The 1988 charter gets brought up a lot. Hamas replaced it in 2017 - the updated version accepts a Palestinian state on 1967 borders and separates Judaism from Zionism.
Quoting a 37 year old document they themselves ditched is like quoting Likud's original charter rejecting any Palestinian state. Except Likud never changed theirs, and their guys are in government right now pushing annexation. Lol.
Your historical sources aren't great either. One is a 7th century church leader watching his empire fall and demonising the enemy. The other is an 18th century British imperialist calling Arabs savages, the same way the British talked about basically every non white civilisation they wanted to colonise. Neither are valid perspectives of history then or now.
What you're really arguing is that Islam is inherently violent, so Muslims don't belong in Palestine. But every major religion and empire expanded through conquest during this period, Christianity colonised the Americas, Africa, Australia, the Pacific.
Singling out Islam as uniquely barbaric while defending a state that's currently flattening Gaza is a bit rich.
Your ALL CAPS notes give it away too. You're treating any criticism of Zionism as antisemitism. That's a nice trick to try and shut down the conversation.
My guess is you have a Christian-Zionism bent, and need the Jews in the holy land to complete your own fanatical fantasy!
And you've dodged every point I've made, the ICJ ruling, the PLO recognising Israel in 1993, Netanyahu funding Hamas, Israel calculating caloric intake for Gaza's population. You skipped all of that and defaulted to demonising Islam.
You're horrified by religious language in a charter Hamas already replaced but unbothered by Israeli ministers using biblical claims to justify ethnic cleansing now.
In October, 2023, Netanyahu declared the invasion of Gaza a "holy mission" and "remember what Amalek has done to you."
For context, in the Jewish Torah and the Old Testament God commands the total extermination of Amalek (men, women and children).
Also, Education Minister Yoav Kisch said Palestinians "are animals, they have no right to exist. They need to be exterminated."
In August 2024, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called it "justified and moral" to starve 2 million people.
In March 2025, Environment Minister Idit Silman said: "The only solution for the Gaza Strip is to empty it of Gazans. God has sent us the U.S. administration, and it is clearly telling us, it's time to inherit the land."
These aren't fringe figures. They're sitting cabinet ministers. There's a treasure trove of genocidal quotes from sitting members of the Israeli Govt. So really, you're not against religious extremism. You're just picky about which one.
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