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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/03/hamas-no-peace-israel-gaza-war-palestinian/
Hamas Are the True Oppressors of the Palestinians
(Telegraph-UK) Col. (ret.) Richard Kemp - Hamas want a one-state solution, an Islamic State encompassing the entirety of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Hence their slogan "from the river to the sea." Hamas's founding charter demands the annihilation of Israel and the death of Jews everywhere. Hamas is a miniature version of al-Qaeda. They will fight on fanatically for as long as they are physically able to do so. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party have pretty much the same objective as Hamas. That's why the U.S. State Department recently sanctioned them for funding and supporting terrorism and inculcating violent jihad into their population. In Gaza itself there is no political solution; Hamas can be dealt with only by military destruction. That means continuing the war until they are no longer a threat. That might include fostering internal military opposition, which is being tried, and forcing the leadership out of Gaza to a country willing to take them, which is also being planned. The writer, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, was chairman of the UK's national crisis management committee, COBRA.