The internationally isolated Palestinian group Hamas has drafted a new political program to improve its global image. The new document will replace its notorious 1988 charter
Hamas change
The anti-Jew conspiracy theory-laden 1988 charter called for the “reinstitution of the Muslim state” in “every inch of Palestine” and the raising of the “banner of Allah” over all of Palestine. It proclaimed that any compromise with Israel would be in violation of Islamic law
Shift not welcome?
The term “Jews” will now be replaced by “occupation”. But a Hamas scholar has “expressed his reservations arguing that Jews, not Israelis, are referenced in the Quran”, Al-Monitor reported
Pervasive anti-Semitism
The hatred for Jews is not unique to Hamas, which won the 2006 Palestinian elections and is currently governing the Gaza Strip. Anti- Semitism also pervades Palestinian school curricula throughout the West Bank and Gaza, writes Alan Dershowitz in The Case for Israel. According to a Palestinian high school textbook, Jews were persecuted in Europe because they are self-centered, cause massacres and control the economy, writes Dershowitz