Hamas-led […]

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Palestinians need new leaders, not new governments

Khaled Abu Toameh — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 06:32:39 +0000

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. This proverb comes to mind when one hears the U.S. administration talking about the need for the “revitalization” of the Palestinian Authority, established exactly 30 years ago in […]

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Hamas: Palestinian civilians are also terrorists

Khaled Abu Toameh — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:09:09 +0000

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. These are the same civilians Hamas has […]

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Judicial reform controversy emboldened Israel’s enemies

Khaled Abu Toameh — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:54:28 +0000

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. The mullahs in Tehran and the Iran-backed terror groups viewed the dispute as proof of Israel’s weakness and a sign of its imminent demise. […]

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Hamas also slaughters Muslims

Khaled Abu Toameh — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:37:25 +0000

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. More than 1,200 Israelis were murdered in the massacre, while another […]

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Hamas and Iran: Slaughtering Jews for decades

Khaled Abu Toameh — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:22:54 +0000

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. Since then, Hamas, with Iran’s help—Hamas does not have a productive economy in Gaza—has carried out countless terrorist attacks, killing and wounding thousands of […]

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