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Growing Criticism of Hamas in the Arab World and Calls to Hold It Accountable for Gaza Tragedy
(MEMRI) Around the second anniversary of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, the Arab press published numerous articles sharply criticizing Hamas and its decision to carry out the terror attack, which led to extremely severe consequences for the Palestinians. The writers accused Hamas of carrying out a horrific massacre, including against women, children and innocent civilians, and of embarking on an irrational and reckless "military adventure." Some even claimed that Hamas had brought a "second Nakba" upon the Palestinians. The articles criticized Hamas's attempt to claim victory. Saudi journalist Abdulrahman Al-Rashed wrote in Asharq al-Awsat that Hamas exaggerated the gains of the war, noting that the Palestinian cause has returned to the spotlight, that squares all over the world thronged with protesters, that Western media is criticizing Israel. But "these achievements are small and temporary compared to the harm caused by the war to the [Palestinian] people and the political losses that have changed the map in Israel's favor." The articles called on the Palestinians and the Arab world to hold Hamas accountable for the disaster, and to disarm this movement and prevent any possibility of its remaining part of Gaza's political future.