Ghazi Hamad, a spokesperson for Hamas, has already refuted the report and denied that any such comments were made by Sinwar. The WSJ report tells us that Sinwar looks to violence and thinks that Israel has no right to exist. Was there history before October 7 or did that day happen gratuitously because Sinwar and Hamas just seem to like violence? But violence still belongs to Sinwar and Hamas in a decontextualised WSJ report. At another place the WSJ report says, “Sinwar isn’t the first Palestinian leader to embrace bloodshed as a means to pressure Israel”.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 15, 2024 21:12 UTC