![Desce. @AdagioCalante "Do you condemn Hamas1?2!" Do you think I am gonna condemn what you nazi freaks have turned people into with your violence? Because that was always your goal. 1 Like The moment someone slips into the darkness you lot will find a way to justify yourselves. And I'm not gonna do that. 1:41 PM · 22 Nov 23 41 Views 27 Follow Desce• @AdagioCalante · 14m Replying to @AdagioCalante I am sick of this victimhood. 91 [] If anything, we should be the ones asking for forgivness to the Palestinians, to the Congolese people, and to everyone that is dying and facing a genocide because our countries are not even doing the bare minimum to protect them. 1 ₁17 go Desce• @AdagioCalante · 12m I am sick of seeing you fascists running free I am sick sick sick sick sick of seeing those poor people dying and you lot trying to gaslight them that "they deserve it". F--- everyone enabling you all F--- everyone pro Israel 12 ♡1 18 بار](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/705/715/4e4.jpg "AdagioCalente")
Do You Condemn Hamas?
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Do You Condemn Hamas? refers to a catchphrase and question that was asked by various news reporters, anchors and outlets amid the 2023 Israel-Hamas Conflict to proponents of Palestine who were vocally against the IDF's response to Hamas' October 2023 attack. The question was perceived as a trap by many critics who felt it understated the complicated, combative history of the region by narrowing it down to one group's action. The frequency of the question's utterance in Western media led to criticism and satirization through memes that surfaced across social media sites like Twitter / X, TikTok and Reddit, among others. The question was originally asked by writer David Horowitz in a viral video from 2010 in which Horowitz asked the question to a student at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).
Origin
On May 11th, 2010, a video was posted to YouTube[1] by the channel David Horowitz Freedom Center that showed an interaction between conservative writer David Horowitz and a student at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) at an event hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom and DHFC. The student confronted Horowitz about his claim that the Muslim Student Association (MSA) is linked to Jihad terrorist networks. Horowitz said in response, "Will you condemn Hamas?" Over 13 years, the video gained roughly 4.8 million views (shown below).
Spread
Going into the 2010s, the question and its variant forms were written on websites like Twitter / X, evident in posts on X[2][3] shared in 2014 and 2017, that referenced the video of David Horowitz and the UCSD student.
The question resurfaced in public discourse en masse in 2019, centered on statements from United States Representative Ilhan Omar. In July 2019, a clip of her criticizing the "Do you condemn Hamas?" question was uploaded to YouTube[4] (shown below) and it gained coverage from outlets like The Daily Caller.[5] Tweets[6] about the controversy also used the question.
In 2021, usage of the question resurfaced online, evident in a tweet shared by X[7] user @killerguerilla on May 11th, 2021, which gained roughly 2,400 likes in two years (shown below).
Usage In 2023
On October 7th, 2023, Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel, sparking another prominent resurgence of the question's use.[8] On October 8th, 2023, a clip of Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the British Labour Party, went viral on X[9] via the account of @Channel4News whose reporter asked Corbyn if he condemned Hamas. The tweet gained roughly 4.3 million views and 5,300 likes in one month (shown below).
"I don't support any attacks. Therefore, I criticise them all. And that, I think, is the end of the matter."@PGMcNamara asks Jeremy Corbyn if he condemns Hamas' attacks on Israel. pic.twitter.com/AD7Qqc63ct
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 8, 2023
Criticism of the reporter's questioning surfaced on X[10] via viral posts in the days that followed. Also on October 8th, a clip from BBC was posted to X[11] by user @AhmadTarfaya that showed Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, being asked if he condemned Hamas on air, gaining roughly 986,700 views and 9,400 likes in one month (shown below).
مقابلة من العيار الثقيل.. درس في العظمة وعاااش @hzomlot
pic.twitter.com/e9NWaMikxn— Ahmad Tarfaya (@AhmadTarfaya) October 8, 2023
The clips were the first of many later news segments that surfaced in October 2023, involving newsmen and women asking "Do you support Hamas?" Many clips of British news anchor Piers Morgan asking the question surfaced on TikTok[12][13] in October 2023.
During the same timeframe, TikTokers began posting content that criticized the question, such as TikToker[14] @nexistepas2003 on October 10th, 2023, whose video received roughly 134,000 plays and 26,200 likes in one month (shown below, left). On October 12th, TikToker[15] @palestinianpr1ncess posted a similar video, gaining over 1.8 million plays and 430,000 likes in one month (shown below, right).
@nexistepas2003 Hypocrisy is bliss #fyp #foryoupage #freepalestine ♬ son original – 🇵🇸 ⴰⵀⴰⵣ
@palestinianpr1ncess You dont value Palestinian life, you never did when this is your only response to genocide.
♬ original sound – Nys
Memes referencing the question also surfaced during the timeframe, including on post shared by X[16] user @criticofpolecon on November 5th, 2023, which added the question to a meme about Karl Marx, gaining roughly 8,400 likes in a day (shown below).
Similar memes and posts were uploaded to Reddit[17][18] in late October and early November 2023.
Various Examples
@jordxn.simone Replying to @bobby Free Palestine AND the actions of Hamas are abhorent, along with their stance on Judaism. I condem them. I also know that if in response to an attack you can cut off food, water, and power, this isnt a conflict. Its oppressive. And I stand against that. As I hear cries for “the innocent” I am frustrated and confused. What isnt innocent about a population largely made of children? Where the people have suffered for decades? Where was the concern and outrage from all of you who “want peace?” I dont have the answers, or the complex knowledge of this crisis. But what I do know is a fight for liberation when I see one, and I will stand by them with the understanding that one groups awful actions don’t define a liberation movement. And as someone who has fought openly and actively for the rights of so many I will not let you call me out of my name and my integrity because my stance doesnt “align” with yours. If you choose not to hear me, ask yourself why. I want the peace you all claim you seek, and I know the road to get there is complicated, hard, and likely bloody. I grieve the lives lost-- all of them. It’ll take care and compassion and compromise. But we won’t get there if we don’t sit in the discomfort of reality first. I offer love and support and care to my Jewish friends and loved ones. Deeply. And I also stand for the liberation of Palestine. #freepalestine #freepalestine🇵🇸❤️ #palestine #fy ♬ original sound – jordan
@atif.tv But dO YoU CoNdeMn hAmAs tHo? 🥴 #atiftv #fyp #israel #palestine #gaza #hamas #freepalestine #streetinterview #publicinterview #steveinthestreets @atif.tv @atif.tv @atif.tv ♬ The sound of war – Eddy Mack
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External References
[1] YouTube – David Horowitz at UCSD 5/10/2010. Hosted by Young Americans for Freedom and DHFC
[2] X – @JewishPress
[3] X – @IslamismMap
[4] YouTube – Omar Snaps at 'Appalling Question' About Condemning FGM
[5] The Daily Caller – Ilhan Omar Frustrated By Moderator Question About Female Genital Mutilation
[7] X – @killerguerilla
[8] Haaretz – At Least 700 Israelis Killed, 2,000 Wounded; Over 130 Civilians and Soldiers Held Hostage in Gaza
[9] X – @Channel4News
[10] X – @bencsmoke
[11] X – @AhmadTarfaya
[12] TikTok – @sneonclips10
[13] TikTok – @sneonclips10
[14] TikTok – @nexistepas2003
[15] TikTok – @palestinianpr1ncess
[16] X – @criticofpolecon
[17] Reddit – /r/okbuddyvowsh
[18] Reddit – /r/CommunismMemes
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