(24): Hamas is ‘un-’ if not anti-Boko Haram

Muhsin Ibrahim @Muhsin234 (Twitter) I was prompted to briefly clarify the dissimilarity, if not dissension, between the Palestinian armed group, Hamas and dreaded Nigeria's ‘Islamists’ insurgence, Boko Haram (BH). As the ongoing Gaza conflict escalates further and the death toll, especially among children and women, rises, many people obviously seem to have not known or known but deliberately chosen to spread falsehood about the two aforementioned ‘Islamist’ groups. Israel ’s officials, including the Prime Minister, Netanyahu, and numberless other people on social media, are always quick at pairing the two, chiefly to justify the bloodshed in Gaza . Hamas was established in 1987 to fight, by political and military means, for the freedom of Palestine over Israel ’s growing land-grabbing and occupation of their territories and persecution of their people. The U.S, however, listed them as a terrorist organisation. They are also called so in the American and other pro-Am