At this point, there is absolutely no telling how low the Hamas- apologists will go to defend their favorite terrorist organization. No matter how often the group commits atrocities against Israelis and Palestinians, these people will always be there to schoolmarm us about how horrible it is to criticize them.

In this episode of “Who Wants to Defend a Terrorist?” a former managing editor of Vice News’ Arabic division wrote a spirited defense of Hamas, claiming the brutal atrocities it inflicted on Israeli civilians during the October 7 attacks were a form of self-defense.

Badar Salem, the former managing editor of Vice MENA, condoned the attacks in an Arabic-language article for the publication. She also appeared to celebrate the massacre on social media.

Vice has faced criticism for its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, with media watchdog group Honest Reporting calling it "skewed and dangerous." A Vice spokesman said the article was an opinion column, and noted that Salem left as managing editor last January, although she still contributes regularly to the publication.

Salem in an Oct. 27 Arabic-language "explainer" article for Vice justified the Hamas attacks, according to a translation provided to the Washington Free Beacon by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA).

Under a section headlined "Does the Palestinian deserve to defend himself?" Salem, who served as managing editor MENA until January 2023, wrote that the "concept of resistance movements which defend themselves against occupation has deep roots in international law."

"Within this framework, what Hamas and the Palestinian resistance movements do/have done against Israeli targets is within international law," Salem wrote. "When confronting the occupation, the resistance movement are allowed to resort to [exert] this 'inalienable' right to struggle for self determination."

And what of Israel’s right to defend itself? According to Salem, the Jewish state has no such right, apparently.

"When an occupying force faces resistance from the occupied inhabitants, this is not considered the occupied inhabitants' attack, but a reaction against the occupation itself," she wrote. "In the Palestinian case, the Israeli occupation is considered the root cause of violence in and of itself."

In the article, Salem also accused journalists and politicians of publicizing "false information without presenting any evidence on Hamas's attack on the Gaza envelope settlements, namely that the movement … 'raped women.'" There is overwhelming evidence that Hamas raped Israeli women and engaged in widespread sexual violence.

So, just to sum this all up, this alleged journalist believes that swarming into the southern region of Israel and slaughtering civilians, including women and children, is self-defense against the Israeli government. Kidnapping hostage and raping the females is somehow intended to protect Palestinian civilians. That is the logic this woman is using to defend Hamas.

At this point, there is no reason to be surprised. Hamas literally filmed themselves butchering civilians deliberately while laughing about it and there are people who will still defend these savages. But, as I’ve stated before, this has nothing to do with the plight of the Palestinian people. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have been the primary oppressors of the civilians living in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, respectively. If folks like Salem actually cared about these folks, it would never even occur to them to stand with Hamas. Unfortunately, these people are not driven by love for Palestinians, but a hatred of Israel.