Posted on 10/12/2023 4:03:15 AM PDT by tlozo
Senior Hamas Official Ali Baraka: We Have Been Secretly Planning The Invasion For Two Years; Russia Sympathizes With Us, Benefits From U.S. Embroilment In This War; Any Swap Deal Should Include Hamas Prisoners In Europe And The U.S.
Senior Hamas official Ali Baraka said in an October 8, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Today TV that Hamas had been secretly planning the invasion of southern Israel for two years, even as it was making it seem like it was busy governing the Gaza Strip. He explained that this is the reason Hamas did not join the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in its previous round of fighting against Israel. He said that Hamas notified its allies in other Palestinian factions, in Hizbullah, in Iran, in Turkey, and in Russia only after the invasion started, and he stated that any prisoner exchange deal should involve Hamas prisoners held in the United States. Later in the interview, Baraka said that Hamas has a license from Russia to locally produce bullets for Kalashnikovs, that Russia sympathizes with Hamas, and that it is pleased with the war because it is easing American pressure on it with regard to the war in Ukraine.
Ali Baraka: "The zero hour was kept completely secret. A limited number of Hamas leaders knew it. The number of people who knew about the attack and its timing could be counted on one hand.
"In the past couple of years, Hamas has adopted a 'rational' approach. It did not go into any war, and did not join the Islamic Jihad in its recent battle."
Interviewer: "But all this was part of Hamas's strategy in preparing for this attack."
Baraka: "Of course. We made them think that Hamas was busy with governing Gaza, and that it wanted to focus on the 2.5 million Palestinians [in Gaza], and has abandoned the resistance altogether.
"All the while, under the table, Hamas was preparing for this big attack.
"The rockets of the resistance cover all of Palestine. Where would [Netanyahu] take [the Israelis who were attacked]? To Tel Aviv? We bombed Tel Aviv on the very first day of the attack. Does he want to take them to the Galilee? The northern front – with Lebanon – has opened today. The Galilee is no longer safe for the Zionist enemy. We can bomb the Galilee from inside occupied Palestine.
"In order to keep the attack secret and successful, the different factions and our allies did not know the zero hour. But after half an hour, all the Palestinian resistance factions were contacted as were our allies in Hizbullah and Iran. The Turks were also notified, and a meeting was held with them three hours later, at 9 am. We updated anyone who contacted us. Even the Russians sent a message and enquired, and they were updated about the situation and about the goals of the war."
Interviewer: "There are also Palestinian prisoners outside of Israel, in European countries."
Baraka: "There are also prisoners in the U.S. We want them. Of course. There are Hamas members sentenced for life in the U.S. We want them too. Of course. We demand that the U.S. free our sons from prisons. The U.S. conducts prisoner swaps. Only recently, it did one with Iran. Why wouldn't it conduct a prisoner swap with us? After all, it is participating in this war. Biden, the highest authority in the U.S., declared that he stands with Israel against Hamas and the Palestinian people. Therefore, he is a partner to this aggression, he must pay the price.
"The Israelis are known to love life. We, on the other hand, sacrifice ourselves. We consider our dead to be martyrs. The thing any Palestinian desires the most is to be martyred for the sake of Allah, defending his land.
"We have been preparing for this for two years. We have local factories for everything. We have rockets with ranges of 250 kms, 160 kms, 80 kms, 45 kms, and 10 kms.
"We have factories for mortars and their shells. We have factories for manufacturing B-7 and B-10 guns and their shells. We have factories for manufacturing Kalashnikov rifles and their bullets. We have a Russian license to produce Kalashnikov bullets in Gaza.
"Our allies are those that support us with weapons and money. First and foremost it is Iran that is giving us money and weapons. There is also Hizbullah, and the Arab and Islamic people who are standing by us. There are countries that support us politically. Even Russia sympathizes with us. Even the Russians sent us messages yesterday morning. They sympathize with us. Russia is happy that America is getting embroiled in Palestine. It alleviates the pressure on the Russians in Ukraine. One war eases the pressure in another war. So we are not alone on the battlefield."
There is no such thing. Nothing patententable about AK ammo.
Ali Baraka must be found and killed
ASAP!
Is this guy who Barak Obama is named after???????
Hmmmm. Two years.
That is about when Biden took over the Oval Office.
Go figure!
[I am wondering when the CCP decides to take the opportunity of a weak president and move against Taiwan? Especially if Trump’s numbers continue to rise and Biden’s continue to fall.]
He’s dreaming of swap deals? Good luck with that.
Here’s an idea: give all the Hamas prisoners a few doses of covid vaccine and ship them back. Problem solved.
Is someone here suggesting that Hamas, a terrorist organization that does not respect human life, would respect intellectual property?
The neo-nazi regime in Ukraine and Hamas both are allied against Israel, so of course Zelensky would lie about Russia financing Hamas while he sells arms to Hamas
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I have a good friend who is still very connected to the military.
What you are claiming is LITERLALY Russian disinformation, being spread by Russian troll farms.
Thanks for playing.....but you aren’t very good at the game.
The gig is up...
Sorry Mr. Ukraine disinformation
Sorry Russian troll. Your shit ain’t floating anymore.
Color you toast troll....color you toast.
Buy.......
Because your pay for posting here is officially gone.
Good question JP, why ARE you trying to insert Ukraine into this? The article clearly states that Hamas says it has been planning this for two years. That would be about half a year before Russia’s surprise invasion of Ukrain the end of February, 2022. An additional question is why did a Hamas delegation of high officials go to Moscow two weeks before this attack for official meetings if Russia had NOTHING to do with any of this?
Because in #2, our Canadian interloper inserted the name Putin, so I simply continued with his lead into my #3. Now please go kiss your NATO warrior(s) g'son for good luck. It appears they will be off for another Forever War in the Middle East. I'll have you know no family member of mine will ever fight for America beyond our own shores.
PS: Don't ever PM me again.
What does “Hamas arming their people” really mean. Are their people other Hamas members or the Palestinian people? Current behavior does not look as if Hamas cares much about the Palestinian people. In fact it appears Biden’s restoring aid to the Palestinian people is one reason Hamas started making these plans 2 years ago. Hamas would not like the US gaining any favor for helping the Palestinians as it would reduce Hamas power for being the prime source of aid. One idea I read elsewhere even suggests that Netenyahu (sp?) may have not been totally unhappy that the more liberal types living in kibutzes or attending musical parties got hit hard. Those have been the folks who have been fighting his attempts to remold the judiciary to his linking. It was also suggested that since the military has been facing some criticism recently, they might not have responded as quickly as they could have. At any rate, Netenyaho now has full license to tear up Hamas, and not so much sympathy left for what happens to the Palestinian people in the process.
Anyway I’m going back to Ukraine where the duplicity and lies are easier to figure out, and where Russia is so clearly in the wrong.
NO, started planning after Biden restored aid to the Palestianian people, reducing the importance of Hamas aid to the Palestinian people and therefore their political influence and importance. Can’t allow that, no, no, no!
You’re assuming Russia cares about optics. It’s not in their DNA.
Russia rarely gets involved in humanitarian action. It never does anything neutral. It is annoyed at Russian Jews leaving Russia to live in Israel. It argues that the Jewish president of Ukraine is anti Semitic, it ignores open antisemitism on its flagship news channel on Russian TV.
I would never assume that Putin/Russia care about optics. I agree with your other observations.
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