A newspaper linked to the militant Palestinian organization Hamas has said that the extermination of Jews was God’s will. Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports that an article in the ‘Al-Risalah’ newspaper states: "The extermination of Jews is Allah’s will and is for the benefit of all humanity”. PMW explains that the author of the article, Kan’an Ubayd has claimed that suicide operations carried out by Hamas are being committed solely to fulfill Allah’s wishes because “the extermination of the Jews is good for the inhabitants of the worlds.” PMW points out that Hamas’ justification for the extermination of the Jews echoes Hitler’s words in ‘Mein Kampf’: "Thus I believe today that I am acting according to the will of the Almighty Creator: when I defend myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.”
Another Hamas statement cited by PMW calls Judaism "a faith that is based on murder,” and in a televised speech, Ahmad Bahar, president of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council, called for the killing of Americans as well as Jews. Bahar said his people were "afflicted by the cancerous lump, that is the Jews, in the heart of the Arab nation,” according to a transcript by PMW. Bahar adds that: “Be certain that America is on its way to disappear. America is wallowing [in blood] today in Iraq and Afghanistan. America is defeated and Israel is defeated… Allah, take hold of the Jews and their allies. Allah, take hold of the Americans and their allies . . . Allah, count them and kill them to the last one and don’t leave even one.”
