“On the Record with Hamas”: Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About Oct. 7, Ceasefire Talks & Israel
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With the war on Gaza now in its 10th month, we speak with journalist Jeremy Scahill about the state of negotiations for a possible ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. Scahill recently spoke to senior Hamas officials about the ongoing ceasefire negotiations and the group’s broader goals. He is a co-founder of The Intercept, and he recently announced he was leaving after more than a decade to launch a new investigative journalism outlet, Drop Site News, alongside colleague Ryan Grim. Scahill’s new article, “On the Record with Hamas,” examines the militant group’s motivations to launch the October 7 attacks in Israel, as well as its stance on the negotiations, based on interviews with a number of senior Hamas officials and other sources. “October 7 didn’t happen in a vacuum,” says Scahill. “The primary motivation, Hamas members told me, was to try to shatter the status quo on Gaza. They felt that the situation was becoming untenable.”
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Thank you for crediting Electronic Intifada and Mondoweiss, these true journalists have been hands on with their investigations
Grayzone too
And The Greyzone
And they are Free, making it far more accessible. The thing Scahill is starting is expensive, over $300 per year , & $15 monthly US $$$. So, I guess he ensures a comfy echo chamber of middle class liberals, disappointing!
Kenny Klipps, Ryan Grim and Jeremy Scahill all now on Drop Site News. Byeeee Intercept!
Grayzone was first to drop the goods on Israel’s use of Hannibal directive Oct 7. I know because I covered their coverage.
I am so heartbroken that it took this horrible genocide for me to finally learn about how the Palestinian have suffered since 1948. I was hook, line and sinker blinded by the propaganda.
Welcome to reality. It’s good to have you.
Moi, aussi!
i was too .. i heard my irish mom sometimes empathizing that Palestinians were paying for the holocaust which they had nothing to do with .. but i only realized what she was talking about after 10/7
Same here…I blindly supported the western governments until I started to do my research. I can’t believe I was fooled for years 😣
Ignorance is complicity. Your government was counting on this. Unfortunately for many of us, even as children, didn't have the privilege of ignorance as our brothers and sisters were being mur dered worldwide. May all those complict be held accountable in ways they never imagined. Ameen.
Stop the genocide
Asap🧕😵💫
@@mattdobbs-dr2rtsays a lot about you
@@mattdobbs-dr2rtthe world is watching 😢
This is the only "genocide" in history in which people are actually growing in numbers... Genocide is what Hamas is doing to its own people.
@@DS-ll5fndid you even listen to what he had to say? Embarrassing unless you are a Zionist of course. People are being slaughtered. Perhaps this is a better word than genocide. 🥲
Thank God for all the independent journalists who put themselves on the line to educate the the masses.
There is no God.
Not one that you know! Ask sincerely, with an open mind and you shall know!
@@missypaws2500 There is no God.
@@themanwnoname3454who cares? Focus on human rights
@@Dangreenwatson There is no God.
I’m not Palestinian and I think Biden should never support this we are all human who can accept to live like the way Palestinian people live
So well said
The way palestinians want to live? Like hating Jews?
FJB the Zionist
I grew up with Palestinians. They are exceptional people and in so many ways. Their kindness and intelligence, especially.
@@azalia423 Yep, the image painted of the Palestinian people by the US and Israel has comprised decades of propaganda aimed at desensitizing others to the crimes committed there by the land thieves, murderers, and opportunists.
Thank you Amy Goodman and Democracy Now. And thank you Jeremy Scahill.
Your reporting always reminds me that here in the U.S., all hope has not been lost, and real journalism cannot be extinguished.
You are right. Real journalism is the new trend in the US and this is great for a peaceful word.
Seriously! What would I do without Amy Goodman/ Democracy Now showing that real journalists exists and they care about reporting. Amy Goodman is a national treasure.
Cahill has been apologizing for Putin ever since he invaded. What kind of journalist is that? But then again, it's pretty obvious that Progressives don't care about Ukrainian life, just like they couldn't care less if Hamas murders gay people and treats women like dogs.
unfortunately all this was reported and investigated by former democracy now employee Aaron Mate at the Grayzone ... LAST YEAR!!!
especially the Hannibal directive ... also the myth of the 40 beheaded babies and systematical mass rapes!
scahill and Grimm report when it's save to report on these issues...
maybe she should have him on!
