{"id":2061636,"date":"2023-10-10T08:22:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-european-leaders-say-hamas-does-not-represent-interests-of-palestinian-people\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:26:09","slug":"us-european-leaders-say-hamas-does-not-represent-interests-of-palestinian-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-european-leaders-say-hamas-does-not-represent-interests-of-palestinian-people\/","title":{"rendered":"US and European leaders reject Hamas as representative of Palestinians."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fus-european-leaders-say-hamas-does-not-represent-interests-of-palestinian-people%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=2061636&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>World Leaders Express Strong Support for Israel, Condemn Hamas<\/h2>\n<p>Leaders of the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy have announced unequivocal support for Israel, while asserting that Hamas\u2014which means the Islamic Resistance Movement in\u200b Arabic\u2014does not represent the interests of the Palestinian people\u2064 or all of Palestine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In\u200c an\u200d Oct. 9 joint\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/10\/09\/joint-statement-on-israel\/#:~:text=Today%2C%20we%20%E2%80%94%20President%20Macron%20of,Hamas%20and%20its%20appalling%20acts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the White House, President Joe Biden, President Emmanuel Macron of \u200bFrance, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, \u2064and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom announced their <strong>steadfast and united support<\/strong> for Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The world leaders also expressed their <strong>unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its\u2063 appalling \u2062acts of terrorism<\/strong>, which have resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/1000-terrorists-participated-in-saturdays-attack-on-israel-idf-update-5506245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 1,000 people killed<\/a>, thousands more injured, and many others kidnapped into Hamas hideouts in the Gaza Strip as hostages.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/canada-not-part-of-allies-joint-statement-on-israel-5507030?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Canada Not Part of Allies&#8217; Joint Statement\u2063 on Israel<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/9\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/canada-not-part-of-allies-joint-statement-on-israel-5507030?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nervous-passengers-arrive-in-los-angeles-following-flight-from-war-torn-israel-5507053?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Nervous Passengers Arrive in Los Angeles Following Flight\u2063 From War-Torn Israel<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/9\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nervous-passengers-arrive-in-los-angeles-following-flight-from-war-torn-israel-5507053?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2063 make clear that the terrorist actions of Hamas have no\u2062 justification, no legitimacy, and must be universally condemned. There\u200d is never any justification for terrorism,&#8221;\u200b the \u200cjoint statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Prime Minister \u200bSunak of\u200b the United Kingdom doubled down on\u200b his \u2063support of Israel and condemnation of Hamas with an Oct. 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishiSunak\/status\/1711499292001575139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> to X, the platform formerly known \u2064as Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The people who support Hamas are fully responsible \u2063for this appalling \u200battack,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They are not militants. They are not freedom\u200b fighters. \u2062They\u2062 are terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:362px\" class=\"alignright\"><figcaption>Prime \u200bMinister Rishi Sunak \u2063departs 10 Downing Street, London, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Aaron Chown\/PA\u200c Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>President\u2063 Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1711562233954566542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took<\/a> to X to reiterate that the United States stands with Israel in\u2062 its time of need, for however long that may be, mirroring similar promises\u200c his \u2062administration has made to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Tonight, America says clearly \u2064to the Israeli people, to the world, and to terrorists everywhere that we stand with Israel. That will never\u200c change,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas is \u200cclassed as a terrorist \u2064entity by many countries, including the United States and those that\u200b make \u200cup the European Union \u200c(EU).<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The Islamist militant\u2064 movement \u2062controls the Gaza Strip and is one of the Palestinian territories&#8217;\u200d two major political parties. It has long \u2064been trying\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hamas-attacks-whos-responsible-5506100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claim\u2062 land<\/a> from the state of Israel, which it says rightfully belongs to Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Its rival party, Fatah, dominates the\u200d Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and rules the West Bank region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>However, \u200bunlike the Fatah, Hamas does\u200c not recognize Israel&#8217;s right to\u200d exist and abhorrently calls for driving all Jews from\u200c the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Hamas Does Not Speak for\u00a0Palestinians<\/h2>\n<p>According to the world leaders\u200b who penned the joint statement,\u2064 it&#8217;s their belief Hamas does not represent all of Palestine or the interests of its \u200dpeople, regardless of its goals or intentions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;All of us recognize the legitimate \u200daspirations of\u200d the\u200d Palestinian people, and \u200bsupport equal measures of justice and freedom for Israelis and Palestinians