You may be surprised, but Hamas doesn’t just call for killing Jews and eliminating Israel.
If you are Christiana member of another religion or even a member of your local Rotary club or Lions, Hamas also considers you an enemy.
“Hamas uses Gaza as an umbrella to be legitimate,” says author and Middle East expert Walid Phares. “The reality is that this is a jihadist movement manifesting in America, Canada and Western Europe. We have never been at this level of danger to our democratic world.”
Hamas’ charter seeks to expand Islam so that it becomes the control religion across the world, targeting all non-believers, including “main street” America.
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Hamas considers Jews and Christians their enemies. (iStock)
The terrorist group’s guiding philosophy is detailed in “The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement”, adopted on August 18, 1988.
He affirms that the duty of every Muslim is “Jihad”, that “there is no solution to the Palestinian question except through Jihad” and that “the Jews will not be happy with you, nor the Christians”, until they follow the paths of Jihad. of Hamas.
“Israel is just a thick skin even if the rest of the international community blocks them,” says Phares, author of the new book “Iran, An Imperialistic Republic and US Policy,” which explains how Tehran’s proxies, like Hamas, spread their message of hatred. .
“They know our company very well. They are here,” he said.
Article 22 of Hamas’s charter mentions an unexpected subject of its call for Jihad, the “American as apple pie” economic, community and charitable organizations present throughout the country: Rotary and Lions clubs. Freemasonry is also on his list.
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“The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement” says that “the Jews will not be happy with you, nor the Christians,” as long as they do not follow the ways of Hamas. (iStock)
The charter cites what it calls “secret societies, such as Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions and others in different parts of the world, with the aim of sabotaging societies and achieving Zionist interests.” . Hamas blames humanitarian organizations, falsely accusing them of trying to “colonize many countries to allow them to exploit their resources and spread corruption.”
“They are part of what jihadists consider to be a sin, a national sin,” Phares explained. “They will go against them; they will go against the Freemasons and they will go against any entity that is a social organization.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee last week, announcing that the bureau had stepped up its extensive investigations into Hamas in order to disrupt any potential Hamas-related attacks on the ground. American and to end all financial support to the terrorist group.
“We have maintained our focus on Hamas and are conducting multiple investigations into individuals affiliated with this foreign terrorist organization,” Wray said.
“We have seen a gallery of rogue foreign terrorist organizations calling for attacks against Americans and our allies,” he told the panel. “We cannot rule out, and we do not rule out, the possibility that Hamas or another foreign terrorist organization will exploit the current conflict to carry out attacks here on our own soil.”
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Hamas terrorists take part in a rally on January 31, 2016 in Gaza City to pay tribute to members who died after a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Federal prosecutors have filed numerous charges against Hamas-affiliated charities and individuals in the United States.
The most notable convictions in 2008 concerned the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development and five of its leaders, accused of having provided material support to Hamas. The foundation, based in Richardson, Texas, just north of Dallas, paid at least $12 million to Hamas, and some of its leaders were sentenced to 65 years in federal prison.
Congressional testimony linked the Holy Land Foundation to the Political leader of Hamas Abu Marzouk, who, according to authorities, in 1992 “provided more than 10 percent of all donations to the Holy Land Foundation.” Today, Marzouk reportedly lives in Qatar and is worth more than $3 billion.
While FBI Director Wray said, “We are not currently pursuing a specific plot,” he explained that the bureau is “closely monitoring the impact of recent events on the intentions of these terrorist groups here in the United States.” United, and how these intentions could evolve.
Rotary and Lions clubs told Fox News that their organizations are not political and are known for their extensive volunteer and charitable work around the world.
The Rotary Club and Lions said they have more than 1.4 million members and are engaged in a variety of humanitarian efforts, from providing food programs to rebuilding communities, fighting disease and the provision of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.
The Lions told Fox News that “Lions International is a non-partisan, non-sectarian volunteer service organization whose members are dedicated to serving a world in need.”
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Rotary and Lions clubs told Fox News that their organizations are not political and are known for their extensive volunteer and charitable work around the world. (Lions Clubs International/Rotary International)
Rotary said it too was “non-political, non-religious and focused exclusively on providing humanitarian assistance around the world.”
Observers note that this is a sad and revealing testament to Hamas’s misguided philosophy that it would always consider those who help worthy of its enmity.
Fox News’ Seth Andrews and Emily Robertson contributed to this report.