@mikelcory4065 maybe try the grayzone and get most of what scahill is reporting on half a year earlier
I'm a white Christian American and I support Palestine and suport that group I'm not allowed to mention.
I think all christians should if they knew what Palestinian christians are facing for 80 years. But mostly don't
Why should we care? 🤔
Were you expecting brownie points? 🐴🍑
There is Christian Palestinians being genocided too.
@@PauloAdriano-zo2ngy don't you go join your Zionist friends in Northern Isreal
@@PauloAdriano-zo2ng You care so little you had to comment and tell us all about it. Tell Hasbara to improve their standards, you guys are slackin'.
Scandalous behavior is being normalized
Yes & thT is a great worry for the world at large.
Never accept it as normal.
Never. I will die before accepting violence as normal or human.
By the US and its allies
A massacre on Jews, holding hostages was celebrated by 100.000s - disgusting scandalous behavior indeed.
So refreshing to see journalists like Scahill is still doing his thing. I’m a millennial journalist degree holder. Amazing and hardworking people like Amy Goodman, Tiabbi, Jeremy Scahill, were my influences. A few of journalistic heroes have let me down recently, but it’s so good to know people like Amy and Jeremy will always be there, doing real journalism. Thank you so much Amy and Jeremy for your service, it’s so important
Sorry to hear it man - you should shy away from propagandists and learn to be a truthful journalist
@@StanBarkington-bt7fu um, ok? I specifically said I am “journalism degree holder” for a reason- I’m not a journalist. I work in a framing shop. Although I did go to college and study it, I am not a journalist. Do you understand the distinction I purposely made?
I can maybe, sort-of see how you were confused by my comment, but it does feel unnecessary for you to insult me randomly. Do you break apart compliments on CZcams to look for negative things to say to people? I was complimenting two journalists I’ve watched and love for a long time. Weird behavior, Stan. I’m sure there are better uses of your time while you’re on CZcams.
I find your comment distasteful, rude, and just wholly unnecessary.
@@mikelcory4065
You mean they’re still antisemites……
@@mikelcory4065if you are willing to say who has let you down I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Independent journalists like Jeremy have become a lifeline for many of us. I will never regard the legacy media the same way. I feel completely betrayed and lied to by them, for decades. These months since October have been life-changing for me. So I am now listening to the independents, always thinking critically.
Finally, Ha'arest is reporting on the Hannibal Directive, which most of us have known for months.
Yes what Yasmin Porat said on that radio channel
Lies
@@Dynamatrix1973 lies when u know the truth
@@Dynamatrix1973
The TRUTH will Prevail...
@@Dynamatrix1973has ba ra s w I ne
WHAT RIGHT DOES AMERICA HAVE TO PLAY POLICE IN MIDDLE EAST🤬🤬🤬🤬
We won world war 2, Iran sided with Russia-and so did the Arab league. So, to answer your question, we have a the right as a nuclear super power.
@dannygavin9458 why aren't you running ruffshot in Germany then ..your clueless..zionist money power..research it.
Every right. Next question.
might makes right
I don't like it, but that's the foundation of this situation.
@@dannygavin9458 Russia won WW2 also, and did the lion share of fighting in Europe... read some history for crying out loud...
Very accurate and straightforward reporting from Jeremy Scahill.
Very truthful man.
He's a pro-Moscow Lefty and a nut-job.
As of a month ago 15,694 children have been killed and 17,000 are without parents after 8 months of Israel’s war on Gaza, let that sink in
Lancet put it at 186000 Christian and Muslim Palestinians
Those are the confirmed numbers of bodies found, essentially. It's a big graveyard and there are no excavators.
There are so many evil hypocrites driving this bus, its infuriating there's no truth, justice or accountability.
Do not believe the numbers Hamas puts out.
