How far will you make it through this? Take the Hamdan Test!
“The question is,” CNN’s Jim Sciutto asked repeatedly, “does Hamas accept some responsibility for civilian deaths in Gaza?” Hamas politburo member Osama Hamdan doesn’t like the question and angrily tries to filibuster the interview. At one point, Hamdan accuses Sciutto of looking through “Israeli eyes” and “Israeli ears,” which almost seems to amuse Sciutto.
In case you’re wondering, the answer to Sciutto’s question appears to be no, although Hamdan’s unhinged rant never directly answers it. He spends most of the five-plus minutes accusing Sciutto of only wanting to “listen to yourself” while filibustering, which is an amusing case of projection.
And then Hamdan hung up, which prompts a question: why did he bother to do the interview in the first place?
I pressed senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan on whether Hamas accepts…
