The Palestinian armed resistance group, Hamas, has been thrust into the international spotlight after the events of October 7, when fighters associated with the outfit stormed Israel in unprecedented fashion, and Tel Aviv launched a brutal counter-offensive that continues.

Most of the Western media has been quick to brand Hamas as an anti-Semitic terrorist group, with some linking it to the Nazis (if anything, Israel most faithfully resembles the Third Reich in its cruelty), while others comparing it to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group (IS considers Hamas ‘apostates’). Others still consider Hamas an Iranian cat’s paw in the region.

Today, Hamas seems to have rejoined this axis, as vocal Iranian support for its ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’, and harsh condemnation by Tehran of Israel’s murderous forays, illustrates.

But beyond the mostly Eurocentric media framing, what exactly is Hamas?

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