Hamas in the Eyes of Ibish

Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), landed another one of his controversial articles in NowLebanon, this time on “Hamas’s many splendored contradictions.” I take this opportunity to shed light on some of his misconceived ideas regarding Palestinian internal affairs. The main contradiction espoused by Ibish is that Hamas [...]

Hamas in the Eyes of Ibish

By Sarakenos

Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), landed another one of his controversial articles in NowLebanon, this time on “Hamas’s many splendored contradictions.”

I take this opportunity to shed light on some of his misconceived ideas regarding Palestinian internal affairs.

The main contradiction espoused by Ibish is that Hamas has both a religious and a nationalist agenda, intertwined and at odds with one another. read.

Tarek Salahi: Coolest Arab of the Moment

One would think an organization based primarily on high-level access to power would be happy to have a board member at President Barack Obama’s first state dinner.

The American Task Force for Palestine (ATFP), however, has removed from its website Tareq (Tarek) Salahi, the most famous party crasher in the world. He, along with his wife, snuck into the state dinner Tuesday night.

Co-optation in Palestine?

“In summary, Fayyad and the cultural nationalists draped themselves in the mantle of nationalism, but upon examination it is seen that their programs, far from aiding in the achievement of Arab liberation and freedom from exploitation in Palestine, would instead weld the Palestinian communities more firmly into the structure of Zionist capitalism. The reformist or [...]

Palestinian President Hussein Ibish reaches peace agreement with Israel

As the elected leader of the Palestinian people, Hussein Ibish, a Senior Fellow of Americans Tasked with F*cking Palestine (ATFP, a leader of which was recently sentenced for allegedly embezzling donors of $100,000), recently reached a peace agreement with Israeli Consul General Yaakov Dayan in Los Angeles. Betraying decades of conventional wisdom and in a [...]