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Ad campaign aims to show true face of Hamas

May 19, 2011 10:55

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A US organisation dedicated to fighting extremism and bigotry has launched a high-profile campaign calling the world to "see Hamas for what it is" and highlighting the terrorist group's antisemitic ideology.

The Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) advertisements, featured today in the New York Times and on Friday in both The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune, charged described Hamas as "an extremist organisation that uses classic antisemitism to justify the elimination of Israel."

Abraham Foxman, national director of the ADL , said the campaign was "in response to the newly forged alliance between Fatah and Hamas".

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