Gaza City – The US president has failed to learn from history, a senior Hamas official said regarding Donald Trump’s remarks about “radical Islamic terrorism” in his inauguration speech.
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“This ignoramus did not study history and does not know what the fate of those who ignited the Crusader wars. We are an Islamic nation that may lose a battle, but we will win all the wars,” Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas politburo, wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday.
Abu Marzouk, who is considered a contender to be the next Hamas politburo chairman, made an apparent reference to the ultimate defeat of the Crusaders at the hand of Muslim fighters centuries ago.
In his speech on Friday, Trump pledged to fight Islamic terrorism.
“We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones, and unite the world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate from the face of the earth,” he said.
While Trump frequently talks about radical Islamic terrorism and defeating Islamic State, he has not specifically referred to Hamas in public with the exception of a September 2015 interview, in which he admitted did not know the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah.
The US State Department considers Hamas a foreign terrorist organization.
On Friday, Abu Marzouk said that “Trump’s approaches to the Palestine issue do not serve stability in the region and entice Israel to become more extreme,” referring to the campaign promise to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
Since Trump’s victory in the polls, the Hamas leadership has generally made cautious statements about the US president, calling on him to adopt policies more favorable to the Palestinian cause.
“We call on you to deal fairly with the Palestinians and end your policy of overlooking Israel’s perpetual crimes,” Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal said right after the election.
For his part, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a more positive statement following Trump’s inauguration speech.
“I look forward to working with him for the sake of peace, security and stability in a world that is troubled and in a region that lives a tragic era and to contribute to creating a safe future for everyone,” he said, according to the official PA news site Wafa.
Trump lets his daughters drive and his wife doesn’t cover her hair, of course Trump is an ignoramus according to them .
Yeah, This a sure way to get him to start seeing your side.
What can you expect from the son of a goat herder.
Please Mr. President, do not give in to your inner urge to tweet a response. Some things are better left unsaid, or untweeted.
Says the terrorist whose religion is the root of almost all evil in the world today and whose people have contributed zero to any form of human advancement.
I am SO looking forward to the tweets from POTUS.
Trump is not the type of guy who likes being called an “ignoramus” and threatened.
The truth hurts huh?
This is such a classic trick linking to
history . Many people on this site keep on invoking the nazis to gain sympathy. But the truth is one has to think is it really a logical link or are you just mind playing . Often it’s the latter .
Now to the point . Yes Christianity has lots of Jewish innocent blood on its hand . It’s soaked in Jewish blood . But in the 21st century we are more cultured and tolerant . Christianity and even to a certain extent Judaism has evolved . Christianity no longer preach murder and hate . Islam on the other hand his a hateful nation . Even in peaceful countries like the uae they teach hatred of the west . Hamas has camps that play activities that make believe they are killing Jews. Islam is a religion of hate and trump finally is speaking the truth
But he’s IUR ugnoramus!!
When a terrorist organization ( Hamas) is upset at you, it means that you are doing a good job. Unlike how Hamas applauded the UN resolution (thanks Obama)
Of course they do..as Abbas begins to threaten that the Earth will Crack in Half if The Embassy in Israel is Moved..lol..Poor Abbas!