Ghazi Hamad (R), member of Hamas Political Office, delivers remarks on the Israel-Hamas war, next to Ahmed Abd al-Hadi (L), Hamas<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“Without our weapons, no one would be looking in our direction,” Ghazi Hamad stated during the interview with Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas<\/a> official, boasted about the role that the terror group’s October 7 massacre played in bringing the issue of Palestinian statehood back to the international agenda, in an interview broadcast by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera this weekend.<\/p>\n He also criticized the Palestinian Authority and the international community, and claimed that interest in Palestinian statehood and the “fate of Palestinians” was only achieved through the terror group’s “resistance and the blow we dealt to Israel.”<\/p>\n “Without our weapons, no one would be looking in our direction,” Hamad stated during the interview.<\/p>\n He continued with his criticism of PA President Mahmoud Abbas<\/a>, stating that “For more than a decade, no one spoke with Abbas about a two-state solution or the establishment of a Palestinian state. All that was offered to the PA was humanitarian aid.”<\/p>\n “We [Hamas] are the ones who brought the issue back to the forefront, and that is why all the countries are starting to recognize a Palestinian state,” he claimed.<\/p>\n