Hamas and the extermination of Jews
PMW’s Background Brief on Hamas #1:
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
TO UNDERSTAND the causes of the Gaza conflict, it is essential to understand the Hamas ideology. Hamas presents itself as an Islamic supremacist movement. Its charter opens with a quote from the Quran: “You [Islamic nation] are the best nation that hath been raised up unto mankind.” [3: 110] However, whereas many religions and cultures believe that their own traditions represent messages of truth, Hamas believes that this supremacy of Islam obligates them to commit genocide, literally to exterminate millions of people who have different beliefs, including the Jews.
The following are some recent examples of Hamas defining this ideology of genocide, as it applies to Jews:
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1- Quran condemns Jews to extermination
“The Meccan [Quran] chapter entitled ‘Jews’ or ‘Children of Israel’ is remarkable… It’s about today’s Jews, those of our century, and speaks only of extermination and digging graves… This chapter sentences the Jews to extermination before a single Jew existed on earth… Palestine’s blessing is linked to destruction of the center of global corruption [Jews of Israel], the snake’s head. When the snake’s head of [global] corruption is cut off, here in Palestine, and when the octopus’s [Jew's] tentacles are cut off around the world, the real blessing will come with the destruction of the Jews, here in Palestine, and it is one of the splendid real blessings in Palestine.” [Palestinian cleric ,Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), July 13, 2008]
2- Jews to face yet another Holocaust
Headline: “Suffering by Fire is Jews’ destiny in this world and next.”
“… you will taste the punishment of Scorching Fire.” [Quran 3:181]
“This [Quran] verse threatens the Jews with the punishment of Fire… the reason for the punishment of Fire is it is fitting retribution for what they have done… but the urgent question is, is it possible that they will have the punishment of Fire in this world, before the great punishment [of Fire in Hell] … many of the [Islamic] religious leaders believe that the [Jews'] punishment of Fire is in this world, before the next world… therefore we are sure that the Holocaust is still to come upon the Jews.” [Sheikh Yunus Al-Astal, Hamas MP, in his regular column in Al-Rissala, (Hamas weekly) March 13, 2008]
It is important to note that the Hamas MP switched words in the last sentence, from the word he used throughout, “harik”, which means “fire”, to “mahraka” a word from the same root, that is used by Arabic speakers to mean “holocaust.”
3 - Muhammad’s promise: Jews will be killed
“Regarding the Jews, our business with them is only through bombs and guns… the prophet [Muhammad] promised that we will fight you, with Allah’s help, until the tree and stone say: “Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.”
[Nizar Rayan, Hamas religious and military leader, Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Jan. 1, 2009. Note: Rayan was killed on Jan. 2, 2009]
4 - Extermination of Jews - good for humanity
In an article promoting the continued use of suicide terror in the official Hamas newspaper:
“We find more than one condemnation and denunciation of the resistance operations and bombings [suicide attacks], carried out by Hamas and the Palestinian resistance branches… [Eventually] everyone will know that we did this only because our Lord commanded so: ‘I did it not of my own accord’ [Quran] and so that people will know that the extermination of Jews is good for the inhabitants of the worlds.”
[Al-Rissala, (Hamas weekly) April 23, 2007]
5- Kill a Jew go to Heaven
A poster that Hamas posted on its old web site taught that killing a Jew is enough to grant the rewards of Heaven.
Text on Hamas poster: “I will knock on Heaven’s doors with the skulls of Jews.”
Axe is crashing through the word: “Jews.”
[URL on poster, Hamas terror wing: "Ezz Din Al Kassam"]
6- Resurrection dependent on Muslims killing Jews (1)
Hamas goes even further in its religious packaging of genocide. Hamas teaches that the redemption of all of humanity, the anticipated Islamic “Hour” of Resurrection, will happen only when Muslims are killing Jews and the remaining Jews will be exposed by the trees and stones.
Hamas write in Article 7 of the Hamas Charter:
“Hamas has been looking forward to implement Allah’s promise whatever time it might take. The prophet [Muhammad] said: ‘The time (of Resurrection) will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: 0 Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him!’”
[Sahih Muslim, Book 041, Number 6985]
7- Resurrection dependent on Muslims killing Jews (2)
The Hamas belief that Jews must be killed for redemption to occur is a repeating theme of religious leaders on Palestinian Authority (Fatah) and Hamas TV. The following is one example:
“‘The Hour [Resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, and the rock and the tree will say: ‘Oh, Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, kill him!’ We must remind our Arab and Muslim nation, its leaders and people, its scholars and students, remind them that Palestine and the Al Aqsa mosque will not be liberated through summits nor by international resolutions, but it will be liberated through the rifle.”
