Bashir Assad Quotes

The rise of Hamas is a product of the failures of political will in the international community, of the absence of the peace process, of the increase in violence and ideology.

The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.

If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.

Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before.

Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.

Yasser Arafat is not preparing his people for reconciliation. He is preparing them for Jihad.

Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.

What's very interesting about the violence in Lebanon and the violence in Iraq and the violence in Gaza is this: These are all groups of terrorists who are trying to stop the advance of democracy. They're trying to thwart the will of millions who simply want a normal, hopeful life. That's what we're seeing.

The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.

Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.

Hamas was born to destroy. Hamas does not know how to build. I doubt they will be able to build a modern Palestinian state and hope their lies will be exposed to the Palestinian public.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jihadism have nothing to do with each other.

The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

Hamas, also elected to governmental leadership in Palestine, includes the jihadists, people who have declared war on the United States of America and its ally, Israel.

Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.

You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the first resort, not the last resort. They invented it, they perfected it, they benefited from it and they taught the world how to use it and that it would be successful.

In the Middle East, the opposition is quite different than the opposition in advanced countries. In our countries, the opposition takes the form of explosions, assassinations, killings.

Hamas is a murderous gang of terrorists.

The Middle East is a region where extremists go all the way and moderates just go away.

Isis Remains! ISIS Expands!.

The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'