The Hamas Charter - Selected Excerpts

I’m back from a 3 week vacation in Israel, where amongst other things, I went on a tour of Hebron with the group that took the SA Human Rights Delegation. More on that later though.

One of the best ways to make the case for Israel in this war against Hamas is to simply remind people what Hamas themselves say, and we need look no further than their charter.

I would love to challenge the media in South Africa to publish some of these exceprts – but it will never happen.

1. Calls for the Destruction of Israel Introduction: "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it" (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed memory)." [Page 1] Article 6: "The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinguished Palestinian movement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life is Islam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine…" [Page 3] 2. Calls for Jihad Article 13: " There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad." [Page 7] "Article Eight: The Slogan of the Islamic Resistance Movement: Allah is its target, the Prophet is its model, the Koran its constitution: Jihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah is the loftiest of its wishes." [Page 5] Article 15: " In face of the Jews' usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised." [Page 8] Article 15: "The Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine is an Individual Duty: " "The day that enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Moslem. In face of the Jews' usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised." [Page 8] Article 3: "The basic structure of the Islamic Resistance Movement consists of Moslems who have given their allegiance to Allah whom they truly worship, - "I have created the jinn and humans only for the purpose of worshipping" - who know their duty towards themselves, their families and country. In all that, they fear Allah and raise the banner of Jihad in the face of the oppressors, so that they would rid the land and the people of their uncleanliness, vileness and evils. " [Page 3] 3. Rejection of Peace Negotiations Article 32: "Leaving the circle of struggle with Zionism is high treason" [Page 18] Article 11: "The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that. [Page 5] Article 13: " Now and then the call goes out for the convening of an international conference to look for ways of solving the (Palestinian) question…. These conferences are only ways of setting the infidels in the land of the Moslems as arbitraters." [Page 7] 4. Antisemitism and Conspiracy Theories Article 7: "The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him salvation, has said: "The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him."" [Page 4] Article 32: " The Zionist plan is limitless. After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook, they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and their present conduct is the best proof of what we are saying." [Page 17] Article 20: " In their Nazi treatment, the Jews made no exception for women or children. Their policy of striking fear in the heart is meant for all. They attack people where their breadwinning is concerned, extorting their money and threatening their honour." [Page 11] Article 32: " Peoples should augment by further steps on their part; Islamic groupings all over the Arab world should also do the same, since all of these are the best-equipped for the future role in the fight with the warmongering Jews." [Page 18] Article 22: " For a long time, the enemies have been planning, skillfully and with precision, for the achievement of what they have attained. They took into consideration the causes affecting the current of events. They strived to amass great and substantive material wealth which they devoted to the realisation of their dream. With their money, they took control of the world media, news agencies, the press, publishing houses, broadcasting stations, and others. With their money they stirred revolutions in various parts of the world with the purpose of achieving their interests and reaping the fruit therein. They were behind the French Revolution, the Communist revolution and most of the revolutions we heard and hear about, here and there. With their money they formed secret societies, such as Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, the Lions and others in different parts of the world for the purpose of sabotaging societies and achieving Zionist interests. With their money they were able to control imperialistic countries and instigate them to colonize many countries in order to enable them to exploit their resources and spread corruption there. You may speak as much as you want about regional and world wars. They were behind World War I, when they were able to destroy the Islamic Caliphate, making financial gains and controlling resources." [Page 12] Article 28: " The Zionist invasion is a vicious invasion. It does not refrain from resorting to all methods, using all evil and contemptible ways to achieve its end. It relies greatly in its infiltration and espionage operations on the secret organizations it gave rise to, such as the Freemasons, The Rotary and Lions clubs, and other sabotage groups. All these organizations, whether secret or open, work in the interest of Zionism and according to its instructions. They aim at undermining societies, destroying values, corrupting consciences, deteriorating character and annihilating Islam. It is behind the drug trade and alcoholism in all its kinds so as to facilitate its control and expansion. " [Page 15] Introduction: "Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious." [Page 2] 5. The Conflict with Israel as a Religious Struggle Article 1: "The Movement's programme is Islam" [Page 2] Article 15: "It is necessary to instill in the minds of the Moslem generations that the Palestinian problem is a religious problem, and should be dealt with on this basis." [Page 8] "The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the wings of Moslem Brotherhood in Palestine. Moslem Brotherhood Movement is a universal organization which constitutes the largest Islamic movement in modern times." [[Page 2] Article 11: Palestine is an Islamic Waqf land consecrated for Moslem generations until Judgement Day. This being so, who could claim to have the right to represent Moslem generations till Judgement Day? " [Page 5]

Comments

[Immanuel Suttner]

Dear Steve

Hi.Immanuel Suttner here, visiting from Sydney Australia. Two points.

For all the hysterical demagogues who talk about the "genocidal killing of Palestinians by Israelis" and Israel's genocidal policies, a small question;

Before the 2nd World War there were 18 million Jews in the world. After the holocaust - the systematic slaughter of 6 million Jews and some five million Gypsies, Slavs, Homosexuals and other "undesirables" - the Jewish population of the world has never climbed above 13 million.

By contrast under the so called "occupation" of Gaza, the Palestinian poplation GREW from less than 600 000 in 1967 to today's 1.5million Palestinians living there. And in the West Bank the Palestinian population has also more than tripled under Israeli rule. Strange genocide eh??

[Immanuel Suttner]

Should the Israeli leadership ignore the bleating of the hypocrites and continue its campaign to make its citizens safe?

"It is my purpose, as one who lived and acted in these days, to show how easily the tragedy of the Second World War could have been prevented; how the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous;...We shall see how the counsels of prudence and restraint may become the prime agents of mortal danger; how the middle course adopted from desires for safety and a quiet life may lead directly to the bull's eye of disaster."

Pg 32, The Second World War, Volume I, The Gathering Storm, Winston S Churchill

[Steve]

Hi Immanuel,
We haven't heard from you in a while. Have you relocated to Sydney for good? Did you watch any of the cricket?

Great quote from Churchill and ya, its frustrating that in the face of the facts we still hear cries of genocide.

[Lolah]

What makes you think our Liberal better angels even disagree with most of that?

[Steve]

Well, given their statements of support for Hamas and implicit support of the aggression against Israel, we have to assume that they do agree with the Hamas charter.

[Immanuel Suttner]

Hi Steve

Trust you are well and kol hakavod on keeping the flag flying in such an elegant way. Yes have relocated to Sydney where I teach Jewish Studies. And yes watched the cricket and of course was supporting South Africa

Behatzlacha...I wish you clarity and compassion
Best
Immanuel

PS: A fictitious letter blow...dunnoif it makes the point...

Dear Sir

I wish to protest against the Izraayli agression against Hamas in Gaza. This aggression is preventing Hamas from carrying out its legitimate missile testing programme on Jewish targets, in order to improve the accuracy and deadliness of its missiles. As you know, Hamas is a G-d fearing organisation, and Shaariah does not allow it to carry out these tests on Fatach members, because those dogs are still nominally Mosleem, and a Mosleem may not harm another Mosleem, unless sending said Mosleem to kill themselves and as many Jew pigs as possible can be considered "harm".

We suggest that all decent people begin to boycot Izraeyli products, just as the Poles and The Germans did with such great effect before the Second World War - and look at what marvelous things those groundbreaking boycotts led to!

Asaalam
Yusuf Islam