Hasan Piker's defense of Hamas having 'right to resist militarily' draws condemnation from human rights groups

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker downplayed Hamas' anti-women and anti-LGBTQ stances while trying to explain his apparent support for the terrorist organization during a CNN interview on Sunday.Piker, a rising figure within the Democratic Party, was featured prominently in "The Left Insurgency," an episode from the documentary series "The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper," where he spoke with reporter Donie O'Sullivan about some of his more controversial comments.O'Sullivan pointed to a bipartisan House resolution passed in April condemning his rhetoric that some members of Congress claimed supported the terror organization."Well, I wouldn't say I express support for all of Hamas's actions or anything," Piker said in response to the resolution."I do say that the Palestinian resistance largely does have an internationally recognized right to resist.

Do they violate that sometimes with war crimes? Absolutely.And Hamas certainly has as well.

But at the end of the day, Palestinians do have a right to resist militarily."FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER DEFENDS HIMSELF FROM ANTISEMITISM ACCUSATIONS IN INTERVIEW WITH JEWISH OUTLETHasan Piker, a streamer and creator, spoke to CNN about his past controversial comments about the terror organization Hamas.(Sportsfile via Getty Images)The House resolution highlighted Piker's past comments calling Hamas "a thousand times better than the fascist settler colonial apartheid state" of Israel as well as his appearance on "Pod Save America," where he doubled down on the comparison."I've also said I'm a harm-reduction voter," he said.

"I'm a lesser-evil voter and, therefore, I would vote for Hamas over Israel every single time because I'm looking at the situation as a paramilitary organization that has a political party as well, a political bureau as well that is entirely comprised not as an alien force but of orphaned children that have, you know, had their parents killed by an apartheid state that has been dominating the lives o...