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| The following are extracts from an English translation
of the Hamas Charter. The full text (on a Palestinian website) can
be accessed
here.
I will comment only where I think it is necessary for a better understanding.
It should be noted that although Hamas is known mostly in the West for
its terrorism, it is nonetheless a group with an extensive social
and political agenda within the Palestinian Arab population. Its
influence within the Arab camp is great. Of that there can be no
doubt. Which makes what you are about to read that much more worrying. |
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| "This is the Charter of the Islamic Resistance (Hamas)
which will reveal its face, unveil its identity, state its position, clarify
its purpose, discuss its hopes, call for support to its cause and reinforcement,
and for joining its ranks." |
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| "Hamas is one of the links in the Chain of Jihad in the
confrontation with the Zionist invasion. It links up with the setting out
of the Martyr Izz a-din al-Qassam and his brothers in the Muslim Brotherhood
who fought the Holy War in 1936; it further relates to another link of
the Palestinian Jihad and the Jihad and efforts of the Muslim Brothers
during the 1948 War, and to the Jihad operations of the Muslim Brothers
in 1968 and thereafter." |
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| The current Hamas terrorism is thus not in response to
current events as some would suggest. It is part of a continuing
and relentless "holy war" against the Jews started long before the State
of Israel was declared. These extremists have genocide in their hearts.
They would treat the Jews of Israel no better than their fellow Arabs/Muslims
treated the Kurds of Iraq or the Christians of Lebanon. It is worth
notng what the "problem" is about the latter groups in the eyes of Arab/Muslim
extremists. The Kurds are not Arabs and the Lebanese Chritians
are clearly not Muslims. Some Arabs/Muslims clearly think themselves
racially and religiously superior to lesser humanity and this
justifies (in their minds) their acts of violence. |
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| "The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: The
time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until
the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! there is
a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him! This will not apply to the
Gharqad, which is a Jewish tree (cited by Bukhari and Muslim)." |
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| Note they say Jew not Zionist. These people
are antisemites and use the terms "Zionist" and "Jew" interchangeably. |
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| "The problem of the liberation of Palestine relates to
three circles: the Palestinian, the Arab and the Islamic. Each one of these
circles has a role to play in the struggle against Zionism and it has duties
to fulfill. It would be an enormous mistake and an abysmal act of ignorance
to disregard anyone of these circles. For Palestine is an Islamic land
where the First Qibla and the third holiest site are located. That is also
the place whence the Prophet, be Allah’s prayer and peace upon him, ascended
to heavens." |
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| It is the fact that Israel is a Jewish state and not
a Arabic/Muslim state (i.e. "...Palestine is an Islamic land...) that marks
it down for destruction. Is this not racist or am I missing something?
Hamas aims at the genocide of the Jewish state. I have yet to find
one website in the UK hosted by a university that rails against the genocidal
intent of Hamas et al as so many do against the supposed sins of
Israel. If you have such a website, please, send me the URL. |
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| "When our enemies usurp some Islamic lands, Jihad becomes
a duty binding on all Muslims. In order to face the usurpation of Palestine
by the Jews, we have no escape from raising the banner of Jihad." |
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| Note again it speaks of Jews not Zionists. |
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| The enemies have understood that role, therefore they
realize that if they can guide and educate [the Muslim women] in a way
that would distance them from Islam, they would have won that war. Therefore,
you can see them making consistent efforts [in that direction] by way of
publicity and movies, curricula of education and culture, using as their
intermediaries their craftsmen who are part of the various Zionist Organizations
which take on all sorts of names and shapes such as: the Freemasons, Rotary
Clubs, gangs of spies and the like. All of them are nests of saboteurs
and sabotage. Those Zionist organizations control vast material resources,
which enable them to fulfill their mission amidst societies, with a view
of implementing Zionist goals and sowing the concepts that can be of use
to the enemy. Those organizations operate [in a situation] where Islam
is absent from the arena and alienated from its people. Thus, the Muslims
must fulfill their duty in confronting the schemes of those saboteurs.
