{"id":1305998,"date":"2022-02-17T10:40:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1305998"},"modified":"2022-02-17T10:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:40:31","slug":"australia-deems-all-hamas-a-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-deems-all-hamas-a-terrorist-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Deems All Hamas a Terrorist Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralia-deems-all-hamas-a-terrorist-organization%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1305998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Australia on Thursday announced it will designate Hamas as a terror group in its entirety, prompting Israeli&nbsp;Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to praise the country for \u201cstanding strong in the face of terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until Thursday,&nbsp;Australia had only deemed Hamas\u2019 armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, to be a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The U.S., Canada, UK and E.U. list the entire Hamas as a terror group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas\u2019s attempts to paint itself as \u2018legitimate\u2019 are a farce,\u201d Bennett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/bennett-welcomes-australia-standing-strong-in-the-face-of-terror-against-hamas\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd they\u2019re not fooling anyone. The world is growing to see Hamas for what it is: It\u2019s a radical Islamic group that targets innocent civilians, Israelis \u2014 mothers, fathers, children \u2014 and is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7121138\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rioting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7121138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rioting.jpg\" alt=\"Islam\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Hamas supporters wave green Islamic flags while chant anti Israeli slogans during a protest against metal detectors Israel erected at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. (AP Photo\/Adel Hana)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bennett went on to thank \u201cmy friend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for the action he\u2019s taking following our discussions on this matter\u2026 I thank Australia for standing strong in the face of terror and for remaining a strong and true friend of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid also expressed his appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this declaration, Australia joins the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and others in recognizing the entirety of Hamas as a terrorist organization,\u201d Lapid tweeted. \u201cThe Foreign Ministry is leading, together with additional partners, an international effort targeting terrorist organizations, and Australia\u2019s declaration is an important step in that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hamas To &#8216;Never Forgive&#8217; Britain For Enabling Israel&#8217;s Existence <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ojBRwjz6Jq\">https:\/\/t.co\/ojBRwjz6Jq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F459i7wnpA\">pic.twitter.com\/F459i7wnpA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/731819230979620864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz thanked Australia for \u201cdesignating the entirety of Hamas as a terrorist organization \u2014 including its political wing, which plans, finances and conducts terror activities. Hamas targets civilians, threatens the State of Israel, and holds Gaza residents hostage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes months after Australia recognized Hezbollah as a terror group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked hailed the latest decision, saying: \u201cAustralia again chose the right side of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews (pictured), who made the announcement, said it was \u201cvital that our laws target not only terrorist acts and terrorists, but also the organizations that plan, finance and carry out these acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe views of Hamas and the violent extremist groups listed today are deeply disturbing, and there is no place in Australia for their hateful ideologies,\u201d Andrews said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is who Hamas is. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YNDh8nBLej\">https:\/\/t.co\/YNDh8nBLej<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1392183857588408322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <em>Times of Israel<\/em>, the new designation will place restrictions on financing or providing other support to Hamas, with certain offenses carrying a 25-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Australia said it was also adding the U.S.-based far-right extremist group National Socialist Order to the terror list, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler said the new Hamas designation made clear Australia\u2019s \u201cabsolute rejection of hatred and terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is absolutely no doubt that Hamas in its entirety meets the definition of terrorist organization,\u201d Leibler said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia on Thursday announced it will designate Hamas as a terror group in its entirety, prompting Israeli\u00a0Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to praise the country for \u201cstanding strong in the face &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1305998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}