(Palestinian Media Watch) Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik - The Palestinian Al-Ayyam daily reported on Oct. 1 that Hamas Political Bureau member Mahmoud Al-Zahar said: "[Some] have said Hamas wants to create an Islamic emirate in Gaza. We won't do that, but we will build an Islamic state in Palestine, all of Palestine." Al-Zahar said that if his movement were to "transfer what it has or just a small part of it to the West Bank, we would be able to settle the battle of the final promise (an allusion to Sura 17:7 of the Quran) with a speed that no one can imagine." He continued: "We know exactly how to liberate the land of Palestine, and we know how to hit every inch of Palestine with our hands, brains, and money."
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