When Islam will retake possession of [the means to] guide the life [of
the Muslims], it will wipe out those organizations which are the enemy
of humanity and Islam. |
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| This language is so reminiscent of Nazi propaganda except
that they would have used Jews not Zionists (two terms that are used interchangeably
in the Hamas Charter and elsewhere). |
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| "The Nazism of the Jews does not skip women and children,
it scares everyone. They make war against people’s livelihood, plunder
their moneys and threaten their honor. In their horrible actions they mistreat
people like the most horrendous war criminals." |
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| "The enemies have been scheming for a long time, and
they have consolidated their schemes, in order to achieve what they have
achieved. They took advantage of key elements in unfolding events, and
accumulated a huge and influential material wealth which they put to the
service of implementing their dream. This wealth [permitted them to] take
over control of the world media such as news agencies, the press, publication
houses, broadcasting and the like. [They also used this] wealth to stir
revolutions in various parts of the globe in order to fulfill their interests
and pick the fruits. They stood behind the French and the Communist Revolutions
and behind most of the revolutions we hear about here and there. They also
used the money to establish clandestine organizations which are spreading
around the world, in order to destroy societies and carry out Zionist interests.
Such organizations are: the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs, B’nai
B’rith and the like. All of them are destructive spying organizations.
They also used the money to take over control of the Imperialist states
and made them colonize many countries in order to exploit the wealth of
those countries and spread their corruption therein. As regards local and
world wars, it has come to pass and no one objects, that they stood behind
World War I, so as to wipe out the Islamic Caliphate. They collected material
gains and took control of many sources of wealth. They obtained the Balfour
Declaration and established the League of Nations in order to rule the
world by means of that organization. They also stood behind World War II,
where they collected immense benefits from trading with war materials and
prepared for the establishment of their state. They inspired the establishment
of the United Nations and the Security Council to replace the League of
Nations, in order to rule the world by their intermediary. There was no
war that broke out anywhere without their fingerprints on it: “…As often
as they light a fire for war, Allah extinguishes it. Their efforts are
for corruption in the land and Allah loves not corrupters.” Sura V (Al-Ma’ida—the
Tablespread), verse 64 The forces of Imperialism in both the Capitalist
West and the Communist East support the enemy with all their might, in
material and human terms, taking turns between themselves. When Islam appears,
all the forces of Unbelief unite to confront it, because the Community
of Unbelief is one. “Oh ye who believe! Take not for intimates others than
your own folk, who would spare no pain to ruin you. Hatred is revealed
by [the utterance of] their mouth, but that which their breasts hide is
greater. We have made plain for you the revelations if you will understand.”
Sura III, (Al-Imran), verse 118. It is not in vain that the verse ends
with God’s saying: “If
you will understand.” |
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| More blatant antisemitism. Typical of Hitlerite
paranoia and conspiracy antisemitism. |
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| "The Zionist invasion is a mischievous one. It does not
hesitate to take any road, or to pursue all despicable and repulsive means
to fulfill its desires. It relies to a great extent, for its meddling and
spying activities, on the clandestine organizations which it has established,
such as the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions, and other spying associations.
All those secret organizations, some which are overt, act for the interests
of Zionism and under its directions, strive to demolish societies, to destroy
values, to wreck answerableness, to totter virtues and to wipe out Islam.
It stands behind the diffusion of drugs and toxics of all kinds in order
to facilitate its control and expansion. The Arab states surrounding Israel
are required to open their borders to the Jihad fighters, the sons of the
Arab and Islamic peoples, to enable them to play their role and to join
their efforts to those of their brothers among the Muslim Brothers in Palestine.
