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Bassam Tawil is a scholar based in the Middle East. This article originally appeared on the Gatestone Institute website (gatestoneinstitute.org).

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What Are Palestinians REALLY Interested In?

Bassam Tawil

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Palestinians: Slaughtering Jews While Falsely Using Al-Aqsa Mosque as a Pretext

Bassam Tawil

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Do Not Be Fooled by the ‘Anti-Hamas’ Protests

Bassam Tawil

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Israel’s Biggest Enemy: The Thanks Bibi gets for Disabling Iran, Terrorist Groups

Bassam Tawil

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The Palestinian Tradition of Celebrating the Death of Jews

Bassam Tawil

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Israel is at War Against Hezbollah, NOT The Lebanese People

Bassam Tawil

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Why Egypt Prefers Palestinian Terrorists On Its Border

Bassam Tawil

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Hamas’ Terms for Truce: Israel’s Surrender

Bassam Tawil

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Hamas, NOT Netanyahu, Israel’s True Enemy

Bassam Tawil

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Ceasefire Deal Will Prevent Hostages; Anti-Bibi Protests Only Embolden Hamas

Bassam Tawil

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Iran’s Gaza War: Ceasefire? What Ceasefire?

Bassam Tawil

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Palestinians ❤ Hamas

Bassam Tawil

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Kamala Harris’s ‘Only Path’ To Destroy Israel

Bassam Tawil

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The REAL Reason Hamas Carried Out Its October 7 Massacre

Bassam Tawil

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Hamas’s ‘Popularity’: Attempt To Deceive The American Public?

Bassam Tawil

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Israel Gave Work Permits, While Palestinians Planned Oct. 7 Massacre

Bassam Tawil

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The Real Reason Hamas and Egypt Oppose Israel’s Control of Rafah

Bassam Tawil

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U.S. Campuses: Grooming Terrorists

Bassam Tawil

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Hamas Destroys Gaza, Now Trying to Claim That a ‘Victory’

Bassam Tawil

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‘Ramadan – Month of Jihad’ : Ramadan Will Not Stop Hamas From Killing Jews

Bassam Tawil

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‘Why Doesn’t Hamas Go to Hell and Hide There?’: Other Voices from Gaza

Bassam Tawil

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Palestinian Terrorists, Hospitals, and Plans for Palestinian State

Bassam Tawil

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“Like…wtf”: Israel’s Arab Citizens Feel Lucky

Bassam Tawil

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Time to End UNRWA’s Jihad Against Israel

Bassam Tawil

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Wanted: Palestinian Leaders Who Will Condemn Terrorism

Bassam Tawil

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How to End the Suffering of the Palestinians

Bassam Tawil

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Why The Palestinian Authority Is No Better than Hamas

Bassam Tawil

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The Curious Case of the Biden Administration and Hamas

Bassam Tawil

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Can the Palestinian Authority Be ‘Revitalized’? Can the Cat Guard the Cream?

Bassam Tawil

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Palestinians: ‘Extreme’ Support for Terrorist Group Hamas, Israel’s Destruction

Bassam Tawil

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Terrorism

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Israel At War: Iron Swords

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Israel At War: Iron Swords

IDF Destroys Gaza Terror Tunnel More Than a Mile Long

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Haredim & Hassidim

Haredi Battalion Celebrates Lag B’Omer Near Gaza Border

IDF & Security

Intensified Naval and Air Strikes Pound Gaza Strip, Over 100 Reported Dead

Holidays & Observances

Joyful Celebrations as Tens of Thousands Gather for Lag B’Omer in Meron and Across Israel

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Terrorism

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Artificial Intelligence

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