Jeremy Scahill on New Head of Hamas, Questions About Haniyeh Assassination & Iran Retaliation

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Published 2024-08-07
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Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as successor to former senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warmly received visit to the United States. Sinwar helped to found the precursor to Hamas’s current militant wing and is believed to have orchestrated the organization’s October 7 attack on Israel. As the region braces for a retaliatory attack on Israel from Iran, we speak to Jeremy Scahill, whose latest piece for Drop Site News details Hamas’s account of the assassination, and look at how Haniyeh’s death and Sinwar’s ascension may affect Hamas’s next moves and the course of the nearly yearlong conflict in Gaza.

Transcript: www.democracynow.org/2024/8/7/israel_iran_hamas_ya…

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All Comments (21)
  • If Warmongering can be started with Lies and Deception, Peace can be waged by Truth and Honesty
  • @saveriomadia8867
    Could we possibly move Israel to Washington? It would mean a lot less violence in the Middle East; a drastic reduction in the amount of rubble to clean up; less land grabs; no visa restrictions to implement; tax dollars would remain in the US; commute times would be greatly reduced for Diplomats; less flights between US and Israel would help reduce climate change effects; Netanyahu could return to Philadelphia and officially continue his political career in the US; the US wouldn’t need to feel awkward using the pronoun ‘We;’ the Brits, Germans, French, Italians and Canadians could continue sending military aid without shame; the word ‘terrorist’ would eventually be used less in Western vernacular; and the greatest benefit of all might be that Piers Morgan would have to stop asking people if they condemn Hamas!
  • They murdered the chief negotiator. Netanyahu crossing the lines of criminality over and over and the US stands complicit. Horrible
  • @kbram7363
    put usa tax payer aid to israel on the ballot and let’s see what happens
  • @fuckbankers
    Do you condemn the apartheid state of Israel?
  • @JD-mm7ur
    natanyahu and his goons need to get out
  • @Maynardtkrebs
    😮😮😮 The US State Department is running the entire Mid East show on behalf of big oil and military industrial complex billionaires.
  • New York times the first to report what's just happened in Iran, more like saying US times
  • “You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.” ― Carl Gustav Jung List* of the countries bombed and/or invaded by the U.S from 1950 to 2020: Korea 1950-53 El Salvador 1980s Bosnia 1994, 1995 Cambodia 1969-70 Congo 1964 Cuba 1959-1961 Afghanistan 1998, 2001- Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69 Indonesia 1958 Laos 1964-73 Grenada 1983 Iraq 1991-2000s, 2015- Iran 1987 Korea 1950-53 Kuwait 1991 Lebanon 1983, 1984 Libya 1986, 2011- Nicaragua 1980s Pakistan 2003, 2006- Palestine 2010 Panama 1989 Peru 1965 Somalia 1993, 2007-08, 2010- Sudan 1998 Syria 2014- Vietnam 1961-73 Yemen 2002, 2009- Yugoslavia 1999 Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once remarked. "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal," And U.S. has proven him right. Time and again, the U.S. has showed that it is not a reliable ally in global affairs.
  • I'm getting whiplash from Democracy Now's toggling between condemning the holocaust of Palestine and shilling for the Democrats who are effectively committing the holocaust of Palestine.
  • Bibi will do anything to try and stay relevant to avoid going to prison. US would be wise not to get involved. Let's the involved nations work it out amongst themselves. Israel has a very capable army without assistance from the US..
  • @fatinhermiz8729
    Actually Iran showed a lot of restrain to respect what the Europeans and other peoples want Iran to do but enough is enough Israel have to be stopped at once