Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Situation in Gaza - Middle East Peace Process: Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors

3:35 pm

H. E. Mr. Ahmad Abdelrazek:

About ISIS, to blur the situation and to escape the negotiations, now the Israeli Prime Minister is combining Hamas with ISIS. That is not true. Even the Americans said it is not true. Why? Hamas is fighting on the Palestinian land. We agree and we do not agree on other things. Regarding the role of Hamas, a member of the legislative council on the list of Hamas is a Christian, so it does not discriminate against Christians. It does not discriminate against people who are not Hamas people or are from other religions.

It is not the same. It is wrong to fall for this misunderstanding, combine Hamas and ISIS and say one is defending the free world against the jihadists and the extremists. One cannot defend the free world when one is occupying another country. To defend the free world, one must follow the values of the free world.

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