‘We are the victims… therefore nobody should blame us for the things we do.’

Who do you think said this? Some blue-haired campus activist who’s convinced they’re suffering from structural oppression? A trans campaigner, perhaps, who thinks being misgendered is an act of violence? Maybe some other social justice type who feels victimised by everything from statues of old colonialists to un-PC jokes?

Actually it was Ghazi Hamad, a leading figure in Hamas.