{"id":60099,"date":"2026-06-13T19:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anti-hamas-campaign-gains-momentum-as-gaza-activists-urge-residents-to-take-to-the-streets\/13\/06\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:27:09","slug":"anti-hamas-campaign-gains-momentum-as-gaza-activists-urge-residents-to-take-to-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anti-hamas-campaign-gains-momentum-as-gaza-activists-urge-residents-to-take-to-the-streets\/13\/06\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Hamas campaign gains momentum as Gaza activists urge residents to take to the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Palestinian activists are beginning to speak out against Hamas, asserting that \u201cHamas is finished\u201d and urging Gaza residents to join the protests set for the end of June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new campaign calling for rallies in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/gaza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Gaza Strip;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gaza Strip&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Gaza Strip<\/a> later this month has gained momentum in recent days. Launched under the banner of the June 26 Revolution, the campaign seeks to protest Hamas rule and the current political, social, and humanitarian reality facing Palestinians in the Strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The initiative \u2013 which appears to have been organized by a group of Palestinian activists, exiled social media influencers, and journalists, mostly from Gaza \u2013 highlights the need for change and calls on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/nearly-80-gazans-open-emigrating-202852773.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Gazans;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gazans&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gazans<\/a> to take to the streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe people of Gaza need to rebuild their lives. The suffering has to stop,\u201d Gazan journalist Abed al-Hamid Abed al-Ati, one of the prominent figures pushing the June protests, told <em>The Jerusalem Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ati said the aim is to give hope to Gazans and show them a path to dignity and a normal life, away from ongoing displacement and daily struggles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are not asking much; we just want to live like any other human beings,\u201d he said. Ati is known for criticizing the political and living conditions in the Strip.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>PALESTINIANS INSPECT their homes and tents following Israeli shelling in the Al-Zawaida area in the central Gaza Strip, June 5, 2026. (credit: Ali Hassan\/Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI see my role as helping Gaza residents because no one else is stepping in. People have been displaced and left in tents, and they\u2019re just not seeing, at least for now, any real signs on the ground that their lives are about to significantly change and get better soon,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe reject the continuation of this war. It needs to end.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Activists call on Gazan civilians to protest against Hamas<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The June 26 Revolution movement has released several statements. One reads: \u201cThe people are the source of authority. They are the ones who have paid the price with their homes, future, sons, and daughters. From this painful reality, the people declare their revolution as a renewed expression of their independent will, rejecting oppression and the continued occupation of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe people have the right to proclaim their lives and reject surrendering to reality imposed upon them. We refuse to have our dignity violated or to be humiliated by standing in bread lines. We reject reducing our lives to living in a tent and waiting for water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The call for popular protest has begun to draw attention among Palestinians, with some expressing solidarity with the campaign\u2019s goals and implicitly criticizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-899225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Hamas\u2019s;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Hamas\u2019s&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Hamas\u2019s<\/a> rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are thrown away in the streets. Wake up! For God\u2019s sake, what are you waiting for?\u201d a young Palestinian man said about the movement\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another Palestinian who spoke out against the terror organization asserted that \u201cHamas is finished\u201d and urged Gaza residents to join the protests set for the end of June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Demonstrate for the sake of your children and the dignity that was taken away from you. Free yourselves from slavery and injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another statement released by the June 26 campaign read: \u201cOur revolution does not await promises from anyone. The people are the ones required to act. We affirm our commitment to the peaceful nature of our revolution, and we call on local, international, legal, and media institutions to provide support and protect the protesters on June 26.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the call for popular protest against Hamas rule has sparked controversy, as some accuse campaign members of \u201cbetrayal and collusion with the Zionist entity\u201d due to their criticism of the \u201cresistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ati has also come under attack by Hamas affiliates who have portrayed him and his colleagues as \u201ctraitors and collaborators with Israel\u201d who seek to \u201cfuel anarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yesterday, Ati announced his withdrawal from the protest campaign. Palestinian sources in Gaza said it followed death threats made against his family because of his activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, shortly after, he reversed his decision, explaining that his return came in response to the will of the people, who rejected his stepping back and insisted on the importance of this vital move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe continue for the sake of our people\u2019s dreams. Intimidation is not going to bring results,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don\u2019t have any agenda but to serve my people,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ati now lives in Cairo with his three young daughters. He left Gaza shortly after the war began, triggered by Hamas\u2019s October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel. His mother, sister, brother, and brother\u2019s wife were killed in bombardments in northern Gaza. He said he managed to flee with his daughters from the rubble in Nuseirat and was displaced several times before leaving the Strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI lost a lot, like many others in Gaza,\u201d he told the Post. \u201cIt\u2019s now clear to me that if this unbearable situation continues, there will be no stability and relief, and we cannot afford for that to happen. We deserve a decent life and freedom,\u201d he added, claiming that many residents in Gaza do not support Hamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI hear from people that they want the Hamas regime to go and that it\u2019s time to turn a new page,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a clear reference to Hamas, Ati added, \u201cthose responsible for bringing war and destruction upon us do not deserve to continue leading and should relinquish power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAn entire people has been punished because of the reckless gamble of one organization [Hamas].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Israel-Hamas War;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Israel-Hamas War&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Israel-Hamas War<\/a>, only a few limited rallies emerged in the Strip, with participants demanding an end to the fighting and protesting worsening conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In March 2025, a local demonstration in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, included calls for Hamas to step down. Those protests were quickly suppressed by Hamas operatives, cracking down on public dissent just as they did in 2019 during the \u201cWe Want to Live\u201d protests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPeople are exhausted,\u201d Ati noted. \u201cThey are dying and have nothing left to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHow can someone continue living like this? No health systems, no education, more than 70,000 killed, many others wounded, and so much devastation. We are human beings, not numbers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/articles\/anti-hamas-campaign-gains-momentum-220155367.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian activists are beginning to speak out against Hamas, asserting that &ldquo;Hamas is finished&rdquo; and urging Gaza residents to join the protests<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anti-hamas-campaign-gains-momentum-as-gaza-activists-urge-residents-to-take-to-the-streets\/13\/06\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/b1fc9c8af4d2fab3cece6cd03aa415c4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}