Hamas rejects Trump's description of the group as a terror group

US president said the Muslim countries must take the lead in combating radicalisation


Reuters May 21, 2017
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum (C) is carried by Palestinians as they celebrate what they said was a victory over Israel following a ceasefire in Gaza City August 26, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS

GAZA CITY: The Islamist Palestinian group which controls the Gaza Strip on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's linking it to terrorism and said his description of the group showed his "complete bias" towards Israel.

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Trump addressed the leaders of 55 Muslim countries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and said they must take the lead in combating radicalisation.

"The statement describing Hamas as a terror group is rejected and is a distortion of our image and shows a complete bias to the Zionist occupation (Israel)," Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement.

COMMENTS (1)

Bunny Rabbit | 7 years ago | Reply I feel gaza is too small a strip to fight for generations like this . this way or that , what diff does it make . its minuscule . time to settle this once for all .
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