In this mailing: Khaled Abu Toameh: Hamas, Israel and the Hypocrisy of Arab and Muslim Leaders Caroline Glick: As Biden Turns against Israel, Netanyahu Must Stand Strong Hamas, Israel and the Hypocrisy of Arab and Muslim Leaders by Khaled Abu Toameh  •  October 19, 2023 at 5:00 am Notably, some of the Arab and Muslim states and their leaders who are pointing the finger of blame at Israel have not hesitated to take punitive measures against Hamas when they themselves felt threatened... In the eyes of these rulers, it is fine for Arabs to punish Hamas, but it is not fine for Israel to respond to the worst atrocity ever committed against its citizens. The Palestinian Authority (PA)... appears to have forgotten about the violent and bloody coup Hamas carried out in the summer of 2007. Then, Hamas killed and injured hundreds of PA loyalists, some of whom were tossed from rooftops of buildings throughout the Gaza Strip. This is the same Abbas who is now afraid, or unwilling, to hold Hamas responsible for the outbreak of the war.... Abbas has good reason to avoid overt criticism of Hamas. He is aware of the pro-Hamas demonstrations in the West Bank... where demonstrators chanted slogans calling for toppling the Palestinian Authority leadership. The Egyptians, Jordanians and Syrians, who are now condemning Israel for targeting Hamas, have not hesitated to confront Hamas when it threatened their national security. In 2014, an Egyptian court declared Hamas, an off-shoot of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organization, a "terrorist organization." In 1999, Jordan, whose leaders have also refrained from denouncing Hamas's October 7 massacre of Israelis, expelled the terror group's political leaders from the country. These rulers now find it awkward to come out against the same terrorists with whom they have been meeting. None of these rulers has ever taken a single step to help the Palestinians get relief from Hamas's human rights violations against the people living under their brutal rule in the Gaza Strip..... When these rulers were unhappy with Hamas, they expelled its leaders, shut their offices and outlawed its armed wing. Now that Hamas has brought down hell on two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, perhaps these Arab and Muslim rulers will finally decide whose side are they on. Will they continue to embrace the very Hamas they have targeted for threatening them and their regimes, or will stand with those who -- on their behalf as well -- are defending themselves against Iran and its proxies? Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas appears to have forgotten about the violent and bloody coup Hamas carried out in the summer of 2007. Then, Hamas killed and injured hundreds of PA loyalists, some of whom were tossed from rooftops of buildings throughout the Gaza Strip. This is the same Abbas who is now afraid, or unwilling, to hold Hamas responsible for the outbreak of the war. Pictured: Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images) Most of the Arabs who are now condemning Israel for its military strikes against the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip have never uttered a word against Hamas's rocket attacks on Israel. These Arabs, who are now weeping over the plight of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, chose to turn a blind eye to Hamas's repressive measures against the residents of the Gaza Strip. They also chose to look the other way as Hamas accumulated an arsenal of weapons and built dozens of offensive tunnels along the border with Israel. Incredibly, most of these Arabs still have not denounced Hamas for initiating the war on October 7, when hundreds of its heavily armed members crossed into Israel and massacred more than 1,400 Israelis, wounded thousands more, and abducted more than 200 hostages who were taken to Gaza. Continue Reading Article