The other Arab and Islamic states are required, at the very least, to facilitate
the movement of the Jihad fighters from and to them." |
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| More antisemitic Hitlerite paranoia and conspiracy
antisemitism. . |
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| "We cannot fail to remind every Muslim that when the
Jews occupied Holy Jerusalem in 1967 and stood at the doorstep of the Blessed
Aqsa Mosque, they shouted with joy: “Muhammad is dead, he left daughters
behind.” Israel, by virtue of its being Jewish and of having a Jewish population,
defies Islam and the Muslims. “Let the eyes of the cowards not fall asleep." |
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| Israel by virtue of being Jewish and having a Jewish
population defies Islam? How racist. How antisemitic. |
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| "Men of letters, members of the intelligentsia, media
people, preachers, teachers and educators and all different sectors in
the Arab and Islamic world, are all called upon to play their role and
to carry out their duty in view of the wickedness of the Zionist invasion,
of its penetration into many countries, and its control over material means
and the media, with all the ramifications thereof in most countries of
the world." |
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| Well some British academics, trade union leaders
and left wing activists have certainly answered the call. Considering the
role of universities in Nazi Germany in the 1930's and the treatment
of trade unionists and left wing activists generally by the Nazis
you would think that these people would know better. Short memories?
Latent antisemitism? Blatant antisemitism? |
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| "Today it is Palestine and tomorrow it may be another
country or other countries. For Zionist scheming has no end, and after
Palestine they will covet expansion from the Nile to the Euphrates. Only
when they have completed digesting the area on which they will have laid
their hand, they will look forward to more expansion, etc. Their scheme
has been laid out in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and their present
[conduct] is the best proof of what is said there. Leaving the circle of
conflict with Israel is a major act of treason and it will bring curse
on its perpetrators." |
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| So now we know from where Hamas gets its information
on "Zionism" and the "Jews". Straight from the pages of the
most infamous antisemitic forgery in history. The "Protocols of the
Elders of Zion" was favourite bedtime reading for Hitler and required
reading for any would-be Nazi. This must make all those universities,
trade unionists and left wing activists so proud to be supporters
of the Palestinian cause. Hamas is a leading force in the Palestinian/Arab
camp so we can be confident that its antisemitism has spread far
and wide. Will the day come when we are offered a copy of the "Protocols
of the Elders of Zion" (in a PDF file, of course) on a British university
website in support of "Palestinian Freedom" or a trade union includes a
copy of it in its welcome pack for new members? Nothing surprises
me today.
Countries such as Saudi Arabia have been major producers
and circulators of the "Protocols" for decades. Some antisemitic
Arab/Muslim websites (e.g. Radio
Islam) openly publish and distribute this antisemitic forgery.
You can read about this forgery by clicking HERE.
For a more detailed treatment get a copy of, "Warrant for Genocide: The
Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of
Zion" by Prof. N. Cohn Pub: Serif, London. ISBN: 1-897959-25-7.
Obviously, people who publish/distribute the "Protocols"
or base their world view on such nonsense, are mostly convinced antisemites
searching for justification for their antisemitism. That the "Protocols"
might well find acceptance by some Europeans, considering the long history
of European antisemitism, comes as no great surprise. A campaign
that bases its characterisation of "Zionism" on the "Protocols" will also
find a ready acceptance by the same people. This is especially concerning
where the antisemitism is unconscious (e.g. where someone has an unarticulated
antipathy towards Jews, which results in him/her being receptive to false
criticisms of Jews that they would not accept of other ethnic minorities). |
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| "Within the circle of the conflict with world Zionism,
the Hamas regards itself the spearhead and the avant-garde. It joins its
efforts to all those who are active on the Palestinian scene, but more
steps need to be taken by the Arab and Islamic peoples and Islamic associations
throughout the Arab and Islamic world in order to make possible the next
round with the Jews, the merchants of war. “We have cast among them enmity
and hatred till the day of Resurrection. As often as they light a fire
for war, Allah extinguishes it. Their effort is for corruption in the land,
and Allah loves not corrupters.” Sura V (Al-Ma’idah—the Table spread),
verse 64." |
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| Again it is the Jews not the Zionists who are
the target for Hamas' hatred. |
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