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Hamas's Oct. 7 Massacre Is Part of Its Jihad to Destroy Israel

(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Some are demanding that Israel end the war in Gaza, as if Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack was just another round of fighting with the Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist group. Hamas did not attack Israel because it wanted to release Palestinian prisoners or improve the living conditions of Palestinians in Gaza. The attack was part of Hamas's Jihad to destroy Israel and replace it with an Islamist state. For Hamas and other Islamist organizations, the conflict is about Israel's very existence in the Middle East. The aim is to murder Jews and obliterate Israel. With the help of Iran and Qatar, Gaza became one of the largest bases for Jihad and terrorism in the Middle East. President Trump would do well to designate the Muslim Brotherhood, the font of all the Islamic jihadist organizations, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Such an act would make it difficult for those countries that promote and finance jihadi terrorists to keep on doing so. There is no alternative to eradicating Hamas. Anyone who believes that Hamas would abandon Jihad as a result of a ceasefire agreement is engaging in extreme self-deception. Hamas has not yet accomplished its mission of destroying Israel. In a civilized world, a terrorist group that is openly hell-bent on genocidal destruction has forfeited its right to exist. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.
2025-02-27 00:00:00
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