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Hamas Leaders Cite October 7 Massacre as Impetus for International Support for Palestinian Nation
In an Al-Jazeera interview over the weekend, Senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad openly credited the October 7 terrorist attack with forcing Western nations to recognize a Palestinian state, declaring that “the initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the 'fruits of October 7th.'"
Here is his actual quote:
"The powerful blow that was delivered to Israel on October 7 has yielded three very important historic achievements. First of all, it brought the Palestinian cause back [to center stage]. Why are all these countries recognizing Palestine now? Had any country dared to recognize the state of Palestine, prior to October 7? The overall outcome of October 7 forced the world to open its eyes to the Palestinian cause, and to act forcefully in this respect. [They recognize now] that the Palestinian people deserve freedom and their own state."
"The second thing is that the whole world believed that the occupation state is a beautiful democratic country and suffering from oppression and persecution. Today, I believe that the whole world has become convinced [otherwise], and that the mask has fallen from Israel's face. The whole world is acting against Israel. The rallies and festivals in America, Britain, France, and Germany talk about the genocide. Who would have thought that the PM of the occupation state would become wanted by the ICC, and so would the [IDF] Chief of Staff. Israel is now accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing. All of those things were revealed about Israel."
"The third thing is that people who thought that defeating Israel is difficult [realized] today that it is very easy. Today, through October 7, we proved that defeating Israel is not as difficult as people had thought."
There you have it. The end goal of Hamas. The reason they started this war in the first place. Probably the worst "I told you so" I've ever had the misfortune of delivering.
What a sad world we live in where recognizing a terrorist organization and giving in to its demands is considered worth the extra clicks you can get to bring traffic to your site, or the extra votes you can gin up in your home country, simply by amplifying the word "genocide" on social media.
In an Al-Jazeera interview over the weekend, Senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad openly credited the October 7 terrorist attack with forcing Western nations to recognize a Palestinian state, declaring that “the initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the 'fruits of October 7th.'"
Here is his actual quote:
"The powerful blow that was delivered to Israel on October 7 has yielded three very important historic achievements. First of all, it brought the Palestinian cause back [to center stage]. Why are all these countries recognizing Palestine now? Had any country dared to recognize the state of Palestine, prior to October 7? The overall outcome of October 7 forced the world to open its eyes to the Palestinian cause, and to act forcefully in this respect. [They recognize now] that the Palestinian people deserve freedom and their own state."
"The second thing is that the whole world believed that the occupation state is a beautiful democratic country and suffering from oppression and persecution. Today, I believe that the whole world has become convinced [otherwise], and that the mask has fallen from Israel's face. The whole world is acting against Israel. The rallies and festivals in America, Britain, France, and Germany talk about the genocide. Who would have thought that the PM of the occupation state would become wanted by the ICC, and so would the [IDF] Chief of Staff. Israel is now accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing. All of those things were revealed about Israel."
"The third thing is that people who thought that defeating Israel is difficult [realized] today that it is very easy. Today, through October 7, we proved that defeating Israel is not as difficult as people had thought."
There you have it. The end goal of Hamas. The reason they started this war in the first place. Probably the worst "I told you so" I've ever had the misfortune of delivering.
What a sad world we live in where recognizing a terrorist organization and giving in to its demands is considered worth the extra clicks you can get to bring traffic to your site, or the extra votes you can gin up in your home country, simply by amplifying the word "genocide" on social media.