He's a hard-liner, no doubt, but he's a politician so he's a good negotiator and he's more pragmatic,
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was a moderate because he gave Israel the option of peacefully dissolving itself, opening its borders to millions of hostile immigrants, changing its name to Palestine, incorporating Hamas's military into the state's army, and accepting Islamic law."
If Ismail Haniyeh was 'moderate and pragmatic' as every media outlet claims, that means his open Jew-hate and repeated calls for the violent destruction of Israel are a 'moderate and pragmatic' position to hold. And what does that tell us about the status of Jews today."
Yahya Sinwar is the commander... and he is a dead man."
Within Hamas Haniyeh had a certain position, but within this organization which is not a moderate one."
What is a 'very moderate leader' of an Islamist jihadist death cult that perpetrated the deadliest terror attack since 9/11 on October 7? Alex Crawford, what on earth are you talking about?"
He was also considered a very moderate leader for Hamas."
It certainly and completely depends on the perceptions of who you talk to. Obviously, the Israelis and the U.S. consider all of Hamas, including its leadership as extremist, they consider the organization a terrorist organization. And many of them are not willing to enter into a conversation about 'is this person more moderate than the other?'
From what we gather, it is the political leadership based in Doha, headed by Haniyeh, that... has been pressing Sinwar... to accept a ceasefire,
Hamas broadly speaking will not be affected, as it has plenty of leadership material”.
Haniyeh has been a moderating force... His removal could embolden hardliners within the movement,
Let this serve as a clear and unequivocal message to Meta: cease this display of cowardice and stop acting as instruments of the oppressive Zionist Israeli regime,
Dangerous individuals and organisations.”
Ismail Haniyeh explicitly calls for the use of women and children as human shields Here’s your ‘moderate’ Reuters,
When @Reuters calls #Haniyeh - one of the masterminds of the October 7th massacre - ‘the more moderate face of Hamas,’ they mean he only wanted to destroy Israel but not conquer the entire world. How depraved are these people?"
Who was Ismail Haniyeh and why is his assassination a blow to Hamas?"
Tough-talking Haniyeh was seen as the more moderate face of Hamas,
Reuters categorically denies that it had prior knowledge of the attack or that we embedded journalists with Hamas on Oct. 7,
You have got to be kidding me, Reuters (This is not a joke. And no, I am not surprised),
Probably good to keep this headline in mind when you read anything from this outlet,