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03 Feb 2025: posted by the editor - Opinion

Benjamin Netanyahu's reference to "victory over Hamas" is the age old story of rewriting history. Hamas did not exist prior to Israel's illegal annexations and occupations of Palestinian territory - it was born directly as a result of it. Hamas is not the bad ogre Israeli would like it to be known as. The bad ogre is the repressive circumstances which gave rise to Hamas. Tags: Gaza, Palestine, Israel

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