Hamas Leader Calls on Palestinians to Kill Jews in All the World

Senior Hamas official Fathi Hammas speaking to Palestinians in the border region between Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 12, 2019.

“A senior member of Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas has encouraged Palestinians across the globe to kill Jews, drawing outrage from both Israeli and Palestinian officials as well as a UN envoy. In video from a speech to participants of weekly protests on Friday, Fathi Hamad, a member of the movement’s top political body, can be seen calling on Palestinian Arabs across the globe to carry out attacks. ‘If this siege is not undone, we will explode in the face of our enemies, with God’s permission. The explosion is not only going to be in Gaza but also in the West Bank and abroad, God willing. Seven million Palestinians outside, enough warming up, you have Jews with you in every place. You should attack every Jew possible in all the world and kill them.’ Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union and others. Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, said on Twitter, ‘Now you know why we protect the border with Gaza from Hamas.’ In a statement Monday afternoon, Hamas distanced itself from Hamad’s words. The Hamas charter refers numerous times to the Muslims’ struggle against the Jews.”

“Hamas Backtracks,” Arutz Sheva, Jul. 15, 2019

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