Mashaal celebrates global anti-Israel incitement, rejecting peace while calling for total eradication of Israel.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal resurfaced with a militant, defiant message, once again calling for the annihilation of Israel while dismissing every US- and UN-backed diplomatic effort to disarm Hamas and demilitarize Gaza. Speaking via video to an extremist conference in Istanbul, Mashaal doubled down on Hamas’s genocidal ideology and proudly reinforced the group’s role as Iran’s frontline proxy against Israel and the West.
In his remarks, Mashaal invoked Islamist rhetoric, urging the global Muslim world to “liberate Jerusalem,” “cleanse Al-Aqsa,” and reclaim all holy sites—an unmistakable call for violent conquest and the removal of Jewish sovereignty. He claimed that the surge of anti-Israel agitation worldwide since Hamas’s October 7th 2023 massacre represented a strategic opening to “remove Israel from our homeland and erase it from the international stage.”
Mashaal also attacked President Donald Trump’s ceasefire and post-war plan, which requires Hamas to lay down its Iranian-supplied weapons. He sneered at the proposal, boasting, “A thousand statements are not worth a single projectile,” and declaring that Hamas’s arsenal constitutes the “honor and pride” of the Islamic nation. His comments amounted to a blunt admission that Hamas values weaponry and bloodshed over Palestinian civilian lives.
The terror chief further rejected every core component of the US- and UN-endorsed stabilization framework, including the International Stabilization Force and the Board of Peace tasked with temporarily governing Gaza. Mashaal vowed that Hamas would resist any foreign oversight, any transitional authority, or any effort to rebuild Gaza without the terror group’s control. He glorified Gaza’s devastation as a symbol of Hamas’s supposed endurance and encouraged continued violence across Judea and Samaria.
Mashaal then laid out Hamas’s long-term mission: halting Jewish presence in biblical heartlands, releasing convicted terrorists, uniting Arab states against Israel, targeting Israeli officials worldwide, and spreading anti-Israel propaganda through universities, media outlets, and political discourse. Israel’s Foreign Ministry responded sharply, saying Mashaal’s remarks “make a mockery of President Trump’s peace plan” and expose Hamas as fundamentally opposed to peace, stability, or coexistence in any form.
