It’s the standard transcription of the Arabic sound, which is closest (in fact, pretty much identical) to the Hebrew sound which is typically used to pronounce the first consonant in Hamas. Blame the bad Arabic-language education is Israel for not pronouncing it correctly…
This is, as far as I know, not a word in Arabic, and non-standard transcription for Hebrew — the standard would be “Ḥamas” or “H̲amas” (using “ch” is common but non-standard as well).
They’re mocking that Israelis can’t pronounce Hamas properly. The first letter is ح which has no equivalent in English but comes from the throat whereas Israelis pronounce Hamas and Hommos with a خ which is pronounced like the Scottish Loch.
They absolutely can, they choose not to. There are videos of Israelis slipping up because they were used to saying it correctly before 10/7, but now it is a shibboleth.
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!)
No-one else is going to question the use of “khamas”? Really?
Hamas is 5 letters long, it’s not like it would have been difficult to get the spelling right.
I thought it was to visually add an accent.
It’s apparently a play on words. “Khamas” in Hebrew means “violence”.
You mean chamas?
That’s the play on words
Alternate spelling.
Eye dialect
The kh pronunciation is a sort of shibboleth for Israeli Zionists. The comic is making fun of it.
It’s the standard transcription of the Arabic sound, which is closest (in fact, pretty much identical) to the Hebrew sound which is typically used to pronounce the first consonant in Hamas. Blame the bad Arabic-language education is Israel for not pronouncing it correctly…
This is, as far as I know, not a word in Arabic, and non-standard transcription for Hebrew — the standard would be “Ḥamas” or “H̲amas” (using “ch” is common but non-standard as well).
They’re mocking that Israelis can’t pronounce Hamas properly. The first letter is ح which has no equivalent in English but comes from the throat whereas Israelis pronounce Hamas and Hommos with a خ which is pronounced like the Scottish Loch.
That would be chamas, not khamas.
Israelis can just say “Hamas” like everyone else. For some reason they just decide not to.
They absolutely can, they choose not to. There are videos of Israelis slipping up because they were used to saying it correctly before 10/7, but now it is a shibboleth.
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!)
I’ve never once heard anyone, Jewish, Israeli, or otherwise, pronounce Hamas with a k.
Every single interview with any israeli spokesperson calls them Khamas. This is the norm.
https://youtu.be/LYA0RWtj1xI