• kase@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m guessing it was intentional. This is the first time I’ve seen it called “khamas,” but what I understand from looking it up is that it’s how the word is commonly written/pronounced in english in Israel. (If I’m wrong, please correct me!)

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      3 months ago

      I’ve never once heard anyone, Jewish, Israeli, or otherwise, pronounce Hamas with a k.

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        3 months ago

        Fair enough. And I should be clear, I didn’t find a good source for this explanation, all that came up that was related was a few forum threads. And now that I’m looking at it again, there’s a good variety of completely different answers out there. So I really don’t know what to believe here.

        I may just not be searching well; if anybody does have reliable info about this I’d be happy to hear it :)