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The Rhetoric of Hamas and Abbas on Israel Is Identical

(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - When one listens to leaders of the PA and leaders of Hamas in Arabic, it is almost impossible to tell the difference between them. Their rhetoric to vilify Israel is identical: "The Zionist Enemy," "the Zionist Entity," and "the Apartheid State." Hamas and the PA both call for flooding Israel with millions of Palestinian "refugees" so that Jews become a minority to eliminate or cast out. Most of the so-called refugees are not real refugees. Most are descendants - now quite distant - of refugees who lost their homes when five Arab armies attacked Israel in 1948 in an attempt to prevent it from coming into existence. For Hamas and other Palestinians and Arabs, the fact that they failed to thwart the establishment of Israel is a "catastrophe." The real nakba was that they started a war and lost it. Well, if you start a war, that is what can happen. Statements by Hamas and Abbas show why talk about a peace process between Israel and the Palestinians is, unfortunately, just a sick joke. If Palestinians consider the existence of Israel as a "catastrophe" and "tragedy," this means that they will not recognize Israel's right to exist. Those who continue to advocate for the creation of a Palestinian state need to consider that such a state would be backed, politically and militarily, by Iran and its ruling mullahs, whose declared goal is to eliminate the "Zionist entity" Israel, as well as the United States. In the years leading up to its invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas developed a concrete plan to destroy the Jewish state, in full coordination with Iran and Hizbullah. Iran was a critical player in funding Hamas's plan to destroy Israel. The Palestinians and the Iranian regime do not want Israel or America in the Middle East - period - and are prepared to do anything to achieve this goal, including with nuclear weapons.
2025-05-22 00:00:00
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