[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EThough the United States labels Hamas a terrorist organization, media coverage of the group largely replaces the \u201cterrorist\u201d label with that of \u201cmilitant.\u201d Reuters, for example, will use the \u201cterrorist\u201d and \u201cterrorism\u201d labels only for quoted material. According to the Reuters handbook: \u201c\u003Cem\u003ETerrorism and terrorist should not be used as single words in inverted commas (e.g. terrorist) or preceded by so-called (e.g. a so-called terrorist attack) since that can be taken to imply that Reuters is making a value judgment\u2026. Terror as in terror attack or terror cell should be avoided on stylistic grounds.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ESean Maguire, \u201cWhen Does Reuters Use the Word Terrorist or Terrorism?\u201d Reuters Editors, June 13, 2007, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/reuters-editors\/2007\/06\/13\/when-does-reuters-use-the-word-terrorist-or-terrorism\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/reuters-editors\/2007\/06\/13\/when-does-reuters-use-the-word-terrorist-or-terrorism\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutside of the United States, some Western media outlets take a softer stance on Hamas. In a June 2014 photo essay on Hamas summer camps that train teenagers for subversive activities, the \u003Cem\u003EDaily Mail\u003C\/em\u003E referred to Hamas solely as \u201ca political organization,\u201d despite the photographic evidence it provided to the contrary.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cSummer Camp Hamas Style: Palestinian Boys Take Part in Training Camps,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EDaily Mail\u003C\/em\u003E, June 10, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2653860\/Summer-camp-Hamas-style-young-boys-endure.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2653860\/Summer-camp-Hamas-style-young-boys-endure.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E In another example from British media, \u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/em\u003E profiled Hamas\u2019s new government spokeswoman, Isra al-Modallal, in November 2013. \u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/em\u003E wrote that al-Modallal was educated in England, is the first woman to hold such a position, and wants to promote human rights.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EHarriet Sherwood, \u201cYorkshire-Educated Woman Becomes First Female Hamas Spokesperson,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E [U.K.], November 7, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/07\/yorkshire-educated-woman-female-hamas-spokesperson\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/07\/yorkshire-educated-woman-female-hamas-spokesperson\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E The author makes no mention of Hamas\u2019s violent activities, nor the contradictions between the group\u2019s ideology and al-Modallal\u2019s dedication to human rights. The author does quote al-Modallal saying she would have no contact with Israeli media.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EHarriet Sherwood, \u201cYorkshire-Educated Woman Becomes First Female Hamas Spokesperson,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E [U.K.], November 7, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/07\/yorkshire-educated-woman-female-hamas-spokesperson\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/07\/yorkshire-educated-woman-female-hamas-spokesperson\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite failing to label Hamas a terrorist organization, Western media largely recognize the organization as a violent militant group, and regularly note that Hamas is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. In recent coverage of the group, the BBC noted Hamas\u2019s \u201clong record of attacks and its refusal to renounce violence.\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cProfile: Hamas Palestinian movement,\u201d BBC News, July 14, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-13331522\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-13331522\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E Western columnists typically deride Hamas, while still imploring Israel to ease restrictions on the Palestinian civilian population. While U.S. media outlets such as the Associated Press and Reuters will mention Hamas\u2019s ideology, the previously mentioned \u003Cem\u003EDaily Mail\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E articles lack a broader context for the issues on which they report. \u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/em\u003E demonstrates this further in a January 2014 piece on Hamas-Iran reconciliation talks, failing to provide any context\u2014beyond a throw-away reference to the Muslim Brotherhood as Hamas\u2019s \u201cideological parent\u201d\u2014of Iran\u2019s sponsorship of terrorism or of Hamas\u2019s pro-terror ideology.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EHarriet Sherwood, \u201cHamas and Iran Rebuild Ties Three Years after Falling out over Syria,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E [U.K.], January 9, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jan\/09\/hamas-iran-rebuild-ties-falling-out-syria\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jan\/09\/hamas-iran-rebuild-ties-falling-out-syria\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Western media"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]