Hamas told us what they intended in mid-March. It's clearly stated in the Hamas charter

HAMAS CHAIRMAN: WE LIVE FOR DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL

Khaled Mashaal, the chairman of Hamas (the internationally-recognized terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip) was in Qatar over the weekend to express sympathy for his fellow jihadists (martyrs) who were killed while conducting terrorist attacksagainst Israel and to reiterate Hamas' goal to eradicate Israel's Jews.

The chairman reaffirmed and stressed that Hamas' founding principles have not changed one iota. The group will continue to dedicate its efforts to taking back the “Holy Land,” from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

Not only should we praise the martyrs, Mashaal articulated, but Palestinians should also promote the value of dying in the name of Allah. Mashaal continued to encourage Palestinian fathers to say, “This son of mine is a sacrifice for Palestine.” Mashaal stated that when Palestinians decide to join the Al-Qassam brigades (a militant wing of Hamas), “We are very happy.” If Palestinians decide to carry out a terrorist attack, “We are overjoyed.” Commencing his speech, the terror leader asked his fellow compatriots to achieve “the pinnacle of our aspirations” through “jihad in the path of Allah.” Lastly, Mashaal threatened Israel with more violence, explaining that it was the only plausible way for Palestinians to achieve statehood.

The charter of Hamas bluntly and overtly calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and a restoration of a Judenrein state of Palestine in its place, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Not a single word in the Hamas charter has been amended since its creation in 1988.

Last week, Hamas continued its terror campaign against Israel, firing 60 rockets into Israeli territory. While the attacks did keep millions of innocent Israeli civilians on high alert, leaving thousands to run for their nearest bomb shelter with only 15 seconds' notice, no serious casualties occurred. Three of the rockets were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense battery, a system built successfully through the joint collaborative efforts of America and Israel's defense industries.

While Hamas remains fully committed to ensuring Israel’s destruction, the Obama administration remains fully committed to the two-state solution, which calls for “two states for two peoples.” Recently, the Obama administration reneged support for Israel’s insistence that a peace plan must specify that the Palestinian state recognizes the state of Israel as a Jewish state.

Two important questions remain if the two-state mold remains to be sought. First, will the final status negotiations resulting in the creation of a Palestinian state end up expanding the influence of the radical Islamists in Gaza? Second, will that internationally-recognized Palestinian state continue to promote Hamas Chairman Mashaal’s advocacy of suicide terrorism as the highest human order?

Here is Article 7 of the Hamas Charter:

The Universality of the Islamic Resistance Movement:

Article Seven:

As a result of the fact that those Moslems who adhere to the ways of the Islamic Resistance Movement spread all over the world, rally support for it and its stands, strive towards enhancing its struggle, the Movement is a universal one. It is well-equipped for that because of the clarity of its ideology, the nobility of its aim and the loftiness of its objectives.

On this basis, the Movement should be viewed and evaluated, and its role be recognised. He who denies its right, evades supporting it and turns a blind eye to facts, whether intentionally or unintentionally, would awaken to see that events have overtaken him and with no logic to justify his attitude. One should certainly learn from past examples.

The injustice of next-of-kin is harder to bear than the smite of the Indian sword.

"We have also sent down unto thee the book of the Koran with truth, confirming that scripture which was revealed before it; and preserving the same safe from corruption. Judge therefore between them according to that which Allah hath revealed; and follow not their desires, by swerving from the truth which hath come unto thee. Unto every of you have we given a law, and an open path; and if Allah had pleased, he had surely made you one people; but he hath thought it fit to give you different laws, that he might try you in that which he hath given you respectively. Therefore strive to excel each other in good works; unto Allah shall ye all return, and then will he declare unto you that concerning which ye have disagreed." (The Table, verse 48).

The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the links in the chain of the struggle against the Zionist invaders. It goes back to 1939, to the emergence of the martyr Izz al-Din al Kissam and his brethren the fighters, members of Moslem Brotherhood. It goes on to reach out and become one with another chain that includes the struggle of the Palestinians and Moslem Brotherhood in the 1948 war and the Jihad operations of the Moslem Brotherhood in 1968 and after.

Moreover, if the links have been distant from each other and if obstacles, placed by those who are the lackeys of Zionism in the way of the fighters obstructed the continuation of the struggle, the Islamic Resistance Movement aspires to the realisation of Allah's promise, no matter how long that should take. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him salvation, has said:

"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (evidently a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Moslem).

The Slogan of the Islamic Resistance Movement: