On December 16, the National Post published an above-the-fold front-page article under the headline: “Hamas set to reject violence: report”. The article by Peter Goodspeed based claims that Hamas was set to renounce “armed resistance and move to a policy of nonviolent resistance” on speculative reporting by IHS Jane’s, the well-respected defence and security intelligence analysis agency.
As HonestReporting Canada Executive Director Mike Fegelman points out in today’s Letter of the Day that was published in the Post, don’t trust the hype – Hamas hasn’t changed its colours and repudiated violence: