How Countries Affected By Hamas View Them In Gaza--Facing Countries Recognizing A Palestine

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                  

With the declaration of Canada joining England and France in recognizing a Palestinian State (if Israel just doesn't give up entirely ) which is what it amounts to, JTV brought out an interview of the son of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef, and what he thinks of this.  I just saw it on youtube.  

A video circulating on YouTube titled "Son Of Hamas SLAMS Western Leaders Recognising..." features comments mentioning JTV Plus and referencing a documentary about antisemitism among Arabs in Palestine before 1948. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVgSahQGLtQ

It appears that JTV is a media platform that publishes videos and documentaries related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and related historical and political issues. 

Mosab Hassan Yousef is the son of one of the co-founders of Hamas and previously served as a member of the organization. He later became an undercover agent for Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, and converted to Christianity in 1999. The two founders were Ahmad Yasin and Hassan Yousef in 1987.   

Yousef is a published author and is known for his critical views on Hamas and Islam. He has openly discussed his experiences and views in various forums, including interviews and events. 

While it's difficult to ascertain all of Yousef's appearances, the JTV video suggests a segment or documentary featuring his perspective, possibly on the history of the conflict or the role of Hamas.                          

 Facing Israel’s military campaign to destroy it after they attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas’s future is in doubt, as is Gaza’s.

Israel must put an end to Hamas, the organization of terrorists;  NOT the people, as some have misunderstood.  To me, they are going to have to show that they want peace.  It may take years and years, but then, Jews have waited for 2,000 years to regain Judah, let alone Israel. According to our dance card (carnet de bal or Tanzkarte) or ( Ikvesa D'meshicah ), we have about the next 200 years to see what happens.   

                                                                 Hamas

According to the Israeli government, Hamas is considered a terrorist organization. 

The Israeli government's classification of Hamas as a terrorist organization stems from its actions and stated goals. Hamas's 1988 charter called for the destruction of Israel. While a later charter in 2017 removed explicitly antisemitic language and targeted "Zionists," it did not renounce the use of violence against Israel. Hamas has carried out numerous attacks against Israeli civilians and military personnel, including suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and raids. The Israeli government views these actions as terrorism aimed at destabilizing the region and harming its citizens. 

Under security, Ismail Haniyeh, senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, was congratulated by supporters in al-Shati refugee camp, January 26, 2006, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip [Abid Katib/Getty Images]

Yes, Hamas (also known as the Islamic Resistance Movement) is designated as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by the U.S. government. The designation was issued by the U.S. Department of State in 1997. This designation is based on Hamas's involvement in terrorist activities that threaten the national security of the United States and the safety of U.S. nationals. Being designated as a FTO has several consequences, including:

• It is unlawful for any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to knowingly provide material support or resources to Hamas.
• Members or representatives of Hamas, who are not U.S. nationals, may be inadmissible or deportable from the United States.
• The Secretary of the Treasury can require U.S. financial institutions to block transactions involving assets of Hamas.
  
               Hamas-ready to shower Israel with missiles

Telling us little is another description of Hamas:  "The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas, is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has governed the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007."

Are these nations for Hamas recognition going to allow them to run Palestine's government?  What does Palestine look like?  Gaza and all of West Bank?  Doesn't this go against the Oslo Accords?  Hamas has already declared there will be no Jews in their Palestine !                       

       Oslo Accords: Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (center) looking on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule, September 1993.   HIGH HOPES;  WE HAD HIGH HOPES:  Just what makes that little old ant

Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant can't
Move a rubber tree plant

[Chorus]
But he's got high hopes
He's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie in the sky hopes: That's Canada, England, France,

no common sense, JUST A BUNCH OF SILLY DOPES, WITH only HIGH HOPES.

Palestinian Authority

Gaza has already had their chance to show us how a Palestine will look like:  a platform closer to Israel to shoot Jews from.  

Israel moved out of Gaza and gave the land to the Palestinian Arabs under the  Palestinian Authority in 1994, under the Oslo Accords.                                

      Sderot under attack of Hamas before Oct 7, 2023

Multiple Israeli cities and communities near the Gaza border have been targets of rocket and other attacks from the Gaza Strip, particularly Sderot and Ashkelon. 

• Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza and has been a frequent target of rocket attacks, specifically Qassam rockets, causing casualties, property damage, and disrupting daily life for residents.
  
  
  
• Ashkelon, a coastal city south of Tel Aviv, has also been significantly impacted by rocket attacks, especially their hospital;  particularly during the 2023 Hamas attack and in the months that followed. 

