Senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad openly credited the October 7 terrorist massacre with forcing Western nations to recognize a Palestinian state, declaring in a weekend Al Jazeera interview that “the initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the fruits of October 7” while vowing that Palestinians will never surrender their weapons. According to a MEMRI translation of the Al Jazeera interview, Hamad made clear that Palestinian terrorism and weaponry are inextricably linked to what he calls the “Palestinian cause.” “Without our weapons, no one would be looking in our direction,” Hamad stated during the interview, adding more ominously, “I’ll say it very clearly and in a nutshell: the weapons constitute the Palestinian cause. Hamad’s latest statements echo his previous declarations that Hamas would repeat the October 7 attack “time and again until Israel is annihilated.” In a November 2023 interview with Lebanese television, the same Hamas official declared, “Israel is a country that has no place on our land” and promised to carry out similar attacks “twice and three times” until Israel’s destruction.
Author: Joshua Klein, Joshua Klein
Published at: 2025-08-03 22:38:49
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