Hamas Official Credits October 7 Attack for Palestinian Recognition

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AUG 4

Above: Palestinians carry bags of flour in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 1, 2025. Image copyright: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images

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The Spin

Pro-Palestine narrative

Hamas grotesquely misreads history — Western recognition flows not from their Oct. 7 butchery, but despite it. France and Britain are acting to save the two-state solution from extremists on both sides. Recognition strengthens secular Palestinian moderates while weakening Hamas's rejectionist grip. Terror didn't birth this moment; humanity's desperate search for peace did.

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Pro-Israel narrative

Hamas reads the moment with chilling clarity — Western recognition flows directly from Oct. 7's calculated brutality. Britain has abandoned its own doctrine of not negotiating with terrorists' — here they reward massacre with statehood, validating terrorism as a pathway to political goals. The hostages remain buried while extremists worldwide learn that sufficient carnage delivers diplomatic victory.

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