“Hamas is a terrorist organization”, a stern looking US president Joe Biden told the world a couple of days after the events of October 7th. “Hamas is evil”, he said, “it’s a group whose stated purpose for being is to kill Jews” he added. The atrocities committed against civilians on October 7th were terrible and must be condemned. But what is Hamas, exactly? Why do they do what they do? Here is some background….

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