Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh on Friday hailed Hamas’s “victory” in the recent hostilities with Israel, saying it had foiled attempts by Israel to integrate into the Arab world.
He also thanked Iran for the funds and weaponry it has provided to the Strip.
“This battle has destroyed the project of ‘coexistence’ with the Israeli occupation, of the project ‘normalization’ with Israel,” Haniyeh said from Qatar, where he has been residing.
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The very thing that liberals have been campaigning over many decades, a negotiated settlement between the Jews and Arabs, is the very thing that Hamas is dedicated to preventing. The casualties to the people of Gaza that they know will result from attacking Israel are the very point of the attacks. To Hamas, the more dead in Gaza the more it benefits them because they have no negotiation position in dealing with Israel other than the destruction of Israel.
Regardless of the efforts of well-meaning agencies to move Hamas away from its absolute position, Hamas has no interest in anything that will allow Israel to exist. So, it's a fight to the death, as far as Hamas is concerned. The effort then for the future is to minimize Hamas' capability to attack Israel.
Nevertheless, yesterday Bangladesh announced that it has removed from its passports the text “this passport is valid for all countries for the world except Israel.” This will allow Bangladeshis to seek cooperative opportunities in Israel. Hamas may be unmovable, but not the rest of the Muslim world.
