Islamic law stipulates that “if Muslims are weak, a truce may be made for ten years if necessary, for the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) made a truce with the Quraysh for that long, as is related by Abu Dawud” (‘Umdat as-Salik, o9.16).
Note that this can only be done if “Muslims are weak.” The same legal manual also quotes this verse of the Qur’an: “So do not be fainthearted and call for peace, when it is you who are the uppermost” (47:35). So Hamas would not want a truce at all if it believed that it was in a position of strength. “Interests that justify making a truce are such things as Muslim weakness because of lack of numbers or materiel, or the hope of an enemy becoming Muslim…” (‘Umdat as-Salik, o9.16).
The bottom line: Hamas is feeling the heat and wants a truce in order to regroup and emerge in a stronger position. But Western analysts do not know or care about what Islamic law says, and so they will think this means that Hamas wants peace, and press Israel to go along — when what it really means is that its enemies are weak, and know they’re losing, and Israel should press forward to victory.
“Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Welcome Canada, Australia, New Zealand Support of a Ceasefire in Gaza; This Is the Right Step Towards Global Isolation of the Fascist Israeli Government,” MEMRI, December 18, 2023:
Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas political bureau issued an English-language statement which was uploaded to the Palestine Infor Center account on X (formerly Twitter) on December 18, 2023 in which he condemned American and British “blatant support,” for the Israeli military operation in Gaza. He welcomed the support of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand for a “sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza. Hamad said that Hamas considered this a step in the right direction towards global isolation of the “fascist” Israeli government and ending the occupation.
Mark says
This is Global Jihad now !! Europe is almost lost !!! This is not the development God meant when HE created the universe !!!!
Westman says
By the way, Ghazi Hamad, Hamas terrorist, your friend, Razi Mousavi, Iran’s replacement for Qassem Soleimani, was just permanently removed from military office by Israel in Damascus.
Israel should never stop hunting you and your evil pals…and they won’t. No deal, which includes Hamas, will be acceptable. Wherever you’re hiding it’s time to find a cosmetic surgeon or head to Argentina.
rick says
You convinced me Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad. Israel should make sure you and any others like you are removed from the earth first and then there will be a natural and organic ceasefire ( sort of) . You can shout your ideas from the bowels of Hell but I doubt anyone will be able to hear you. Anyway you are used to being in a hot climate.
tim gallagher says
Sick of the sight of this evil hamas piece of shit. I can’t wait to, some day, hear the news that the Israelis have managed to kill the evil oxygen thief. What a better world it would be without all the hamas scum of the earth knuckle draggers fouling it up.
GGP says
Hamassholes are indeed feeling the heat. I just pray that Israel does not relent. And it is not about civilians as these leftist woke liberal nutjobs keep trumpeting. Parents are responsible for their kids. If they choose to stay there with their kids, then indeed it is their funeral. No one is to be blamed.
Mind watch says
How ironical that if Hamas hadn’t started the conflict there would be no need for a call for ceasefire. It’s a wonder that sincere people can even muster the courtesy, stepping on their dignity as they do, to respond to such ridiculous people, swollen with self-worth and authority, and a self indulgent sense of entitlement, and self-righteousness – is it just coincidence that these qualities are the same as the ones their God is endowed with? It seems they have assumed the role of Allah, for where else can Allah be found, I wonder.
Hamas’ current ‘place’ in the world is based on nothing but nonsense and delusion. They are dangerous as their survival is dependent on killing, ‘circling’ anyone who does not share their mindset and intent. It is interesting that in the absence of any actual evidence of Allah, terrorists can think, say, and do anything they like, in the name of belief, which unfortunately cannot be dismantled by reason. Lack of evidence allows their minds to go to the heights of lunacy or the depths of depravity, and as self-ordained little Allahs, the receive the latter’s blessings for who and how they kill. Allah’s with them all the way!
Their minds and ill-conceived beliefs have all but destroyed any remaining sense of humanity or empathy for the sufferings of others. They are truly puppets of their own minds, damning the sanctity of their own lives, killing with one hand and digging their graves with the other.
I apologize for these overly melodramatic comments – I guess I’m just tired of treating these people as worthy of respect, when they really haven’t built any foundation in their lives to justify it. This is putting it mildly I guess. Ghazi Hamad appears as some kind of authoritative, forthright figure, worthy of respect. This I feel is a good example of how one’s beliefs can overshadow objective reality. For in truth, he is nothing more than a harbinger of death.
James Lincoln says
Mind watch says,
“I apologize for these overly melodramatic comments…”
I found your comments to be accurate – not melodramatic.
maria villa says
Excellent, very well stated !!
Gourdhead says
Be glad I have nothing to do with the U.S. position. I would encourage the IDF to kill anything that moves in Gaza.
maria villa says
FYI: In their Killing Koran, it states that they ‘CAN LIE’ if it is for ‘their’ benefit. How can anyone take these Lunatic terrorists serious…?
maria villa says
It also states in their Koran that they have a right to LIE if it benefits them. How can anyone take these Terrorists serious?