The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translated remarks from a conference in Islamabad last week during which leaders of the Hamas terrorist group and Islamic scholars agreed Pakistan could end the Gaza war by threatening Israel with nuclear annihilation.
MEMRI noted that Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Mash’al are frequent virtual guests at “anti-Israel” events in Pakistan. One such event was held in Islamabad on December 6, featuring a telephone address from Haniyeh as the headline speaker, plus a Hamas official named Naji Zuhair in attendance. The theme of the conference was restoring the “sanctity of Jerusalem” – by getting rid of the Jews who currently live there.
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MEMRI translated several reports from Pakistani media that said the conference rejected the notion of a “two-state solution for Palestine” as “unacceptable.” Instead, the gathered Hamas leaders and Islamist clerics wanted a one-state solution achieved by ethnically cleansing the Israelis – or maybe a zero-state solution from nuking the whole country.
Hamas speakers at the conference called on Pakistan to throw its nuclear weight around to protect the “defensive jihad” waged by the Palestinian terrorist organization.
“If Pakistan Threatens Israel, Then the Gaza War Can Stop; Jews Are the Muslims’ Greatest Enemy in the World,” read one characteristic headline from Pakistani media.
“Pakistan is a strong country. If Pakistan threatens Israel, then the war can stop. We have lots of expectations from Pakistan. Pakistan can force Israel to retreat,” explained Haniyeh, who has a penchant for commanding other people to die for his causes while he lives large in Qatar on a billion-dollar pile of pilfered humanitarian aid money.
The conference produced a joint statement endorsing Hamas terrorists as holy warriors waging a “legitimate” struggle and calling on all Muslims to join their jihad. The joint statement endorsed “eliminating” Zionists to restore Palestine to its “original form.”
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a representative from an extreme Islamist political party in Pakistan, declared himself to be a “messenger” from Hamas to the “decision-makers of Pakistan.” He praised China and Russia for bringing superpower influence to bear against Israel.
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“Jerusalem is ours. We have to liberate Jerusalem. The champions of democracy are not respecting humanity in Palestine. International institutions should respect the rights of Palestinians. The Islamic world should offer financial aid to Palestine,” Rehman demanded.
“All of us saw in Afghanistan whether technology or jihad won,” said another attendee, Pakistani politician Ijaz ul-Haq.
“A two-state solution of Palestine is not acceptable under any conditions because a two-state solution means recognition of Israel. Israel cannot be accepted under any conditions,” insisted Pakistani religious scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani.
Usmani clucked his tongue at those demanding a “ceasefire” in Gaza because he thought only Israel should cease firing.
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“The demand for stopping the war should be to prevent Israel from bombing,” he said.
Usmani might only need to wait a few more days for the “international community” to impose the kind of “ceasefire” he has in mind. On Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israel of “using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip.”
“World leaders should be speaking out against this abhorrent war crime,” HRW said.
The Israeli government responded by denouncing HRW as an “anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli” group that sat “silent” while Hamas committed unspeakable atrocities on October 7. Israeli officials pointed out there are no restrictions on food and water entering Gaza, and blamed high civilian casualties on Hamas for using human shields.