The Palestinian resistance group Hamas marked 700 days of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza on Friday, calling it a “stain on humanity” and urging the international community to take decisive action against the ongoing atrocities.
In a statement, Hamas highlighted its efforts to reach a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange agreement, stressing that it had “shown significant flexibility” in negotiations.
The movement blamed the repeated failure of mediators on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and called him “a war criminal committed to undermining diplomatic initiatives, pursuing indefinite plans of extermination and displacement, and placing the lives of captives at risk to serve his government’s agenda.”
Hamas renewed its call to the international community, including Arab and Islamic countries, the UN, and its organs, particularly the UN Security Council, to “fulfill their responsibilities toward the Palestinian people and intervene to halt the crimes of the fascist occupation government.”
The movement emphasized the need for “punitive measures against Israel,” warning that “mere condemnations are insufficient” and that, without substantial consequences, Israel would “continue its crimes without regard for international protests or positions.”
Hamas also praised global grassroots solidarity with the Palestinian people and welcomed the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an initiative to break the blockade on Gaza.
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The only reason why Hamas has NOT been declared a terrorist group by international authorities is because of a 2018 UN vote that would have succeeded if not for the following countries voting against the very appropriate label: Russia, China, Iran, Islamic State regimes, and a few South American countries.
For all intents and purposes, at least by the Western world, Hamas should be regarded as a terrorist organization. They did kick off this most recent large-scale conflict by attacking Israeli citizens at a music festival unprompted, killing many, and kidnapping/raping the rest.
Hamas is a terrorist organization. Israel is illegally slaughtering innocent people and children with their wonton method of trying to eliminate the terrorist fighters. Both can be true.
Anyone calling Hamas a “resistance group” or anything other than a terrorist organization with religious motivations is working in the interest of longstanding dictatorships pushing propaganda (i.e. China, Russia, Iran, etc.). Israel is WAY out of line, but Hamas is absolutely a terrorist org.