Newly recovered intelligence reveals that Hamas-Al Jazeera cooperation went far beyond sympathetic coverage—showing direct coordination between the Qatari-funded network and the terrorist group to manipulate news coming out of Gaza. According to documents released by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Hamas conspired with Al Jazeera to suppress stories that might damage “the image of the resistance.”
The documents show Hamas instructed Al Jazeera to avoid using the word “massacre” when reporting on a Palestinian Islamic Jihad missile strike in Jabalia that hit a refugee camp. Al Jazeera’s “newsroom management” agreed to comply. Hamas also sought to create a direct line to Al Jazeera’s Doha office “to promote coverage in emergency situations and allow Hamas’s military wing to send real-time instructions on what to broadcast and what to embargo,” the Jerusalem Post reported.
For years, Al Jazeera has echoed Hamas’s preferred terminology, describing active terrorists as “resistance fighters” and the dead as “shaheeds,” or “martyrs who died for Allah.” The network has even referred to Israeli hostages as “prisoners.”
Hamas granted Al Jazeera rare access to its terror tunnels, where the network filmed footage of operatives preparing explosives. Following Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Al Jazeera documented terrorists rigging tunnels with booby traps.
While Qatar has faced U.S. pressure under President Donald Trump to reduce the network’s “incitement,” the close Hamas-Al Jazeera relationship continues to raise serious questions about propaganda masquerading as journalism.
