Posted on 08/18/2024 5:56:09 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Hamas politburo member Osama Hamdan abruptly ended a CNN interview Saturday after correspondent Jim Sciutto asked him if the terror group accepts responsibility for the deaths of Palestinian civilians due to its use of civilian infrastructure in the war sparked by its October 7 onslaught.
Before Hamdan shut down the conversation, Sciutto tried, unsuccessfully, to get the Doha-based representative to respond to quotes from Palestinians in Gaza blaming Hamas for the destruction there.
Hamdan accused Sciutto, who was reporting from Tel Aviv, of toeing Israel’s line on the war.
“Does Hamas today regret the October 7 terror attacks?” Sciutto asked.
“Well, it seems to me you are giving the Israelis the right to kill Palestinians when you ask if we feel regret for what Israel has done,” said Hamdan. “You have to understand that Israel has been killing the Palestinians for the last 76 years.”
When Sciutto said he had been covering the region for two decades, Hamdan charged that the American journalist had seen the conflict only through “Israeli eyes.”
“You didn’t see the Israelis killing thousands of Palestinians in those 20 years,” he said, claiming Sciutto was ignorant of the thousands of Palestinians killed in the 2008 and 2014 wars in Gaza.
“Actually, I was here in 2014, and in 2008,” Sciutto replied, noting that CNN had covered Palestinian civilian deaths “quite closely.”
“What you’re saying is factually not true. I was here for both of those conflicts. My question is does Hamas accept any responsibility for the deaths of its own people in Gaza?” Sciutto said.
“You can’t ask and answer by yourself. Either you let me answer, or you can finish that talking point yourself,” said Hamdan.
During the interview, Hamdan also blamed Israel for the failure of the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Hamas fiercely opposed the peace process in the 1990s, launching a wave of deadly terror attacks during the period of Israel’s negotiations with the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Hamdan also accused Israel of seeking to expel all Palestinians and pointed to the hundreds killed since October 7 in the West Bank — where, he falsely asserted, Hamas has no presence.
The terror group regularly takes responsibility for attacks against Israelis in the West Bank. Hamas flags also frequently appear in rallies in the territory.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 630 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel to kill nearly 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in Gaza.
The IDF says the vast majority of Palestinians killed in the West Bank during the war were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.
In Gaza, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed throughout the war, according to the Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry.
The toll, which cannot be independently verified, does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 17,000 combatants in battle as of August, and another 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.
“Hamdan also accused Israel of seeking to expel all Palestinians”
I can not ..for the life of me.. imagine why Israel would want to do that?
Why would Israel seek to expel all “Palestinians”? Maybe I can answer that question. It would be because of the “palestinians” refusal to live peaceably with their neighbors.
Just the opinion of a casual observer over many years.
If you dent let me say what I came here to say I am leaving. Sort of describes how 95% of the guests treat CNN. Be my megaphone, or go F yourself.
I am always amazed civilization has made it this far.
Builders/doers vs. destroyers/do nothings
During demonstrations for ‘peace’ and against ‘racism’ in the UK, there are always Palestinian flag wavers... Since when has that squatter flag ever represented anything else other than murder and bloodshed.
Palestinian’s have chosen representatives like HAMAS, the PLO and Hezbollah... And they have been terrorizing, murdering and raping Jews and calling for War and Jihad for several generations against Israel.
Raising that squatter flag as a symbol of peace, is the ultimate in hypocrisy... And sadly...It’s typically gay woman who do so. A group who be slaughtered on the streets of Gaza and the West Bank.
Osama Hamdan is a Muslim. Ipso facto, he is a liar.
Osama Hamdan is a Muslim. Ipso facto, he is a liar.
It really surprises me that a CNN reporter would ask such a question. Obviously, Hamas didn't expect it either. Did the CNN reporter still have a job when the sun rose?
He was lucky to leave alive.
The ones in the West Bank should be deported to Jordan. They were recognized as Jordanians until Jordan revoked citizenship in 1988.
The Arab countries should take in the Gazans just as Israel took in Jews fleeing from hostile Arabs countries in the late 1940s.
This on CNN? Sciutto better be looking for another job.
he thinks he is kamala harris
They're not "Palestinians"...they're riff-raff exiled from Jordan and Egypt.
Israel should drive them back into their "homelands" where they can certainly expect concentration camps, or prosecution and execution.
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