{"id":851586,"date":"2025-05-27T19:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T00:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/palestinians-speak-out-on-hamas-say-gaza-held-hostage-by-terror-group\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T00:12:45","slug":"palestinians-speak-out-on-hamas-say-gaza-held-hostage-by-terror-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/palestinians-speak-out-on-hamas-say-gaza-held-hostage-by-terror-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians speak out on Hamas, say Gaza held hostage by terror group"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"64dffbea-c33c-4492-b4fc-94cf5737bd02\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Hamas did not, over the course of its rule, benefit Palestinians at all,&#8221; Kareem, a lawyer living in Gaza, told the Toronto Sun<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published May 12, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>Last updated May 12, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=JQWu3hL0SgdjpoONHegRrg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=73KtRV_f9iwvAA97Io9lhw 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=mnUmkxOlqB3juk-0s082qA, 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\nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=i6PGtzDomDSPDhkjoTrkvw 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=TAShNYpbeFhnmETTuAAyJA, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=aPaLqzXtgpGi-nk3-izc1g 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"Hamas did not, over the course of its rule, benefit Palestinians at all,\" Kareem, a lawyer living in Gaza, told the Toronto Sun.\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=4bXdKpK3IQo2wG18mwUc2g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=4bXdKpK3IQo2wG18mwUc2g,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC_6951-e1747072435601.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=DyAicp45CEtaTj4zXgOjkg 2x\" height=\"744\" width=\"991\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>Destroyed buildings in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, on May 9, 2024<\/span> <span>Photo by Bryan Passifiume<\/span> \/<span>Toronto Sun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Hamas did more than just kidnap Israelis on Oct. 7, they\u2019re also holding over 2 million 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interview this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to survive on our blood and our bodies, and they only care about their interests and the interests of their relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kareem, who spoke on condition his last name not be used, is among the growing number of Gaza residents speaking out against Hamas \u2014 who see the terror group and de facto ruler of Gaza as a means of oppression, and not the liberation organization far-left activists and several media outlets paint them to be.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div aria-labelledby=\"YourMiddaySun3955881906289118206163101308420096\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component data-target-list=\"TORSUN_YourMiddaySun\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<p>By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Hamas) was a political movement that had secular supporters, but during the war, that declined dramatically \u2014 to the extent that people in Gaza cannot even accept Hamas as a political movement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want Hamas in Gaza at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Established nearly four decades ago, Hamas defeated the ruling Fatah party in the 2006 parliamentary elections. The terror group took complete control a year later in a series of bloody clashes, prompting Egypt to close its borders with Gaza, cutting off the only access to the outside Arab world.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended video<\/h3>\n<div data-aqa=\"embed-video\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loading...\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/18.7.2\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\" width=\"64\"><\/p>\n<div fallback>\n<p>We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHamas did not, over the course of its rule, benefit Palestinians at all,\u201d Kareem said.<\/p>\n<p>Support for Palestinians here in Canada is dominated by far-left and\/or anti-Israel activists who publicly glorify Hamas and call for Israel\u2019s destruction.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Those people, Kareem said, have the blood of innocent Palestinians on their hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis protest movement in the West is counter-productive, they\u2019re not helping the Palestinian people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are emboldening the oppressors of the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These activists, along with well-meaning Canadians, are falling victim to misinformation spread by Hamas-friendly media outlets, said Kareem, who added: \u201cMany in the West are fooled by the propaganda machine carried primarily by al Jazeera, the only media that can work freely inside Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that while Al Jazeera portrays Hamas as a liberation movement, it never highlights the suffering Palestinians endure as a result of the group\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Western news agencies are also complicit, with numerous news wires and Canadian media outlets unapologetically parroting information released by the Hamas-controlled \u201cGaza health ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who dare speak out, Kareem said, face harassment, torture and even death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would be kidnapped, tortured, blackmailed, accused of being Mossad agents, in many cases they\u2019ve broken legs of people, and kill and execute people publicly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what it means to be against Hamas in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyday Palestinians, he said, won\u2019t be free until Hamas is eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe and the Israelis, we think the same \u2014 if Hamas stays in power, in two years they\u2019ll be able to rebuild themselves and carry on similar to what they did on Oct. 7,\u201d Kareem said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Gaza we have two occupations \u2014 Israel and Hamas. 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