Hamas

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• Mandy Damari said Sir Keir was under a two‑state delusion and that recognition rewarded Hamas while hostages were still in Gaza.

• The Hamas charter explicitly calls for the genocide of Jews

• Hamas posted a video of a mock attack on social media weeks before the border breach.

• Sir Keir Starmer insisted the decision is not a reward for Hamas.

• The Council on American‑Islamic Relations has rejected allegations that it is affiliated with Hamas.

• Sir Keir Starmer said Hamas can have no future, no role in government and no role in security.

• Kemi Badenoch called the recognition absolutely disastrous and said it rewards terrorism with no conditions for Hamas.

• Both the Israeli and US governments say the recognition is a diplomatic gift for Hamas following its attack on 7 October 2023.

• Sir Keir said the United Kingdom had already proscribed and sanctioned Hamas and that work would be directed to sanction further Hamas figures in the coming weeks.

• In September 2025, Kushner stood in the Oval Office as Netanyahu called Qatar’s prime minister following an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha.

• The war in Gaza began in retaliation for Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, which killed more than 1,200 Israelis.

• Hamas welcomed the recognition as an important step but said it must be accompanied by practical measures leading to an immediate end to the war.

• The Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK condemned the decision, calling it a betrayal of humanity and a move that rewards Hamas while 48 hostages remain captive.

• Rights groups point to discriminatory policies within Israel, annexed East Jerusalem, the blockade of the Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas since 2007, and the occupation of the West Bank.

• Aaron David Miller said Trump’s leaked criticism of Netanyahu, his direct negotiations with Hamas, his lifting of sanctions on Syria despite Israel’s objections, and his negotiations with Iran without Israel’s involvement all point to a changing relationship

• Laurie Cardoza‑Moore traced her textbook advocacy to 2012, when she challenged a passage in a Pearson human geography textbook that she said legitimized the 2001 Hamas suicide bombing at Jerusalem’s Sbarro restaurant.

• Abbas Kamel warned Hamas was preparing a major attack and urged Israel to offer economic concessions, without providing a date or operational details.

• Hamas urges its own people to become cannon fodder, builds tunnels under hospitals, schools and mosques, fires rockets from civilian areas and prevents its own people from evacuating combat zones

• UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed called Benjamin Netanyahu to warn him that Hamas was preparing a major attack against Israel.

• Sarah Cotte was alleged to have supported Hamas.

• Palestinian authorities report that more than 73,000 people have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza, which was launched after Hamas fighters killed 1,200 people in an attack on southern Israel in October 2023.

• Israel’s campaign has killed more than 74,000 people according to Palestinian health ministry figures.

• The New York Times reported that Israel knew Hamas’s attack plan more than a year before 2023, as detailed in a blueprint.

• The Council on American‑Islamic Relations described itself as independent of foreign movements and condemned terrorism, including attacks carried out by Hamas.

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