While other cities and towns have also experienced attacks, Sderot and Ashkelon are widely recognized as having been particularly vulnerable due to their proximity to Gaza. 

Yousef said he saw the light after a stint in an Israeli jail during the mid-1990s. At Megiddo Prison, he witnessed Hamas inmates leading a brutal year-long campaign to weed out supposed Israeli collaborators. "During that time, Hamas tortured and killed hundreds of prisoners," he said, recalling vivid memories of needles being inserted under fingernails and bodies charred with burning plastics. Many, if not all, had nothing to do with Israeli intelligence. "I will never forget their screams," he continued. "I started asking myself a question. What if Hamas succeeded in destroying Israel and building a state. Will they destroy our people in this way?"

The PA (Palestinian Authority :    Predominantly led by the Fatah party, it emerged from the Oslo Accords with Israel and represents a more secular and pragmatic approach towards achieving Palestinian statehood. The PA generally favors a two-state solution through negotiations with Israel, accepting a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.  However, since October 7th, 2023, the feelings have changed and PA or Hamas may never be trusted again.  They showed their true colors.  Ask Yousef.  

Led by Abbas, the PA was not strong enough to win votes of their population. Abbas played a key role in the negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords in 1993, which established the Palestinian Authority (PA).  He'll soon be 90 years old.  

 They wanted the tough HAMAS.  I remember Obama really encouraging this newby group to get their first chance to vote in their life.  Seems to me they weren't all ready intellectually for this experience, not capable of making a rational decision about this.  Look what they chose....Hamas.  

Resource:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Hassan_Yousef

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef/author/B002VPW2BM?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true#:~:text=About%20the%20author,the%20upper%20ranks%20of%20Hamas.

https://2017-2021.state.gov/terrorism-designations-faqs/#:~:text=The%20Secretary%20of%20State%20designates,security%20of%20the%20United%20States.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12549#:~:text=Hamas%20(or%20the%20Islamic%20Resistance,group%20Hezbollah%20(another%20FTO).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#:~:text=The%2010%20months%20of%20fighting,annexing%20it%20the%20following%20year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot#:~:text=Sderot%20is%20located%20less%20than,on%20occasion%20since%20that%20time.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/11/what-is-the-palestinian-authority-and-how-is-it-viewed-by-palestinians#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20relationship%20between,the%20PA's%20relations%20with%20Israel?

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Palestinian-Authority

Arab Nations Urge Hamas to Stop Fighting While France and England Decide To Back Hamas

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                

    File photo - New photo of Jordan Royal Family, from L : Prince Hashem (12), Princess Iman (20), King Abdullah II, Queen Rania, Princess Salma (16) and Crown Prince Hussein (22), posing at Royal Palace, in Aman, Jordan

Looks to me like the Arabs have more sense than Europeans. 

• Arab and Muslim countries: For the first time, countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey joined a declaration condemning the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks and demanding the group disarm and end its rule in Gaza, according to The Times of Israel.
• If Israel decides, G-d forbid, to appease Hamas, the rest of the world will also be forced to do so in any other conditions they face for the world will know that all you have to do is act like Russia; enter someone's land and fight to the last man, but you are guaranteed to get your way.  Brute force wins.  

 They never have taken in Palestinians but urged them to live in refugee camps.  They have continued with this refugee status since 1948.  The UN has kept them as such by aiding and abetting them to prefer this position over leaving.  They also helped them during Oct 7, 2023 as well in their 3 year of plotting to attack Israel, confessed some questioned.  

                                                      

Israel has always had to be a defender of their tiny state which has gone from the promise of the Palestinian Homeland by the League of Nations and the UN, to quickly becoming 1/10th of that size.  Our soldiers are the Israel Defense Force, defending their people from other's never-ending attacks. 

I just heard England say they expect Israel to stop attacking Hamas in this war, and that is crazy.  It's Hamas who has refused to do so, and they of course started it on October 7, 2023.  Is England's short-term memory that bad?  They must be ready for assisted living. France's reputation of giving into power is well understood;  not surprised with them at all. They have no back-bone.  But England! 

 Remember, In an attempt to appease Nazi Germany, England, under Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, initially yielded to Adolf Hitler's demands, most notably by signing the Munich Agreement in 1938, allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. However, this policy of appeasement was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing World War II, and Winston Churchill, a strong critic of appeasement, eventually replaced Chamberlain as Prime Minister. Churchill then led Britain through the war, advocating for a more confrontational stance against the Axis powers.  Churchill is no doubt turning over in his grave  with England's appeasing Hamas, when even the Arab countries see that doing so would be wrong.  

Numerous Palestinian refugees live in Arab countries, with UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) reporting 5.9 million registered Palestine refugees eligible for their services in its areas of operation: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. However, their legal status and treatment can vary significantly between countries. 

 What we can take from this is that England would have rather followed  Chamberlain, which France did, and not lose so many of its population.  Go Appeasers!    In England, during World War II, approximately 450,700 people died, including both military and civilian deaths according to The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. This figure includes about 383,600 military deaths and 67,100 civilian deaths, according to UK Parliament. Many civilian deaths were a result of German bombing raids during the Blitz. 

"Black September" refers to a military conflict in 1970 between Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It is also the name of a Palestinian militant organization that emerged from the conflict. The conflict resulted in the expulsion of the PLO from Jordan and its subsequent relocation to Lebanon. 

King Abdullah II of Jordan is married to Queen Rania, who is of Palestinian descent. Her family is originally from Tulkarm and Nablus in Palestine, but she was born and raised in Kuwait. They married in 1993.  Until this happened, Jordan was defending itself.  Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by chairman Yasser Arafat.

Some Arab countries, notably Jordan, have granted citizenship to a large number of Palestinian refugees. But in others, particularly Lebanon, Human Rights Watch reports that governments have actively resisted the permanent settlement and naturalization of Palestinians, citing concerns about altering the demographic balance or national identity. 

These governments often express support for the Palestinian "right of return" to their original homeland, but their policies can be interpreted by some as aiming to prevent permanent integration in the host countries. Palestinians in these countries often face significant obstacles in obtaining citizenship, residency rights, property ownership, and access to the formal job market and social services, leading to precarious living conditions and limited opportunities. 

Additionally, some Arab states have had complex and sometimes volatile relationships with Palestinian political movements, leading to periods of conflict and contributing to restrictions on Palestinian refugees. 

Palestinian Activist, Samer Sinijlawi and His Philosophy For Peace

 Nadene Goldfoot                                              

     Samer Sinijlawi, Palestinian Activist on JNS The Quad, wants both sides to see the  conflict through each other's eyes.  

JNS's "The Quad" featured an interview with Samer Sinijlawi, a Palestinian activist, on July 28, 2025. This interview focused on topics such as the frustrations with current leadership within the Palestinian Authority, the need for new leadership, the younger generation's push for change, efforts to bridge gaps between Palestinians and Israelis, leadership reform, and opposition to violence.  

Samer shares his personal journey—from growing up in Jerusalem to becoming a key figure in the dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis. He discusses frustrations with current leadership, including Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas, and the need for a new, accountable leadership that prioritizes peace, prosperity and real change. He reveals how Palestinians, particularly the younger generation, are pushing for a shift away from the divisive and ineffective politics of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.

Throughout this thought-provoking conversation, Samer explains his efforts to bridge gaps with Israelis, his call for leadership reform and his bold stance against violence, even while confronting the harsh realities of ongoing conflict. He emphasizes the importance of understanding each side’s fears and needs, advocating for mutual respect and a focus on constructive solutions.

Samer’s message is one of hope, calling for the Palestinians to take responsibility and make the internal changes necessary to secure a peaceful future. (Since 1967 and the meeting in Khartoum, Africa with the NO PEACE;  NO RECOGNITION;   NO WAY, )Palestinians need to do the opposite and throw out that sworn statement of the Arab members. 

I watched the interview and was very impressed with Samer, but as I thought about his message, thought the Palestinians have had this chance almost for eons, and they threw it away each time.  From Arafat to Abbas, they've had the idea of taking over all of Israel without any Jews in it.  He seems to have the right ideas and I only wish the other Palestinians could think like he does.  If they did, they never would have gone along with Arafat in the first place, and then Hamas, the outgrowth of Fatah which Abbas has been directing since taking over for the past 70 years.  The worst thing has happened to our slim possibility of a friendship to become a neighbor;  October 7th, 2023.  Nothing could have been worse.  It was in the plans for years, our people have found out.  Arabs who had known these Israelis, been in their homes working, then doing the savage killing spree that they executed;  planned, looked foward to......   and heaven help us...the Europeans who want , still want a Palestine bordering Israel;  taking away our original homeland of Judea and Samaria and giving it to the savages for a reward for their killing.  Even the previous jury gave land in 3 sections;  one for Araba, one for both and one for the Jews.  

