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originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: gortex
Do not forget china, they are also in the bandwagon siding with countries that are sponsors of terrorist organizations.
china opportunistic communist government is all about how much they can profit from anything, because they have no terrorist in their lands to worry about.
originally posted by: gortex
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We need a ceasefire to not only save the Palestinian civilians but also to save ourselves.
Stop the Madness !
originally posted by: ARM19688
Not sure how anyone could say that was supporting Hamas, but I imagine some birdbrain will fly in and repeat the same foolish claims.
originally posted by: MoreCoyoteAngels
a reply to: gortex
so you are saying the Islamic world is going to try and destroy Israel?
Wow! Who knew?
What does Hamas say about jihad?
The group’s original charter, issued in 1988, says, “There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through jihad.” A revised charter in 2017 characterized jihad for the “liberation of Palestine” a duty for all Palestinians. By Palestine, Hamas means the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the land that is now Israel. Its rival, the secular Palestine Liberation Organization, signed peace agreements with Israel in the early 1990s establishing limited Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with the goal of eventually forming a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Hamas casts its holy war as defensive, aimed at claiming territory it considers a God-given and eternal endowment to the Muslim people.
What is jihad?
Literally meaning “to make an effort” in Arabic, jihad can encompass spiritual, rhetorical, scholarly or military exertion in the name of serving God. The use of the term by al-Qaeda, which was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on the US in 2001, and Islamic State, which controlled parts of Iraq and Syria for five years until 2019, spurred the last debate about its meaning. Some Muslims argue that jihad is mostly a spiritual obligation involving internal struggle. In this view, violent jihad is permissible only in extreme cases when sanctioned by legitimate authorities. Like all Islamists, jihadis support rule by sharia, the precepts laid out mainly in the Koran and in the record of the prophet’s life. But unlike most Islamists, jihadis embrace violence.
You don't get it?
originally posted by: Mawdano
I see some people believe that Hamas could not be stopped, this is stupid. Hamas could be called Revenge, it works by recruiting the civilians that had family members killed for no reasons in air strikes. The more terrorism Israel do against civilians, the more power Hamas gains.
If Israel stops using Nazi ideology against civilians, no body will care or join Hamas. Hamas feeds on anger among Palestinians caused by seizing or destroying their properties by Israel or killing of their families.
originally posted by: marg6043
originally posted by: ARM19688
Not sure how anyone could say that was supporting Hamas, but I imagine some birdbrain will fly in and repeat the same foolish claims.
Sadly, we are full of useful idiots that education have failed them, but is not their fault is done by design.
originally posted by: Mawdano
a reply to: DBCowboy
Hamas will never recognize Israel, not in 100 years. This is impossible.
Hamas ideology is based on considering Israel as a foreign occupier that came from Europe, and should leave back to Europe.
Talking about permanent peace with Hamas is impossible. The best that could be done is stop aggression against civilians so that no one would have a reason to join Hamas.