The Moral and Factual Bankruptcy of the Pro-Palestine Movement

 The modern Pro-Palestine movement, especially in the West, has become a vehicle for misinformation, moral hypocrisy, and outright support for terrorism. While many claim to stand for "human rights" and "justice," their arguments are often built on falsehoods and contradictions. Worse still, many so-called "pro-Palestine" activists refuse to condemn Hamas, an Islamist terror organization that has brought suffering to both Israelis and Palestinians alike. Here’s why their position is both factually wrong and morally indefensible.

1. Hamas Is a Terrorist Organization

Hamas is not a "resistance movement" or a "liberation force", it is a recognized terrorist organization by the UK, the US, the EU, and many other countries. Its founding charter explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel and the genocide of Jews worldwide. Any group that targets civilians, launches indiscriminate rocket attacks, and carries out suicide bombings is not fighting for "freedom" but for terror and tyranny.

2. Israel Is a Legitimate State

The common pro-Palestinian claim that Israel is an "illegitimate settler colony" ignores historical reality. The Jewish people have had a continuous presence in the land of Israel for over 3,000 years. The modern state was established legally through the UN partition plan of 1947, which the Arabs rejected in favor of war. Since then, Israel has repeatedly sought peace, only to be met with rejection, terrorism, and invasion.

3. Palestinians Have Repeatedly Rejected Peace Offers

Israel has made multiple offers for a two-state solution, including the 2000 Camp David Accords and the 2008 proposal, which would have given Palestinians an independent state with nearly all of the West Bank and Gaza. Each time, Palestinian leaders walked away, preferring continued conflict over peace. The Palestinian Authority and Hamas benefit from perpetual victimhood and foreign aid, actual statehood would mean responsibility and accountability.

4. Gaza Is Not "Occupied" by Israel

One of the biggest myths pushed by pro-Palestinian activists is that Gaza is "occupied." In reality, Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, dismantling settlements and leaving it entirely in Palestinian hands. What followed was not peace, but the rise of Hamas, rocket attacks, and war. If Israel truly "occupied" Gaza, Hamas would not be in power, and there wouldn’t be terror tunnels, rocket launch sites, and arms smuggling.

5. Pro-Palestine Activists Ignore Palestinian Human Rights Abuses

While pro-Palestinian activists claim to care about human rights, they are silent when it comes to Hamas’s crimes against Palestinians. Hamas executes political opponents, suppresses free speech, and uses civilians as human shields. Where are the protests against Hamas’s corruption, authoritarianism, and use of foreign aid for terror instead of infrastructure?

6. Supporting Hamas Means Supporting the Murder of Jews and Muslims Alike

Hamas not only seeks the destruction of Israel but also the suppression of any Palestinian who dares to oppose its rule. It has turned Gaza into a theocratic dictatorship, and its reckless wars have led to the deaths of thousands of Palestinians. Every time Hamas launches rockets from civilian areas, it deliberately provokes Israeli retaliation, knowing full well it will lead to casualties that it can then use for propaganda.

7. Anti-Zionism Is Often Just Antisemitism

The pro-Palestine movement claims to oppose "Zionism" but frequently engages in outright Jew-hatred. Calls for the destruction of Israel are thinly veiled calls for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the Middle East. If "anti-Zionists" truly cared about justice, they would not single out the world’s only Jewish state while ignoring far worse crimes committed by other nations.

Conclusion: Time to Expose the Hypocrisy

Pro-Palestine activists claim to stand for justice, yet they ignore Hamas’s brutality, deny Israel’s right to exist, and peddle misinformation. It is time for moral clarity. Supporting Hamas or making excuses for its terrorism is indefensible. Israel is a legitimate democracy defending itself against an organization that glorifies jihad and martyrdom. The West must stop falling for the lies and propaganda of a movement that has far more in common with radical Islamism than with genuine human rights advocacy.