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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20045/hamas-iran-slaughtering-jews
Hamas and Iran: Slaughtering Jews for Decades
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Why are Hamas terrorists labeled "militants" while ISIS members are called "terrorists"? It is because of the identity of the victim. When the victim is a Jew, then the perpetrator is a "militant." Yet when the victim is a non-Jew, the Muslim extremist is called for what he really is: a terrorist. Attempts by some Westerners to whitewash Hamas and portray it as a small group of fighters challenging Israel have continued in spite of the atrocities committed by the group over the past 35 years. Bizarrely, the attempts have continued even while Hamas leaders themselves were stressing that their group has not changed and remains committed to slaughtering Jews and eliminating Israel. Hamas did not carry out the Oct. 7 massacre because Jews were living in the West Bank or Gaza. The Jews who were butchered on that day lived inside Israel. Hamas launched its attack on Israel because it does not see a difference between a Jew living in the West Bank and a Jew living inside Israel. Iran, since its 1979 Islamic revolution, has vowed "Death to Israel" and "Death to America." Why would anyone think they do not mean it? It is time for the international community to wake up and realize that Iran and its Palestinian proxy terrorists are as determined as ever to wipe Israel - and America - off the map. Those who continue to defend Iran and Hamas are complicit in their campaign of genocide against Jews.