Khaled Salah Questions Narratives of Hostility Toward Hamas and Hezbollah

Egyptian writer Khaled Salah has questioned how Hamas and Hezbollah are portrayed, linking the debate over hostility toward the two movements to his view of what constitutes effective resistance to Israel.

In a commentary titled “One Word,” Salah asks who is working to recast Hezbollah from a resistance movement into a sectarian group. He also questions who is undermining Hamas by turning its image from a movement opposing Israel into an adversary of Egyptian interests.

The questions frame his examination of the two movements’ political identities. The supplied excerpt does not identify those he believes are responsible for reshaping their public image.

Salah presents his own longstanding belief that genuine resistance to Israel depends on rebuilding Arab states on foundations of science and law. His argument places the strength of state institutions at the centre of the region’s ability to challenge Israeli power.

Rather than treating resistance solely as a matter of confrontation, the excerpt connects it to the internal development of Arab countries, setting that principle alongside his questions about attitudes toward Hamas and Hezbollah.