[zd123]

Have you got a citation that Hamas is on a religious mission to "kill all non-muslims".

From what I have read and understood, it's primary focus is to resist the Zionists which repeatedly encroach on Palestinian land.

Imo, making a comparison to ISIS is a tad bit lazy given the historical buildup to the problems in Israel. Just because a bunch of guys have big beards and shout in Arabic doesn't really make them equivalent in their aims.

[mustafa_pasi]

There are Catholic priests and nuns, and some 1100 Christians in total living in Gaza which as far as I know is controlled by Hamas.

[poisonarena]

how many jews?

[emacsen]

> Have you got a citation that Hamas is on a religious mission to "kill all non-muslims".

Read their own literature, read Wikipedia, read any source on Hamas. This isn't a hidden agenda, this is their stated goal.

> it's primary focus is to resist the Zionists which repeatedly encroach on Palestinian land.

I addressed the issue of "Palestinian" in the previous comments. There are extreme Zionists and there are people like me who support the idea of a safe place for Jews even if we don't support the previous Israeli government- the current one is too new to have an opinion on. And we're Zionists too. I want to see peace and equality for all the people.

> Imo, making a comparison to ISIS is a tad bit lazy given the historical buildup to the problems in Israel. Just because a bunch of guys have big beards and shout in Arabic doesn't really make them equivalent in their aims.

It would be lazy if I were doing that, but I wasn't.

I was explaining their ideology, explaining why it's different than the PLO. As for have big beards- Jews have big beards too, and some of the Jews with big beards in my family speak Arabic as their native language, so what's your point?

[dang]

Please stop adding to flamewars, and don't post like this to HN in the future, regardless of which side you're on or how right you are or feel you are.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html