alike,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But make no mistake: Hamas does not represent those\u200c aspirations, and it offers nothing for the Palestinian people \u200cother\u2063 than more terror and bloodshed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United \u2063States, France, Germany,\u2064 United Kingdom, \u200cand Italy said they are all committed to supporting Israel\u200d in its efforts to defend \u200citself and its people &#8220;against such\u200d atrocities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Officially known as the\u2063 State of Israel, the country has existed since 1948, when David Ben-Gurion, executive head of the World Zionist Organization, officially declared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/the-soviet-roots-of-far-left-antisemitism-3838034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">establishment<\/a> of a Jewish state, and Israel&#8217;s independence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The groundwork for \u2064Israel was laid many \u2064years prior, though, with the Balfour Declaration, a declaration by the British government to the establishment of Palestine as a national home for the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In response \u2062to the ongoing conflict, the United States has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/pentagon-chief-says-us-military-will-send-ships-closer-to-israel-5506178?cmt=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the\u200d deployment<\/a> of a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-ufo-report-u-s-military-encounters-ufos-every-day-that-far-exceed-its-tech-capabilities\/\" title=\"Bombshell UFO Report: U.S. Military Encounters UFOs \u2018Every Day\u2019 That Far Exceed Its Tech, Capabilities\">carrier strike group<\/a>, led by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, to the Eastern Mediterranean and munitions transfers to Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Palestinian civilians were \u200curged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/palestinians-in-hamas-locations-told-get-out-from-there-now-as-israel-prepares-response-5505965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evacuate<\/a> from known Hamas locations and hideouts\u200b ahead of the growing Israeli military response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The leaders have\u2062 also\u200b warned\u200b any who might try to take advantage of \u200cthe chaos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We further\u2062 emphasize that this is not a moment for any \u200cparty hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-mourns-the-death-of-prince-philip\/\" title=\"President Trump mourns the death of Prince Philip\">world leaders express<\/a> their support \u2062for Israel in the wake of recent attacks by Hamas militants?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Shrink-0 basis-[120px]&#8221;><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nervous-passengers-arrive-in-los-angeles-following-flight-from-war-torn-israel-5507053?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/ethnic-minorities-in-israel-stand-in-solidarity-with-israel-and-decry-hamas-terrorism-5507073?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Ethnic Minorities in Israel Stand in Solidarity With \u2063Israel and Decry\u200c Hamas \u2063Terrorism<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/9\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<p>          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/ethnic-minorities-in-israel-stand-in-solidarity-with-israel-and-decry-hamas-terrorism-5507073?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>This joint statement comes in the wake of recent \u2062attacks on \u200bIsrael by Hamas militants. The world leaders expressed their deepest\u2064 condolences to the victims and their families, and reiterated their commitment\u200b to stand by Israel in the face\u200b of terrorism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The leaders also emphasized that Hamas&#8217; acts\u2063 of \u2064terrorism are not only a threat\u200c to Israel&#8217;s security but also a\u2063 hindrance to the prospects \u2064of\u2062 a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They\u200c urged \u2063all\u2064 parties involved to refrain \u200dfrom actions that \u2062escalate tensions and continue to work towards a comprehensive and lasting peace.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The support expressed by these world \u200dleaders reinforces Israel&#8217;s \u200dposition as a\u2062 key ally in the region. It sends a \u200cstrong message to those who seek to \u2062undermine Israel&#8217;s security and disrupt peace efforts. The condemnation of Hamas\u2063 highlights the international community&#8217;s united stance against terrorism and violence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Israel has \u200blong faced security \u200dchallenges and threats from terrorist organizations like Hamas. The unwavering support\u200d of these \u200bworld leaders serves as a reminder\u2064 that Israel is not alone in its \u2063fight against terrorism. It also underscores the importance \u200cof international cooperation in maintaining global peace \u200band security.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In conclusion, the joint statement from the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy reaffirms the strong support for Israel\u2062 and condemns the actions of Hamas. It \u2063demonstrates the \u200bcommitment of \u200bthese world leaders to \u200bstand by\u200b Israel in its\u2063 fight against terrorism \u200cand their belief \u200din the\u2063 need for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian \u2063conflict.\u200c This \u2063unified \u2064stance sends a clear message to both Israel&#8217;s \u200callies and its adversaries that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-european-leaders-say-hamas-does-not-represent-interests-of-palestinian-people\/\" title=\"US and European leaders reject Hamas as representative of Palestinians.\">international community stands firm<\/a> in its support\u200b for Israel&#8217;s security and the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders of the US, France, Germany, UK, and Italy express unwavering backing for Israel, stating that Hamas, the Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement, does not represent the Palestinian people or the entirety of Palestine. 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