7 August 2000

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful  

Hamas comments on statements
 by Jewish rabbi Ovadia Yossef

“Commenting on the statements of Jewish chief rabbi of the ultra orthodox Shas movement Ovadia Yossef in which he described the Palestinians as “snakes” and Arab descendants of Prophet Ismail as “liars, evil doers and Allah has regretted that He created them,” – Allah is above what they attributed to Him -, an official source in the Hamas Movement said:

Such statements reveal the Jews and the occupying Jewish-Zionist entity’s racist nature. They further reveal that that entity was growing in extremism, racism and hatred against all Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims.

Such spiteful declarations are only voiced by abnormal psyches that view all non-Jews with arrogance and hatred in addition to considering other peoples “Guyim” as lesser than Jews who consider themselves the “chosen people of Allah.”

Quoting Allah as saying such declaration, Allah is above what they attributed to Him, affirm their lies and distortion of Allah’s words as included in the verses “Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places.” Those statements are pronounced almost two weeks after conclusion of the ill-fated Camp David summit during which the Jewish-Zionists’ plotting against Jerusalem was evident along with their aggressive intentions to demolish the Aqsa Mosque and build in its place their alleged temple. Such statements show how naive are those betting on peace with the usurping Zionist entity and coexistence with that extremist occupying people, whom Allah had portrayed as treacherous and Said they revoked pledges with Him, so will the peace and settlement mongers expect the Jews to respect agreements or pledges with them?!

Our people and Nation’s experience with the Jews affirms that the only feasible road against the usurping occupation is that of resistance and Jihad and that the only healing against that cancerous disease is total extermination.

“Strongest among men in enmity to the Believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans.”

The Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas – Palestine)
Monday 7 August 2000