{"id":2064873,"date":"2023-10-12T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-explains-what-americans-dont-understand-about-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:27:03","slug":"ben-shapiro-explains-what-americans-dont-understand-about-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-explains-what-americans-dont-understand-about-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro on Americans&#8217; Misconceptions of Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-shapiro-explains-what-americans-dont-understand-about-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2064873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Americans and Westerners \u200bMisunderstand Hamas, Says Ben Shapiro<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a captivating interview with Glenn\u200b Beck on \u2064The \u2064Blaze, Ben Shapiro, Editor Emeritus of the Daily Wire, shed \u200blight on the motivations of Hamas terrorists\u2063 and the misconceptions that Americans and Westerners often have about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shapiro emphasized \u200bthat\u2063 one of the biggest obstacles in defeating Hamas is the West&#8217;s failure to \u2062comprehend their mindset and what drives\u200b their actions. He pointed out that many Americans\u2062 mistakenly assume \u2063that Hamas terrorists must have been deeply victimized before committing \u2063their atrocities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We\u200c are accustomed to\u200c dealing with people who\u2064 share our values and moral framework, even those we consider our \u200bworst enemies in the United \u2062States. We can engage in conversations with them because we operate within the same general moral frame,&#8221; Shapiro explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, he\u2064 stressed that Hamas operates in\u200c an entirely different sphere. They have a mindset that is incomprehensible to\u2062 Westerners, where beheading babies is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-explains-what-americans-dont-understand-about-hamas\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro on Americans' Misconceptions of Hamas\">considered\u2064 morally justifiable<\/a>, women \u2064are \u200braped and murdered, and the invasion of peaceful communities to slaughter innocents is seen as a righteous act in the name\u2063 of Allah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shapiro went on to compare Hamas to the Nazis,\u2064 stating that they are\u2062 even worse in some ways. While the Nazis \u2063attempted \u2062to hide their atrocities after World War \u2064II, Hamas actively records and shares videos of their brutal acts on social media to generate both terrorism and \u2063sympathy from certain sectors of the world community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the consequences of rationalizing Hamas&#8217; behavior and blaming external factors for\u2063 their actions?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This lack of understanding of Hamas&#8217; motivations and mindset has serious consequences. Shapiro argued that it hampers our ability to combat\u2063 and defeat this\u2064 terrorist organization effectively. Instead of acknowledging the true nature of Hamas and devising \u200cstrategies to address the root causes of their violent actions, Westerners often fall\u200d into the trap of rationalizing their behavior or even blaming their actions on external factors such as poverty or lack of opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shapiro made it clear that\u2064 these misconceptions are not only naive but also dangerous.\u2064 By \u2062failing to \u200drecognize\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbroken-disgusted-and-furious-kim-kardashian-demands-gun-control-to-prevent-school-shootings\/\" title=\"\u2018Heartbroken, Disgusted, And Furious\u2019: Kim Kardashian Demands Gun Control To Prevent School Shootings\">deep-seated hatred<\/a> and radical ideology that drive Hamas, we undermine\u200b our own ability \u200bto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-collins-what-feels-good-does-not-always-heal-you-these-bipartisan-gun-control-measures-are-a-cruel-charade\/\" title=\"Doug Collins: What Feels Good Does Not Always Heal You \u2013 These Bipartisan Gun Control Measures Are a Cruel Charade\">protect innocent lives<\/a> and promote peace and stability in the region. It is vital that we understand \u200bour enemy and confront them with \u2064unyielding determination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, Shapiro highlighted an additional problem arising \u2064from this misunderstanding: the sympathy that Hamas garners \u200bfrom certain sectors of the international community. He pointed out that their manipulation of public opinion through gruesome videos on social media enables them\u200d to gain support and portray\u2064 themselves as victims of injustice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is essential for\u200d Americans and Westerners to see through this fa\u00e7ade. Hamas is not a liberating force\u200c fighting\u2064 for the rights of the Palestinian people; they are an \u200bextremist group whose primary goal is the destruction of Israel and the annihilation of the Jewish\u200d people. Their actions and ideology \u200dare rooted in\u200c hate, not in any \u200bgenuine concern for human rights \u2063or social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In conclusion, \u200bBen\u200d Shapiro&#8217;s interview with Glenn\u200d Beck sheds light on the misconceptions that Americans\u2062 and Westerners\u2063 often hold about Hamas. By \u200dproviding valuable insights\u200d into their mindset, Shapiro reveals the urgency of\u200c understanding the true\u2062 nature and motivations of this \u200dterrorist organization. Only by doing so can we effectively combat their \u2063violence, \u200bprotect\u2063 innocent lives, and work towards a lasting peace in\u2063 the region.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans and Westerners often misunderstand the motives of Hamas terrorists due to the false assumption that terrorists and Americans share similar thinking, according to Ben Shapiro, former Editor Emeritus of the Daily Wire. In an interview with Glenn Beck on The Blaze, Shapiro discussed this misconception, prompted by Beck&#8217;s question to the co-founder of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2064874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2064873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}