@@Faiez-rh1gmNowhere does the Lancet say these "were killed in the last 9 months". Instead, you are citing a one-page letter by Rasha Al-Khatib, M. McKee, Salim Yusuf, Shofiqul Islam and Safa Noreen arguing that IN THE FUTURE there will be INDIRECT deaths. This letter is a scathingly anti-Israel, pro-Hamas propaganda piece written under the guise of medical ethics. Instead you should listen to what leader Hamas Yahya Sinwar has said that he has NO INTEREST IN A CEASEFIRE because a growing death toll would benefit Hamas. Hamas puts civilians and children in harm's way by embedding its terrorist infrastructure in schools, hospitals, homes, mosques, etc. MEANWHILE, Israel has suffered over 13,000 indiscriminate rocket attacks, INCLUDING TO ITS HOSPITALS, Israeli hostages in Gaza have not had even one visit from International Red Cross, over 200,000 are displaced, and Israel's death toll is very high. Hamas caused this war, slaughtering 1200 innocent civilians, burning babies and Holocaust survivors alive, raping and mutilating women, and young people just attending a Peace Concert. Before Oct 7, Hamas launched Daily rockets into Israel from Gaza -- territory given to the Arabs in 2005 which Hamas has turned into a killing operation against Jews from anti Jewish indoctrination of children in schools to building an enormous network of terror tunnels instead of spending the billions it receives from the West on feeding it's people, creating jobs and becoming a modern civilized country.
Thanks Jeremy!
Very optimistic about Scahill's new reporting + DropsiteNews ✊
Wow, Scahill is also a Democracy Now alumni? Thoroughly impressed by the righteous who've got their start here and that go on to build their own news organization. Amy must be proud.
Thank you Both and We so need to stop the Genocide!!!!
no quarter for terrorists. Hamas is a barbaric islamic terrorist group.
Yes Hamas charter should not call for Genocide of the Jews!!
This is one of the most comprehensive and well developed reportage on the conflict. Mr. Scahill is most coherent and forthright journalist who speaks honestly and fairly armed with knowledge of facts and personal observations. ❤
I will surely follow DROP SITE NEWS! Thank you Jeremy Scahill for your brilliant reporting!
I'm repeatedly struck by the tone of the discussion coming from the US State Dept., and Natl. Security apparatus. They talk about the utter ruin, and chaos inflicted on millions across the entire region, as though they're deciding on the seating arrangements at a wedding reception. No personal risk. Just pushing pieces around on a board. It is simply the banality of power, and privilege. It's the indifference of a dying empire.
Well said!
Hats off to Jeremy for acknowledging the early contribution of Ali Abunimah and Electronic Intifada regarding this story.
Funny how he forgot the Grayzone. Accidental, I'm sure.
@@Kuntlip Yes, a noticeable omission, also forgot to mention the work done by Mondoweiss. All three have always acknowledged the work done by the others. It’s interesting that the one mainstream outlet that has acknowledged the work of all independent journalists regarding this story is Al Jazeera.
Thank you so much for this interview, high level journalism!
RIP Aaron Bushnell 🙏
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Jeremy Scahill is a great journalist - one of my favorites since last October. Thank you for having him.
Since the massacre of Jews you love him? Interesting.
Brilliant conversation, thank you!
Jeremy Scahill is one of the best journalist...
Thanks Jeremy. Good luck with Drop Site News.
Tip of the cap for one of the realist journalist out there! Thank you ,Jeremy Scahill.
Wow. Jeremy got a little choked up there reminiscing on when he first got into journalism.
How refreshing to see some genuine ‘investigative journalism’ rather than the substandard propaganda we are being constantly subjected to.
The Jake Tapper's and Bill Maher's beating the drums to war, celebrating Netanyahu like they celebrate GWB, and condemning all Palestinian people as terrorists, somehow deserving of dropping unguided 2000 lbs. on civilians, and being starved with a siege.
Subscribed to Drop Site! Thanks for the information and education.
Thank you Jeremy Scahill! You explained everything so eloquently!
Thank you Jeremy thank you Electonic Intifada, Mondoweiss and Grayzone
I wish Mr. Scahill the best of luck on his new news organization.
When I think of his history, he seems like someone who would be honest, @hindculhane.
No I don't condemn Hamas. I will be damned before I condemn the armed resistance of colonized people against the absolute brutality and savagery of colonial powers. The conditions in Palestine were unbearable and Israel and the US are not interested in a two-state solution. Children with cancer in Gaza had to submit request permissions to the IDF to be treated outside of Gaza. the vast majority of these requests were summarily rejected. Around a quarter of children died before the age of 5 due to water pollution in Gaza. For states that have shrined the right to bear arms in their constitutions, I will not hear a hypocritical moan about Palestinians defending themselves with arms.
