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Hamas Is Not Ready for


(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - Hamas has been reduced from a 24-battalion army to a guerrilla force primarily focused on survival. But its ideology is unchanged: destroy Israel and kill Jews at any cost. And it has galvanized ever-widening global backing for its cause from hate-filled antisemites and their useful idiot allies. President Trump may have welcomed Hamas's ostensible acceptance of his plan as evidence that the Islamic extremist group is "ready for a lasting PEACE." But, in fact, Hamas is ready for nothing of the kind. Neither are Qatar and Turkey - two Trump-allied nations taking central roles in mediating the current talks - remotely interested in Hamas's demise. Turkish President Erdogan repeatedly brands Israel as a terrorist entity and lauds Hamas as its victim. Qatar relentlessly poisons minds worldwide courtesy of its Al Jazeera outlet. Let nobody think this would spell the end of Hamas, active and widely supported in the West Bank, bent on eventual revival in Gaza, anticipating a major boost through the release of notorious terrorist murderers from all Palestinian factions, and still publicly reveling in its "glorious" Oct. 7 invasion.
2025-10-09 00:00:00
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