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A few main principles of Hamas' ideology, as articulated in its Charter and in statements by its leaders and spokespersons, are the following:
--The conflict with Israel is a religious war between the Muslims and Jews that will continue until the End of Days.
--Jihad and martyrdom are the only way to liberate Palestine "from the river to the sea"
--All of Palestine, "from the Jordan river in the east to the Mediterranean in the west" is waqf land (i.e. a religious endowment sacred to Allah), so the religion forbids relinquishing even an inch of it. Peace negotiations and normalization with Israel are forbidden and anyone who engages in them is a traitor against Allah and His Prophet and is destined for Hell.
--Israel has no right to exist, and jihad against it must continue until it is eliminated and all of Palestine is liberated
--No Israelis are civilians. All Jews in Palestine, including children, are combatants and may be killed by every means: stabbed, beheaded or bombed, including in suicide operations.
--Tahdia (a temporary lull in fighting) with Israel is possible as a tactic, but the overall strategy is ongoing jihad
--Martyrdom is a supreme value and part of jihad. Martyrdom-seekers (i.e., suicide attackers) "love death as much as the enemy loves life" and are rewarded in Paradise.
--Antisemitism: Jihad is against the Jews, who are destined for annihilation.
--The Jews are "the descendants of apes and pigs"; they are subhuman or "microbes."
https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-charter-%E2%80%93-ideology-behind-massacre
In a new book, two New York Times writers describe an interview in which Trump had an aide bring out a two-page list of the most powerful leaders in history — Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, Hitler — and argued he’s more powerful than any of them. The most powerful man, he told them, ever to walk the face of the earth.
Why would he want any association with these genocidal tyrants?
"Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame."
I Corinthians 15:33-34
“I would say to my soul, O my soul, this is not the place of despair; this is not the time to despair in. As long as mine eyes can find a promise in the Bible, as long as there is a moment left me of breath or life in this world, so long will I wait or look for mercy, so long will I fight against unbelief and despair.”
-- John Bunyan
...to bomb Iran's energy network "back into the stone age," how will Iran respond?
Strategic jihad? Will they level central Washington with ten, explosive fifteen-passenger vans?
No, something far worse.
Iran announced today that it will strike the world’s most important energy facilities, located in Arab countries and Israel, all within range of Iran’s precision missiles, in response to any new US and Israeli strikes:
1. Ghawar Oil Field, Saudi Arabia, backbone of Saudi production, disruption puts 5%+ of world oil supply at risk
2. Abqaiq + Khurais, Saudi Arabia, 7M+ bpd throughput, world’s largest oil stabilization plant
3. Ruways Refinery + Zakum Oil Field, UAE, 2nd largest offshore oil field, 1M+ bpd
4. North Ghadir Gas Field + Ras Laffan LNG, Qatar, world’s largest gas field with 25% of proven reserves, 20% of global LNG trade
5. Burgan Oil Field, Kuwait, 67B barrel reserves, 2M bpd
6. Sitrah Refinery + Al-Mihaj, Bahrain
7. Leviathan + Tamar Gas Fields, Israel, ...
