Egyptian-American Political Analyst Magdi Khalil: Hamas Uses Gaza Civilians As Human Shields; Recent Fighting Was Intended To Help Iran In Nuclear Negotiations

 Jun 08, 2021

 

 

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Source: Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar)

Egyptian-American political analyst Magdi Khalil said that Hamas waged the recent round of fighting against Israel in order to help Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the U.S. He made these remarks in a show that aired on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar), on June 8, 2021. He said that for this reason, the round of fighting should have been called the "Battle of the Sword of Iran," and not the "Battle of the Sword of Jerusalem." Khalil also said that Hamas targets civilians in Israel and uses civilians in Gaza as human shields. He said that even Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar admitted that Hamas maintains military bases inside residential areas, such as high-rise buildings (see MEMRI TV clip no 8905). Khalil added that mothers in Gaza are not permitted to mourn their sons, for fear of Hamas, and they are forced to ululate in celebration at the death of their sons. He said that Iran has killed more people in one decade than all those killed in wars with Israel since 1948. For more information about Magdi Khalil, see MEMRI TV clips Nos. 8855, 8508, 8352, 8211, and 7943.

Magdi Khalil: "Hamas does not care about civilians at all. It kills civilians in Israel using every possible method, and it uses civilians in Gaza as human shields. Yahya Sinwar admitted that [Hamas] was transferring its military bases away from residential areas and high-rises. He admitted that all their military bases are located in high-rises. No one believes him that they are going to move them. In other words, they sacrifice the civilians in Gaza, and they target every Israeli civilian, as well as the airport. If Hamas would have hit a civilian airplane with civilian passengers on it, this would be a cause for celebration for Hamas. Despite all this, compare the number of casualties [in Israel] and [in Gaza].

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"We cannot call this war 'The Battle of the Sword of Jerusalem.' It did not change anything in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and it will not change anything in Jerusalem in the future. This was the 'Battle of the Sword of Iran,' not the 'The Battle of the Sword of Jerusalem.' This [war] was waged in order to help Iran in its negotiations with the U.S. over the nuclear agreement. [Hamas] thanked Iran and Bashar Al-Assad, and they thanked the Houthis in Yemen, and awarded them a shield [of honor]. Hamas is now working against the Arab region in its entirety. Hames holds cheap the people who died in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon. The number of people that Iran killed in the last decade is many times more than the number of people killed in all the Arab-Israeli wars since 1948.

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"The tyrants exploit Palestine and the Palestinian cause for the sole reason of increasing their tyranny and controlling the public. [Gamal Abdel Nasser said:] 'No voice is louder than the voice of battle,' whereas in Israel, they exchange the body of a single Israeli soldier for thousands of Palestinians or Lebanese... Just imagine how they value life on either side. Women in Gaza are not allowed to mourn for their sons. They ask her: 'Why would you cry when your son is going to Paradise?' They turn human feelings into something abnormal.

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"They are ululating. Their sons are dead, and they are ululating. They are torn inside, but they are ululating because of Hamas, because Hamas is threatening them, Hamas is feeding them, Hamas is giving them money, and it is Hamas that is receiving money, the same Hamas whose leaders are now among the richest people in the world. Soon they will appear in Forbes magazine. To sum it up, look at all the Arab countries that fought Israel from 1948 to this very day, and then look at Israel. Which one is stronger? Which one is thriving? Which one has stability? Which one is democratic? Compare [Israel] to any Arab country."

Saudi-Born Singer Shams Bandar: Why Do We Pin All Our Problems on the West?

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/5096.htm

 Transcript:
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/5096.htm

September 22, 2015	Clip No. 5096
Saudi-born singer Shams Bandar, also known as "Shams the Kuwaiti," recently declared that she was renouncing her Saudi and Kuwaiti nationalities for the sake of European citizenship. In a September 22 interview with the Egyptian Dream TV channel, she defended her decision, saying: "What can these wretched [refugees] do with their Arab citizenship?" "All the Arab countries have closed their borders to them." Shams further said: "Why do we pin all our problems on the West? For 1,400 years we have been slaughtering one another, just because one of us prays one way and another prays a different way." Following are excerpts: Host: Are you trying to sell the notion that foreign citizenship is the Paradise that will save you from the Hell of the Arab world? Shams Bandar: Do you want me to be a hypocrite or not? Host: I want the truth. Is it Paradise? Shams Bandar: Of course. At this time... Host: People will accuse you of treason, of collaboration, and the selling out of the Arab cause. Shams Bandar: I have been accused of that for a long time now. It's nothing new. Foreign citizenship... It's not that I'm happy with the way things are, but let's not deceive ourselves. Why tell ourselves lies? The Syrians are scattered in the world's oceans, dying by the millions on a daily basis... Iraqis are dying by the millions... All the Arab countries have closed their borders to them.What can these wretched people do with their Arab citizenship? How does a suffering Syrian benefit from his Arab citizenship, when his children and family have been killed and his life has been destroyed? His own Arab brethren do not let him in. What if he were a British citizen? Wouldn't the British embassy send a ship to get their citizens out? Why are we lying? Why aren't we telling the truth? I'm not forcing people to get foreign citizenship. Host: But it is these countries that caused the catastrophes of the [Arab] peoples. I wouldn't portray these countries as life savers. Shams Bandar: They are not life savers. But in Britain or America... Note that I am against the policies of their governments. I always say so. But show me where it says in their constitutions that you can chop people's hands off, stone people, execute them in the streets, or do all the things done by ISIS and the Islamist movements, which are harmful to Islam.Do you see in the American constitution and law any of the things perpetrated by our Muslims? Can we say that they do these things in the West too? Why would they, when their constitutions are all about the respect for humanity? Let's not get into what they do in secret, because I have no proof of that. Host: What about their barbaric, bloody, aggressive conduct... Shams Bandar: I see no evidence of that. All I see is laws, legislation, and constitution. Can anyone convince me that in America or Europe, they do what ISIS is doing to the Syrians, to the Yazidis, or to the Iraqis?Why do we pin all our problems on the West? For 1,400 years we have been slaughtering one another, just because one of us prays one way and another prays a different way.America wasn't around 1,400 years ago. It wasn't around even 300 years ago. We have been fighting and shedding blood for 1,400 years, and now we are blaming America and Britain?! [...]