Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus'—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel. All true, but not a useful contribution to the Party Line, hence dispensable.
Noam Chomsky, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
2009, consensus, democracy, dissent, gaza-war, hamas, iran, israel, israel-united-states-relations, israeli-palestinian-conflict, terrorism, united-states