The Chris Hedges Report with Paola Caridi on the origins and aims of Hamas and why armed resistance against Israeli occupation is the only option most Palestinians have left.

Hamas, like all resistance groups from the African National Congress to The Irish Republic Army, Palestinian resistance organizations, from the Palestine Liberation Organization to Few Few groups are as demonized or as misunderstood in the Middle East as Hamas. Hamas is not, despite what Israel and Washington say, a terrorist organization – although lik…