What The Media WON’T Tell You About Hamas

Watch more exclusive interviews here: ’ With Israel’s killing of Yahya Sinwar and continued vilification of Hamas, it’s important to remember that Hamas, not Israel, has been willing to negotiate while Israel has refused. In fact, as Palestinian journalist Rami Khouri points out, “the Israelis refused to respond to overtures for political negotiations. Hamas made at least 10 explicit overtures to the Israelis, to the American president, to George Bush, to Rabin, the prime minister of Israel, to others in Israel. Most of these were discreet and private, but some were public. Hamas has offered to negotiate and coexist with Israel in its 67 borders with certain conditions being met.... The Israelis and Americans never responded. They didn’t want to get into a negotiation with Hamas on these issues. So the idea that Israel is a peace-loving state that just wants to live with its neighbors quietly is not correct. It’s not borne out by the behavior of the state of Israel. Rami Khouri is a Palestinian American journalist and a senior public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut, as well as a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. He’s the co-editor of the book: ’Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters’ ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps