Hamas is a violent terrorist organization. In Hebrew, the word chamas means “violence,” “cruelty,” or “injustice.” Since 2007, when Hamas seized control of Gaza through force, Hamas has been the de facto governing authority in the strip. Everything in Gaza is effectively controlled by Hamas, from hospitals and schools to human lives. Hamas has been torturing its own people, though most of them never asked to be under the authority of a jihadist terrorist group.
What do we mean by torture? Based on thousands of hours of sickening footage uncovered on a Hamas computer in Jabalia, Hamas perpetrated criminal acts that would shock and appall any sane human being. In one film, a man is chained with both arms and one leg to the ceiling and must attempt to balance on one leg. His captors also brutally choke him. Other victims are beaten with rods on the soles…
