While Hamas presents itself as a Palestinian movement whose goal is to eliminate Israel and establish an independent Palestinian state stretching from the River to the Sea, this movement is also part of the global Muslim Brotherhood (MB), whose ultimate goal and vision is the establishment of a worldwide Islamic caliphate. Hamas leaders and spokesmen repeatedly express that
Since Hamas' October 7 terror attack on Israel, in which some 1,400 people were murdered and over 220 were kidnapped, the dominant tone in the Egyptian press, both the state and the independent press, has been one of hostility towards Israel, namely, of blaming Israel for the escalation and expressing support for Hamas' actions.[1] The expressions of hostility have in fact