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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21827/hamas-undermining-america-arab-allies
Hamas's Plan to Undermine America's Arab Allies
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Hamas is trying to incite Arabs to revolt against their own governments under the pretext that the Arab leaders have failed to help the Palestinians in Gaza. Recently, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya called on Arabs to "march toward Palestine by land and sea and besiege the [Israeli embassies in Arab countries, especially Egypt and Jordan]." Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Hamas officials have been indirectly urging Egyptians and Jordanians to revolt against their governments for not cutting their diplomatic ties with Israel. Fortunately, most Arab countries have refused to join Hamas's genocidal scheme. Apparently, the Arab leaders understand the dangers of allowing Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, to drag their countries into war with Israel. That is why Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the UAE, and recently, Jordan have banned or outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood. It is time for the Trump administration not only to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization, but also finally to call out Qatar and its Al-Jazeera TV network for promoting Islamist terror groups that target Israel and America's Arab allies. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.