[ April 29, 2024 ]
“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.”
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.
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Source: Russia Today TV (Russia)Story continues below advertisementSenior 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.
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“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.”
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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.
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“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.
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“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.”
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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.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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.”
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12 Comments
6 months ago
Geller Report in this article:
“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…”
The editorial staff at Geller Report is reporting the whole truth in this article. and are brave enough to mention Russia when the rest of conservative media won’t. Thank you Geller.
6 months ago
Reply to
T D
And Geller is right. Russia does sympathize with Hamas.
2015 story Quotes:
“The Americans consider Hamas a terrorist organization. But we don’t agree, because they [represent] an integral part of Palestinian society,” Bogdanov (Russian Foreign Ministry) was cited as saying in the report.”
“Bogdanov (Russian Foreign Ministry) said Hezbollah and Hamas — the main Palestinian armed resistance group — had both been democratically elected and were “legitimate societal-political forces.”
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/11/16/russia-says-hezbollah-hamas-arent-terrorist-groups-a50783
Last edited 6 months ago by T D
6 months ago
Reply to
T D
I don’t doubt Russia sympathizes with Hamas.
But everything would have been different now if not for the toppling of Trump.
The Democrats have an insatiable thirst for war, conflagration, confusion, death and suffering and defense spending.
Trump is a master of the hard sell for “Win-Win” and American Prosperity.
6 months ago
Reply to
Chris Wolf
I agree that weakness invited Iran and their partners to accelerate their plans. Especially with the disastrous Afghan withdrawal strategy.
However, Russia started funding Hamas as early as 2004 or 2005. It fell under radar of conservative media I think, because Bush’s own neo-con war in Iraq distracted them.
6 months ago
Reply to
T D
More from this Geller Report article:
“Later in the interview, Baraka (a Hamas Official) said that Hamas has a license from RUSSIA to locally produce bullets for Kalashnikovs in Gaza,”
Last edited 6 months ago by T D
6 months ago
If you wanted to destroy America you could not do more than name Joe Biden vice president, on track for the presidency.
Joe Biden just has a knack for destruction.
D
6 months ago
Reply to
garry pollack
Israel is in a defensive war against Hamas.
Israel gave back Gaza about 20 years ago. Palestinians used it as a launch pad for terrorist attacks. Land for peace doesn’t work. I don’t believee it will work for Ukraine giving up land to Russia.
6 months ago
Reagan and Trump would never have paid Iran for 5 Hostages. Regan and Trump would both have threatened Iran for the release of the hostages.
6 months ago
Reply to
Snowedin
Agreed Snowedin.
Certainly no enrinchment plan under Reagan or Trump.
6 months ago
Did Joe tell a rambling story yet of how his son Beau died when the previous administration refused to pay ransom for Beau so the terr0rists killed him ??
