Hamas Responds to Trump’s Election Win, Urges Him to Act to End Gaza Conflict

Hamas, a designated terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, and other nations, has issued a statement responding to former President Donald Trump’s potential 2024 election victory.

The group called on Trump’s incoming administration to “work seriously to stop the war” in the Middle East, in reaction to reports that Trump had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude the ongoing conflict by the time he is inaugurated on January 20, 2025.

‘In light of the initial results showing Donald Trump winning in the US presidential election,’ Hamas believes he is ‘required to listen to the voices that have been raised by the US public for more than a year regarding the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip,’ it said.

The group also stated that the incoming administration must “take serious action to end the genocide and aggression against our Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, cease hostilities against the Lebanese people, stop providing military support and political cover to the Zionist entity, and recognize the legitimate rights of our people.”

It further emphasized that the “new US administration must understand that our Palestinian people will continue to resist the oppressive Zionist occupation and will not accept any path that undermines their legitimate rights to freedom, independence, self-determination, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”

This statement echoed previous comments made by Hamas Political Bureau spokesman Basem Naim.

‘The election of Trump as the 47th president of the USA is a private matter for the Americans,’ he told Newsweek.

‘But Palestinians look forward to an immediate cessation of the aggression against our people, especially in Gaza, and look for assistance in achieving their legitimate rights of freedom, independence and the establishment of their independent self-sovereign state with Jerusalem at its capital.

‘The blind support for the Zionist entity “Israel” and its fascist government, at the expense of the future of our people and the security and stability of the region, must stop immediately.’