Telegraph: “Those in the West, whether they are Muslims or so-called ‘allies’ who are still cheering on the resistance narrative, at best seek to sideline Hamas and pretend that it is not a significant contributor to the situation. At worst, this has led to a horrendous, unprecedented normalisation of Hamas, an Islamo-fascist, jihadi organisation that, ironically, had been losing an immense amount of legitimacy and support in Gaza well before October 7.”
Alkhatib has written a short book called Hamas and Its Two Million Hostages. He sees Hamas not as the victors who have managed so well to turn the world against the Israelis, but as a terror group that holds its own people hostage. He says that those who claim to speak for Palestinians have simply made things more dangerous for them – and more dangerous for his family…