Media and politicians often use the term “violence” to refer both to Hamas terrorism and Israeli self-defense, calling for “proportionality” and restraint on “both sides.” They ignore the crucial distinction between Hamas and Israel.
Douglas J. Feith is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and previously served as undersecretary of defense for policy.
The Hamas Charter with introduction plus three detailed articles on Hamas Doctrine and total opposition to Jews, Zionism, and Israel on the Center for Israel Education website.
And if you want your audience, peers, or others to learn about why Hamas wants to destroy Israel– with quotations from Arabic sources, please have a look at these three summaries of its Doctrine, why Israel is illegitimate, why liberation of Palestine from the Jews is needed – i wrote these 2014.