@@hrsdarwish306 For information the border was also in the south. Their arab brothers from Egypt sealed their passage. So if you complain against jews, also complain about Egypt.
In addition, the palestinians created a razzia on the civilians they could find. This razzia on the jews justifies a posteriori the complete closure of the Gazans inside Gaza north and East. Of course the southern border was with Egypt, in which their brothers are located. They could have saved the kids by sending them to an Egyptian hospital. But the rejected the request I suppose summarily as you say. But not seeing that is a testimony of your anti semitism.
@GoodAtheistAlway Egypt is not responsible for Israeli apartheid or the state of Israel holding Gaza as an open air prison. Israel is responsible. And no one said anything about Jews except you. This is about Palestine and Israel, not Palestine and Jews. Israel is a state. It is not the representative of all Jews. This is a testament to YOUR antisemitism.
@@MatthewH-hp8bp So for a open air prison why did you spend billions on tunnels of war and weapons. And why does Hamas have all these Billionaires. Must be nice to never work and become Billionaires by taking aide money from real workers. They sure have fat bellies those Hamas dudes.
Wonderfull interview, thank you Amy and Jeremy
Jeremy is such a great reporter!!!!!!
You guys are the best democracy now
Lots of good luck to jeremy and his team!
Hope this turns out for Jeremy and Ryan; the proof’s in the pudding.
Jeremy is a national treasure
The nation is poorest if this is its only treasure.
Y'all should interview anyone from the Grayzone or the Electronic Intifada
Grayzone used to be on Democracy Now often
So they can be told that Muslims in china are on vacation? Taking a day trip? Fuck the greyzone, propaganda nonsense
The entire crew of EI has been doing a bang-up job in their investigations and analysis.
@@rachael_grey you can say that again!
Amy memory holed DN alum aaron maté because he was debunking russia gate and she was on-board with pushing it.
Just commenting to support the channel love the show❤
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Amazing journalism by Jeremy Scahill.
God bless you Amy Goodman, and Democracy Now. I feel like this is the only source I can trust. This was a wonderful report by Jeremy Scahill and I am deeply appreciative. Thank you to all of you who work so tirelessly to bring to light the goings on of this world. WE NEED YOU!!!
What a great interview.
This is the most articulate, coherent breakdown of this genocide ive seen yet.. Thanks Scahill
thank you Amy for this interview with one of your former collegues whom I much appreciate
Excellent interview. Thank you, Amy and Jeremy.
Brilliant Interview giving us valuable insight into the Gaza/Israel situation - Thank You ❤❤❤
Amazing reporting..
Wish him every success in his career for this amazing report and Amy is very good as well
This is well known I honestly thought i must have been watching an ep from a month ago.. I watch Owen a lot maybe i didnn't realize this channel is behind people like owen and richard
Thanks for this brilliant journalism.
Brilliant analysis by Jeremy scahill !!!
Democracy Now never fails to delivery this type of insight.
From Black Water to Dirty Wars, Jeremy has always been one of the most uniquely positioned journalists to convey truth in a sea of deceit, you're an island of honesty in a lake of volcanic lava! Keep up the amazing work Mr Scahill!
You have to stop comparing the violence of the coloniser with the reactive violence of the colonised.
@@gomerpyle1542oh you mean the land that their own long long ancestors leaved because they gave up to live there??sure buddy, and how supposedly you justified this ignorant descendants killing all their own long long lost cousins?
Right. So we should stop equating the terrorism of the "Palestinians" (the colonizers) with the reactive violence of Israels (the people they wish to re-colonize).
Nonsense rubbish. DUH!@@AWSOM817
@@AWSOM817 muslims are the biggest colonizers in the world.. they need to be taught a good lesson
@@AWSOM817i no longer think Biden has dementia. I think he is speaking clearly but you are his speech writer
Thank you, Amy and Jeremy, for bring so much to us in one program.
Been holding off on thinking anything about this whole Gaza tragedy and likewise not watching Democracy Now!. For me, this segment is huge.
Amazing interview 🙏🏼
Agreed! Need to listen twice...such great analysis
Love Jeremy! Thanks for having him on!
