Hamas
Leader Acknowledges Iranian Support Amid Fall-Out From Gaza Clashes
by IPT News • May 23, 2018 at
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While many analysts and most of the international community refuses to
acknowledge Iran's role in fueling tensions on Israel's border with Gaza,
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar this week boasted of his organization's
"strong and warm" ties with Iran and Hizballah.
 In an interview
Monday with Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen TV channel, Sinwar admitted that Iran
funnels "a lot of money, equipment and expertise" to Hamas'
military wing and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations, reports the Middle East Media and Research Institute
(MEMRI),
For helping Hamas develop its capabilities, Sinwar thanked "first
and foremost the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has provided the Al-Qassam
Brigades (Hamas' military wing) and the other factions of the resistance a
lot of money, equipment, and expertise," adding that "our ties
with the Islamic Republic of Iran, with brother Qasem Soleimani and the
other brothers in the IRGC leadership are very strong, powerful, and warm.
Our relations with the Islamic Republic are excellent."
In December, senior Hamas official Saleh Al-Arouri bragged about Hamas' ties with Iran and Hizballah, and formally credited
the Islamic Republic for arming Palestinian terrorist groups.
"Who supports the resistance in Gaza and Palestine? Iran. It is
Iran and Hizballah that confront that entity [Israel] along with us,"
Al-Arouri said in a Dec. 30 interview on Al-Quds TV.
He admitted that "the aid Iran provides to the resistance is not
merely symbolic" and that "nobody but Iran gives us [Palestinian
terrorist groups] any military support."
In his latest interview, Sinwar also discussed "excellent
relations" with Hizballah and revealed that both terrorist groups
"coordinate and are in touch on an almost daily basis."
This is the latest in a growing number of statements from senior Hamas and Hizballah leaders
acknowledging that relations have reached new heights – to the point where
Hizballah is helping Hamas build military infrastructure in south Lebanon to threaten
Israel.
These connections and public admissions are ignored by Israel bashers in
the West.
Prominent American Islamists, like Linda Sarsour, continue to propagate the narrative that
Israel massacred peaceful, unarmed Palestinian protesters on the Gaza
border in recent weeks. Even articles in respected policy outlets like Foreign Policy tow this view.
Hamas leaders, on the other hand, openly admit
that they coordinated the violent demonstrations and orchestrated several
attacks on the border with Israel.
"This is not peaceful resistance... so when we talk about 'peaceful
resistance,' we are deceiving the public," Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said in a
May 13 interview with Al-Jazeera, adding that Hamas' efforts
at the border are "bolstered by a military force and by security
agencies."
Iran and its main proxy Hizballah are actively supplying Hamas with
weapons and talking on a near daily basis to coordinate terrorist
operations against the Jewish state.
This nuance is largely omitted from mainstream media analyses – further
promoting Hamas public deception campaign, knowingly or not.
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