A senior Hamas official openly acknowledged that his terrorist group would never accept a two-state solution, and the October 7 attack proved it was possible to expand Palestinian territory and annihilate Israel. he boasted.
Khalid Mashal, a key figure in the Qatari terrorist organization, claimed in a video interview with Kuwaiti podcaster Amal Taqi last week that Gazans and Israelis cannot coexist, and his sentiments are It became all too obvious after October 7, he said.
“I would like to say two things about the two-state solution. First, we have nothing to do with the two-state solution,” said the 67-year-old terrorist. Said in a translation provided by MEMRI TV. “We reject this idea because it means you get another appointment.” [Palestinian] But you need to recognize the legitimacy of the other state, which is the Zionist entity.
“This is unacceptable,” he added. “We demand to be liberated, free from occupation, and to have independence and a state.”
Mashal also acknowledged that Hamas, after coming to power in 2007, is not just an organization that rules Gaza, but an organization that wants to destroy the Jewish state.
Hamas leaders say the group's attack on Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, is a clear sign that the group is capable of doing just that. Stated.
“I believe that our dreams and hopes for Palestine, from the river to the sea, from the north to the south, have been renewed,” he said, referring to chants that call for the eradication of Israel. “This is also a slogan chanted by American and Western citizens in American and Western capitals.
“The consensus, or near consensus, of the Palestinian people is that we will not completely renounce our rights to Palestine. [Jordan] to the river [Mediterranean] the sea, and from Rosh Hanikra to Eilat or the Gulf of Aqaba,” Mashal added.
“I believe that October 7 strengthened this conviction, narrowed the differences and transformed the idea of liberating Palestine from the rivers to the sea into a reality that has already begun,” he said. Ta. “It's not something [merely] something to be expected or expected. It is part of the plan, it is part of the task, and by the will of Allah we are standing at its threshold. ”
Mr. Mashal's steadfast refusal to make peace between Israelis and Hamas suggests that the war in Gaza will not end until one group is destroyed.
Israel has vowed to eliminate Hamas, which has besieged Gaza and has already killed more than 25,000 Palestinians, according to the terrorist-led local health ministry. The entire city of Gaza was nearly destroyed in the fighting.
Meanwhile, Mashal and his Hamas cronies live in luxury in Qatar, while his people suffer from poverty and are treated like human shields.
Machal alone is worth more than $4 billion, according to the Israeli government.
He has been a particular target of the Israeli military in the past.
1997, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to assassinate Mashal As he walked through the streets of Amman, Jordan, he had an elite Israeli Mossad operative spray a poison into his ear.
Desperate to keep Middle East peace talks alive, then-President Bill Clinton eventually persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to provide an antidote to the dying Mr. Mashal, who recovered, according to Time magazine. .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has repeatedly rejected a two-state solution, and more recently ruled out the possibility of Palestinian sovereignty on Saturday, despite the United States calling for such an outcome.
“We will not compromise on Israel's full security control over all territory west of Jordan, which is contrary to the Palestinian state,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
The prime minister reiterated that the IDF will not stop airstrikes and advances into Gaza until more than 130 hostages are freed and Hamas is eradicated.
