In an interview, an Egyptian journalist asked the Hamas leader, among other things, whether the organization intends to apologize for its attack on Israeli civilians. The video of the interview has been enthusiastically shared on social media in recent days.
In social In recent days, the media has enthusiastically shared a video in which the editor of the al-Arabiya channel, which is popular in the Arab world Rasha Nabil grills the leader of the terrorist organization Hamas with tough questions and accusatory comments Khalid Mashalia.
In an interview last week Thursday, for example, Nabil asked if Hamas was going to apologize for its attack on Israeli civilians on October 7.
“Some people ask, how did you imagine Israel would react? How can you ask the West and the wider world to support the Palestinian cause when Hamas attacks on Israelis are in the headlines?” Nabil said.
The Egyptian Nabil said, according to a translation made by the Washington-based Memri research institute, that Hamas is now being compared to the Isis organization known for its brutal atrocities.
“Is treating civilians like this part of Hamas’ ideology?” he asked.
Nabil’s according to Hamas made its attack equivalent to a “declaration of war” without asking the residents of Gaza, who are now suffering the consequences of Israel’s counterattack, or other Palestinians.
“People say that Khalid Mashal sits in an air-conditioned room outside Gaza talking about war, jihad and bombings,” Nabil told Mashal, who lives in Qatar and heads Hamas’ exile wing, according to Reuters.
Mashal responded by saying that Hamas is waging a legitimate struggle for the liberation of Palestine. According to him, the October 7th attack had to be done in secret and without asking others because of the spying by the intelligence services of Israel and other countries.
Burnt vehicles in the area of the Supernova festival, where Hamas attacked on October 7, killing around 260 civilians.
The video the interview has been shared, for example, by a historian from Clemson University in the United States Arash Azizwho praised journalist Nabil.
“You have to remember how much personal courage it takes for a journalist to put these questions through,” Azizi said on the X message service (formerly Twitter).
Jerusalem correspondent for the Italian Corriere Della Sera Francesco Battistini said on Monday in his commentthat the interview has become a big topic of conversation in the Arab world’s social media: “A lot of praise and few insults.”
According to Battistin, Mashal’s previous interview before last Thursday had been conducted by a “heavily veiled” Iranian journalist, who had only asked sympathetic questions, which the Hamas leader is more used to answering.
Now Mašal instead received a “shameless Egyptian who had not even covered his head in front of him”, wrote Battistini.
Hamas Mashal invited the Israeli Prime Minister to compare with ISIS Benjamin Netanyahu a distortion, and according to him, the Western countries are unfortunately Netanyahu’s partners against the Palestinians fighting for freedom.
“The Russians sacrificed 30 million people in World War II to free themselves from Hitler’s attack. The Vietnamese sacrificed 3.5 million people before beating the Americans,” said Mašal and listed other wars in history.
Mashal claimed that Hamas only attacks military targets, but sometimes there are civilian casualties.
“There are civilian casualties in all wars, but we are not responsible for them,” he stated.
On October 7, civilians were killed in the attack, among other things, in their homes, cars and at a music festival.
Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza City on Monday.
Supplier Nabil also asked if Hamas is disappointed with how little support the organization has received from the Hezbollah organization operating in Lebanon.
Mashal said that he does not want to single out Hezbollah, but that Hamas would like help from many organizations and also from Arab countries. According to him, for example, Egyptians are “boiling with rage” against Israel, but the Egyptian administration should do more to support the Palestinians.
Reporter Nabil stated that the situation of the people in Lebanon is miserable and “the last thing they need is yet another war, from which comes yet another bill to pay”.
Nabil also asked what Hamas wants in return for the more than 200 hostages it has taken.
“God willing, we’ll use them to clear the prisons [Israelin ottamista vangeista]”, Mashal answered.
The financing of the al-Arabiya channel, which operates from Dubai, comes from Saudi Arabia.
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