What, no mention of the new death toll of 186,000, as reported by a very respected media source, which I think ia " _The Lancet_ " ? I think that the 186,000 has been the deaths in Palestine and since last October 7th. It is what I understood yesterday anyway and it was the first time that I heard of more than 40,000+.
News and people you can trust, Democracy Now! Excellent exposé as always!
"trust".....LOL....You trust Amy "please send money Goodman aand her Husband "me too" Goodman? LOL......they keep inciting and those they incite keep dying. Doesn't that affect their readership? Their numbers keep dropping I presume. Do they know what you are doing? Do you hate facts as much as they hate Jews? Or perhaps, it is the young Muslims they incite to violence with fake news and fake guests, like the "Israeli Historian" that actually was a Palestinian spokesman. that they hate the most? Basically, they are money hungry trolls looking for clicks and dangerous ones at that. Casualty reports by Hamas are not credible. The UN revised its Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported. The UN said it had been relying on figures provided by Hamas. Last week the BBC reported that its calculation of civilian Palestinians killed in this war was way overstated. It appears it also had been relying on figures provided by Hamas..
bravo, Love Scahill and Amy Goodman
Good interview, covers a lot, very clear.
Thank you for bringing the other side prospective to the light.
Thank you democracy now for being truthful and bringing journalists that are unbiased!
Great respect to Goodman & all Democracy Now co-workers.
Great journalism
Good luck with Drop Site News. The world needs journalists like you! 👏👏👏
👍🏼 Excellent
if only they allow journalists around the world, they will not need to defend themselves every time..
Wow, that was a lot of information from Jeremy that we don’t get to hear on the mainstream news. Great work!
This was genuinely incredibly insightful. Thank you both for the amazing work.
Free Marwan Barghouti
He deliberately left out the Grayzone.
Thank you for this. We are so tired of officials from the US state department officials spouting their lies in the press briefings.
I would NEVER believe a single word coming out of the mouth of Hamas.
Thank you Jeremy you said it right at the beginning the truth!
I don't believe in nonviolent resistance.
Good then accept that Israel's resistance to terrorism be violent
@@xbfdx988 is building settlements also part of your resistance?
@@kb_100 I din't defend that necessarily but the fact is those settlements are in territory Israel won after attack by arabs
@@xbfdx988 the Zionist colony was not attacked in the 67 war. It attacked its neighbours first.
But the root of it is, the Palestinians did not go to Poland to brutalise and disposess Polish Jews there. But Zionists from all over Europe came to Palestine in the early 1900s and stole the land. The Palestinians have only been reacting to their misfortune ever since.
I am not a Palestinian in occupation but even hearing about any of this immediately makes something inside feel the need to resist. May we bring peace and Democracy Now to all those in need.
This dude knows his stuff. Impressive
Excellent information of current situation in the USA and Israel objectives in the Middle East, thank you Endy.
Great very good down to history report. Thank you, JEREMY.
So important that everyone involved get to participate in the dialogue. So appreciate him bringing this interview into view.
Thank you Jeremy and as always thank you Amy
Thank you, Amy Goodman
The Chapo interview with Scahill was also great.
A really good interview. I very much appreciate the you are all doing 👍🇵🇸
Thanks, amy, to you and your co-workers for bringing these out of the mainstream stories to us.
Great presentation and discussion about the on going genocide in Palestine and the US amongst others complicit actions WITH Israel .Thankyou both. Looking forward to listening to the contents of DROP SITE.
How can America be complicit in a genocide that isn't occurring, dear heart?
Show wonderful love free Palestine 🇵🇸
Gaza was NOT an open air prison.'
Last time I checked, there were no beaches, movie theatres, shopping malls and restaurants in prisons.
And certainly, prisons do not let their "residents" out on a daily basis to find or complete work so that everyone's families can be fed.
It is becoming more and more clear that Emperor has no cloths
מער אַנטי ישראל פּראָפּאַגאַנדע
The actions of a certain Nation in Zaza were long planned. They just needed an excuse, manufactured or provoked; it doesn't matter.
Jeremy Scahill can be completely trusted
Jeremy Scahill one of the best investigating journalist in the world, handsdown. And Amy, of course!❤