Tag: Hamas

Hamas Rebuilding in Gaza Already? – HotAir

Hamas appears to be attempting to signal that Israel has failed to eliminate them from Gaza’s largest former population centers. Despite ongoing military operations in the southern portion of the Strip, uniformed and civilian “police” units and other civil servants have shown up in what’s left of Gaza City in recent days. A Hamas spokesperson […]

Hamas Offers ‘Initial Approval’ of Hostage-Swap Deal; Israel Declares Hamas Defeated in Khan Younis – HotAir

Everyone else: Yeah, sure. According to the Qataris, Hamas has agreed in principle to a temporary cessation in fighting to exchange all of the remaining hostages on a 1:3 ratio of Palestinian prisoners. Despite explicitly and publicly rejecting this formula just days ago, supposedly the Hamas negotiators today offered their “initial approval.” Not even the Palestinians […]

How a Menthol Cigarette Ban Enriches Hamas – HotAir

Here’s a connection that many of us probably wouldn’t make out of the blue. What might a ban on menthol cigarettes like the one promoted by Joe Biden have to do with Hamas? It’s a connection that Senator Tom Cotton has made and he’s speaking up about it. He believes (correctly) that a ban on […]

Governments and media – the useful idiots for Hamas

AFTER Hamas’s terror spree inside Israel on October 7, Western cities have had several months of Islamic extremists and their leftist fellow travellers brazenly parading through the streets calling for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state. As Mark Steyn so accurately points out, those pro-Jihad marches are indicative of the effect of mass […]

Gaza Pullout for Hostages — and Hamas Exile – HotAir

In theory, this sounds like a win for Israel in its war. In practice, though, it may just be another opportunity for Hamas to escape the IDF. According to reports this morning, Qatar has proposed what amounts to a capitulation from Hamas. The real question is: do the Israelis think Hamas would ever capitulate? The […]