Do you know the difference between the Arabs and the Jews?  Israel has about 20% of their population  as Arabs;  but in the Palestine there is to be not one Jew;  it's to be like Saudi Arabia.     Another thing to notice;  Arab neighbors are huge plots of land with their huge name pasted across their great span of land.  And Israel is so tiny you can't begin to get its name on the speck, It sits in the Mediterranean Sea on maps.  Interesting. So now you want to again take away land originally promised as the Jewish Homeland and it is a reward for criminal behavior.    If anyone was chosen for it's higher morality than others, it would not be the Europeans all for a Palestine touching Israel's border.  

                                Hajj Amin al-Husayni-Grand Mufti of                                           Jerusalem, but not really the Sherif-denoting relgious power.  

During World War II, the Nazi regime financed and facilitated anti-British and antisemitic broadcasts by the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husayni, an Arab nationalist and prominent Muslim religious leader, to mobilize support for Germany and the Axis among Muslims in the Balkans and the Middle East. At the close of the war, al-Husayni was arrested in the French occupation zone of Germany. After authorities moved him to France, al-Husayni fled to Egypt, where he continued to produce and disseminate inflammatory anti-Zionist, anti-Jewish, and anti-Israel propaganda. He died in 1974. (Source record ID: E39 Nr.1033/17)

The conflict started with the Sherif of Jerusalem who was given this power and title by a Herbert Samuel in the British government.  He certainly didn't know their mind at the time.  Herbert Samuel was appointed the first High Commissioner for Palestine (which included Jerusalem) by the British government during the British Mandate. He served in this position from 1920 to 1925. 

In 1921, Herbert Samuel, the British High Commissioner of Palestine, appointed Amin al-Husseini as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, not a sheriff. Samuel's decision to appoint al-Husseini as Grand Mufti, and his role in creating the Supreme Muslim Council which al-Husseini would lead, aimed to engage with Palestinian leadership and manage the complex political landscape during the British Mandate.   Hajj Mohammed Amin El-Husseini (1893-1974  led the Arabs in gross attacks against the Jewish population. For this, he was sentenced to exile in 1937.  He fled to Lebanon, and during WWII, participated in Rashid Ali's pro-Axis coup in Iraq before going to Europe where he helped Hitler and was responsible for the liquidation of the Jews in the Moslem areasof Bosnia before going to Egypt in 1946.  

The Founder of Jordan-ancestor of King of Jordan  Mandatory Palestine verbal agreement: 1924–1948-the religious one, Hussein bin Ali.  who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, King of the Hejaz, even if he refused this title, from 1916 to 1924.

The legacy traces back a 1924 verbal agreement when the Supreme Muslim Council, the highest Muslim body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Mandatory Palestine, accepted Hussein bin Ali (Hashemite Sharif of Mecca) as custodian of Al-Aqsa. The Hashemites are descendants of Muhammad, who ruled over the Islamic holy city of Mecca for 700 years until they were ousted by the House of Saud in 1924. The custodianship became a Hashemite legacy administered by consecutive Jordanian kings. Sharif Hussein was buried in 1931 near the Al-Aqsa mosque where his funeral also took place.^[

Samer Sinijlawi: Usually the [official political] opposition is a minority. When you are part of an opposition camp, it means that you are in the minority. In our case, the opposition is a majority. Ninety percent of the Palestinians are requesting that President Abbas leave political life, even better that he leave the country. If 90 percent are requesting this, they are in the opposition. This is the 90 percent who are requesting change.President Abbas has been dealing with six different American presidents, nine different Israeli prime ministers, and he couldn’t achieve anything with any of them. It means his strategy is broken. And it’s not only broken in terms of creating good dynamics in Israeli-Palestinian relations. It’s broken internally. He couldn’t improve the economy of the Palestinians. He couldn’t improve human rights. We have serious issues of freedom of speech. One Palestinian in 2021 was killed, Nizar Banat, because he dared to criticize Abbas. And he was killed while under arrest by the Palestinian security on the way to interrogation; he was hit on the head by iron bars and was killed. So we have serious issues. 

To me, the younger people he used as examples haven't changed enough.  They were all for the destruction of Jews, but the only feature showing change was that they didn't want to be the violent ones.  Let someone else do it, they  commented to Samer.  That's not enough.  I just hope he develops a following of many young Palestinians and he himself keeps to his present philosophy and doesn't give up.  He has a good heart.  He's got the respect of good Israelis.  

Resource:

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-the-mufti-of-jerusalem#:~:text=Muhammad%20Amin%20al%2DHusayni%20(189,this%20pan%2DArab%2C%20Muslim%20entity

https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-activist-wants-both-sides-to-see-the-conflict-through-each-others-eyes/

https://jstribune.com/interview-with-shadow-fatah-leader-samer-sinijlawi/