Hamas is getting more and more nervous about its position in the Arab world, which is increasingly considering it a terror group like ISIS.
At an Eid al-Fitr speech in Gaza, Hamas deputy speaker Khalil al-Hiya said, "Do not confuse Islam with extremism, and resistance is not terrorism. [Resistance] is not violent and extreme, it is a legitimate right under all laws and regulations."
Meaning that a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv is wonderful, a suicide bomber in Aleppo is awful.
Why ISIS, which is trying to create an Islamist nation in Iraq and Syria through "resistance," is any different from Hamas which is trying to create an Islamist nation in Israel, is not quite elaborated on.
Instead, al-Hiya stressed that "extremism is exploited by our enemies to distort Islam" and it has nothing to do with "resistance and national liberation."