[Hamas Spokesman, Dr. Ismail Radwan, PA TV, March 30, 2007]
Conclusion:
Given this Hamas ideology of genocide, the essential problem with Hamas is not the missiles and rockets it showers on Israel, but the core belief that killing Jews is a prerequisite to redemption. Hamas’s ongoing attempts to kill Jews, which have led to the current Gaza War, are a symptom of the far deeper problem — the ideology teaching that Allah demands the extermination of Jews.
Israel and the West must create a strategy not only to destroy the terror infrastructures of Hamas, but to ultimately ensure that Jews and the world are safe from this ideology and its consequences.
The curious case of the Hamas David and the Israeli Goliath:
The goyim wonder why two civilized reasonable peoples canot reach a mutually agreeable compromise. That’s Orwellian, like everything the liberal goyim say and do, because only one of the peoples is civilized and reasonable; the other is savage, primitive, and fanatic.
How crazy are muslims in general, and Hamas in particular? The Koran mentions the Jewish tale of David and Goliath. In it, the Koran combines two different stories, by confusing the Jewish leader Gideon with the Jewish King Saul. First, the Koran says that King Saul (not Gideon) observed his men’s potential bravery by watching how they stooped to drink water from a stream. Then it mentions how David killed Goliath.
Goliath was the best warrior of the Philistines, the ancient enemy of Israel. But the Koran never mentions the name of the Philistines. So when the Arabs conquered Roman Palestine (named after the Philistines) they kept the name of the country, not knowing that Goliath was a Philistine/Palestinian.
So now Hamas is actually composed of many living descendants of the original Philistines, and are still living in Gaza, the home of the Philistines, and even call themselves Palestinians. Yet they have no knowledge of their Philistine ancestors. Moreover, they identify themselves with King David and the ancient Jews. They claim that King David was a proto-Muslim. They say that the Jews, King David’s biological descendants, have been rejected by allah and have become devils in human form, while Hamas and all the muslims are allah’s true chosen people (the true Jews) and that Hamas’ is the muslim David fighting against the Jewish Goliath.
So go reason with those people and form a mutually acceptable compromise with them.
Comment by Samuel Fistel — January 5, 2009 @ 9:09 am
Hamas must be exterminated like Amalek was exterminated - root and branch. The Jew must never tolerate those who wish to exterminate every last Jew on earth. Hamas deserves the same fate as the Nazis so there will never be a Second Holocaust.
Comment by NormanF — January 5, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
Since Hamas favors genocide of the Jews (and, even if it didn’t, its ongoing campaign of mindless violence against civilians is more than enough justification for what I am about to say), Israel should exterminate Hamas to the last man, with no more hesitation or remorse than an exterminator shows when he sprays termites or cockroaches. This is not, however, “genocide” in any way, shape, or form because Hamas is an ideology and political movement (i.e. a CHOICE) as opposed to a race, religion, or ethnicity (like being a Jew, Gypsy, or Slav). Those who CHOOSE to belong to Hamas should be killed, period. Israel should not make any effort whatsoever to capture any living prisoners. Anything our own Armed Forces do to the perpetrators of 9/11 is fine with me as well. The only good Al Qaida is a dead one; they are not soldiers who have a right to surrender and be treated as prisoners of war.
No cancer surgeon would remove part of a tumor and then accept a “cease fire” in which the remaining cancer cells agree not to metastasize and kill healthy tissue, because everybody knows that is the first thing they will do the instant the surgeon goes away. The surgeon removes the entire tumor, and then follows up with chemicals and radiation to make sure every last cancer cell is dead. Israel must similarly exterminate everything that belongs to Hamas, or is associated with Hamas. This is the only way to cure the Hamas cancer for all time.
Comment by Bill Levinson — January 5, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
The only thing that can stop the extermination of Hamas is Livni and Kadima.If Israel fails again and fails in this it will be the responsibility of the leadership.
Comment by Max — January 6, 2009 @ 1:10 am
The projected time line for the current anti- Hamas campaign is anywhere from 72 hours to one week. As the civilian death count mounts the pressure for a cease fire increases considerably. Obama who heretofore has maintained a no-comment position is finally speaking out, voicing concern for the death of innocents on both sides.When America flashes the red light sign for cessation of hostilities, Israel has little choice but to comply. No Israeli leader could/would do otherwise.
Comment by h peskin — January 6, 2009 @ 3:14 pm
gypsy king…
Personally, I don’t agree with you regarding this….
Trackback by gypsy king — February 25, 2009 @ 4:25 pm