Since then, Hamas has gone out of its way to prove that it has only genocidal goals for the Jewish state.
The most explicit comment came from Hamas head Yahya Sinwar:
“Over is the time Hamas spent discussing recognizing Israel. Now Hamas will discuss when we will wipe out Israel,” Sinwar said, according to the Hamas-linked news agency Shehab.
“No one in the universe can disarm us. On the contrary, we will continue to have the power to protect our citizens,” Sinwar said, according to the official statement.
“No one has the ability to extract from us recognition of the occupation.”
But throughout the Hamas delegation visit to Iran there were many other statements making it clear that Hamas is sworn to fight Israel forever.
[Deputy head of Hamas' Political Bureau Saleh al-Arouri] cautioned Arab countries about normalization of ties with the Zionist regime of Israel, adding that Hams will never recognize Israeli regime and will not give up its right of resistance.But we are constantly told that the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian people and Mahmoud Abbas in particular support peace with Israel.
“Despite the existing difficulties, fighting the Zionist occupiers and resisting against them is our option," al-Arouri added.
He emphasized that the resistance’s weapon is not negotiable and the issue has not been and will not be discussed in the reconciliation talks between Palestinians.
If that is true, then how come there is not one word to be found against Hamas' war rhetoric? It has been well-reported in Palestinian media, but I can't find one op-ed, one statement by any Palestinian Authority or Fatah official, that even mildly rebukes Hamas for its explicit support of war and terror until Israel is destroyed.
Not even a hashtag.
Nothing.
Silence is consent, and official Palestinian silence about Hamas' support of terror against Israel says far more about the real position of the Palestinian Authority than a thousand photo-ops with stupid and credulous smiling Western diplomats.