New
Hamas Document Reaffirms Radical Islamist Goals
by IPT News • Apr 3, 2017 at
11:51 am
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Hamas calls for the destruction of Israel through "armed
resistance" in a new political document intended to re-brand the
terrorist organization as a more moderate group.
"Resistance to the occupation, by all means and methods, is a
legitimate right guaranteed by divine laws and international norms and
laws, at the heart of which is armed resistance ... Hamas refuses to
infringe upon Resistance and its weapons, and emphasizes the right of our
people to develop the means of Resistance and its mechanisms,"
according to an Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) translation of the
new document obtained by Al-Quds news.
Hamas reaffirms that its objective is "the liberation of Palestine
and confronting the Zionist project" and that its "reference is
Islam in its principles and lofty goals."
"Palestine," according to Hamas, refers to all of Israel and
the territories: "from the Jordan River eastward to the Mediterranean
Sea on the West..."
While the document states that Hamas accepts a temporary Palestinian
state based on 1967 borders, the group clearly proclaims that there will be
"no recognition of the legitimacy of the Zionist entity...no
renunciation of any part of the land of Palestine whatever the reasons,
circumstances and pressures, and no matter how long the Occuption
[lasts]."
Hamas seeks to project a more peaceful stance to the international
community by trying to differentiate its conflict with the "Zionist
entity" as opposed to the Jewish people. Nevertheless, the terrorist
group goes out of its way to deny any Jewish rights to the land.
"The city of Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine and has its
religious, historical and civilizational status, Arab, Islamic and humane;
and all its Islamic and Christian holy places, led by Holy al-Aqsa
Mosque...," reads the section on Jerusalem.
More importantly, Hamas refuses to revoke its 1988
charter, which openly advocates for Israel's demise and
"confronting the usurpation of Palestine by the Jews through
jihad."
Earlier this month, Gaza's Hamas chief confirmed that his terrorist organization will continue
its campaign to fight Israel until it secures "the liberation of all
of Palestine." An in-depth analysis of Hamas' new manifesto suggests
that it is symbolic sham aimed at deceiving Western governments into
removing Hamas from terrorist designations.
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