MK Hujeirat claims Hamas is partly a charity, sparking sharp Likud criticism

MK Yasser Hujeirat of the Ra'am party stated in an interview with the I24 channel that Hamas is partly a "charitable organization." During the interview, Hujeirat was explicitly asked whether he defines Hamas as a terrorist organization, but he avoided giving a direct answer. Instead, the MK claimed that it is an organization where "part of it engages in charity" and the other part seeks the right to exist and recognition as a state, while also adding a controversial statement comparing the sides when wondering what the difference is once people are killed.

A sharp response to Hujeirat's remarks quickly came from the Likud party, which attacked the harsh statements and warned against their political consequences. "A member of the Ra'am party, the partner of Gadi Eisenkot, Avigdor Lieberman, and Naftali Bennett, says that Hamas is a charitable organization that wants to gain existence and recognition as a state," Likud stated. The party emphasized that the upcoming elections are fateful and constitute a decision "between the right and Palestine," warning that these figures would form a government with the Arab parties that define the murderous terrorist organization as a charity.

These statements come against the backdrop of marking three years since the murderous massacre committed by the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza envelope communities. In a C14 check conducted on the public accounts of Ra'am, the Joint List, and senior officials on their behalf, no words of remembrance for the murdered or expression of solidarity with the families of the victims were found as of the publication date. Similarly, MK Yoav Segalovitch, who joined Ra'am, did not publish any reference to Memorial Day. On the other hand, the Joint List chose to focus on events in the Gaza Strip and called to stop what they termed "genocide."