From 'Howl' to Hamas

The ninth annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...movement that improbably united Israelis and West Bank Palestinians, Hamas and Fatah, to push back against a proposed Israeli..."

April 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Protesters Call for Mayor Kirk Watson to Support Cease-Fire in Gaza

Religious groups, students gathered at City Hall

"...… in their fight against brutal terrorist organizations like Hamas," around 50 people stood in front of Austin’s City..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

The Green Prince

The son of a Hamas leader becomes an Israeli spy and searches for a moral center.

"...It begins as a riveting documentary on a Hamas leader's son who becomes an Israeli spy, code-named the..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

You Don't Mess With the Zohan

As far as we know, this Adam Sandler movie is the first Hollywood-made Jewish/Palestinian/immigrant comedy that also doubles as a surprisingly trenchant analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath.

"...analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath. Would that Hamas, Hezbollah, and Ehud Olmert had Sandler and Apatow's sensibilities,..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

“Dumb” Rounds to Be Manufactured Nearby, Amid Calls to Stop Sending Them to Israel

Imprecise and massive Howitzer rounds kill civilians

"...We know the vast majority of those killed in..."

Dec. 22, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Point Austin: Oppel vs. Chomsky

On seeing the world through blood-drenched eyes

"...especially volatile since the January democratic election of a Hamas majority to the Palestinian parliament and the violent U.S./Israeli..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Michael King

10,000 Texans Call for Cease-Fire in Gaza

Massive show of support at state Capitol for Palestinians

"...while 1,200 Israelis were killed in the October 7 Hamas attack. The crowd comprised a wide swath of ethnicities,..."

Nov. 13, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...leaders by broadcasting 24-hour-a-day coverage of the war against Hamas and airing videos of injured Palestinians and statements from..."

May 10, 2024 News Feature

Point Austin: Everything Old Is New Again

The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”

"...and ideological lines now are murkier, as well, with Hamas and Israel locked in a grotesque conflict mostly targeting..."

May 4, 2024 News Post by Michael King

'Crocodile Tears' Misleading

"...is itself a horrible distortion. The Iranians who supplied Hamas with money and rockets aren't even civilized enough to..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Postmarks

McCaul on Gaza Conflict

Austin congressman stands behind Israel

"...to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against Hamas’s unceasing aggression. The resolution further calls on Hamas to..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

October 8

Doc tracks the rise in antisemitism in America following the Hamas attack on Israel

"...tracks the rise in antisemitism in America following the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023...."

March 14, 2025 Movie Review

Words Matter

"...My friend has been held hostage in Gaza by Hamas terrorists for more than one year. It would be..."

Nov. 26, 2024 Postmarks

After Pro-Palestine Campus Protests, State Senators Call Hearing on Antisemitism

Jewish, Muslim students report more hate since October 7

"...80% of campus-based antisemitic incidents in 2023 happened after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. Comparing October through December..."

May 15, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

UT’s War on Students

A peaceful protest spiraled when law enforcement showed up. Now the university has doubled down.

"...all means necessary to destroy terrorism, which includes wiping Hamas from the face of the Earth.” PSC’s demands, by..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

UT Students Celebrate Israel in Block Party, While Others Call for Ceasefire

The largest pro-Israel college campus event stayed peaceful

"...display: dozens of chairs on Speedway held photos of Hamas’ hostages still in Gaza. The Palestine Solidarity Committee, which..."

April 3, 2024 News Post by Naina Srivastava

Cover Complaint

"...of Israel and a premature ceasefire, which will enable Hamas to carry out these attacks again and again in..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Postmarks

Chronicle Photographers Reflect on Their Most Memorable Photos of the Year

The view from here

"...On January 22, almost 10 months before the deadly Hamas attack on Israel, a small group of students peacefully..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Features Feature by John Anderson

Sundance Recap: Part III

Mental instability, poverty, a disappearance, and a docu-thriller

"...of Mosab Hassan Yousef, the Palestinian son of a Hamas leader who became a spy for Israeli's Shin Bet...."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Peace Requires All Sides to Work Together

"...Michael King's chiding of Gov. Perry's position on the Hamas/Israeli conflict provides the argument that an oppressed people have..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Postmarks

Point Austin: Welcome to 2009

From foreign wars to local follies, the world still turns

"...time, issuing a statement defending Israel's attacks on Gaza. "Hamas must cease its attacks on Israel," Perry declared. "No..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Israeli Attack Inexcusable

"...on here. All accounts in the mainstream media cite Hamas’ uptick in rocket attacks at the expiration of a..."

Jan. 6, 2009 Postmarks

The Bubble

This gay-tinged Romeo and Juliet story set largely in Tel Aviv shows the complexities of love in a land where the conflicts are as old as Western religion and as new as suicide bombers.

"...Bank city that is home to Palestinian refugees and Hamas. Israeli director Fox has built his career on films..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Having Not Read Carter's Book, Vance Offers an Opinion

"...Middle East he tacitly supports, namely Palestinian terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, are the lowest forms of humanity on..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Postmarks

Letters @ 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...statements on all sides into plain English. Hezbollah and Hamas: "We have good reasons for killing children and unarmed..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to confiscate weapons from and dismantle terrorist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad and end anti-Israeli incitement stated right..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...are willing to negotiate with Israel, but those pesky Hamas guys still like to blow up innocent civilians. Hamas..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Criticizing Israel: Throughout Israel’s war against Hamas, some U.S. politicians have sought to conflate criticism of..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian” and “a proud member of Hamas” during an Oval Office meeting Wednesday, Politico reports. Trump..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature

Advocacy, Art, and More Recommended Events

What to do this week that isn't SXSW

"...2010 one-man show about a standoff between Israel and Hamas. The new book tracks a Palestinian-American FBI agent’s investigation..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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