Israeli General: Hamas motivated by ‘hardline Islamist ideology,’ its main goal is to establish an ‘Islamist state’

Maj. Gen. Kamil Abu Rokon, the IDF’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories has stated the essence of the drive to destroy Israel in this interview.

Rokon is a member of the Druze community and was appointed Israel’s liaison to the Palestinians in 2018. His warning of truth about the Hamas goal of an Islamic caliphate in the region also applies to the entire Palestinian “resistance”: the Palestinian Authority, Fatah, PLO, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, etc. All aim to obliterate the Jewish state. Ditto for the surrounding Muslim Arab states, and this has been true ever since Israel became a state in 1948. Sometimes these groups may have conflicts with one another, but their goal is the same.

The two-state solution is a delusion. The chant of the Palestinian “resistance” is well known and encapsulates the goal to obliterate Israel: “From the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea, Palestine will be free.”

‘Hamas wants an Islamist state in the West Bank,’” by Yoav Limor, JNS News, March 15, 2021:

(March 15, 2021 / Israel Hayom) In November 2020, many months after cutting all ties with Israel, and with the declaration of Israeli sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria off the table, the Palestinian Authority agreed to renew security and defense cooperation with the Jewish state. The formal announcement came after lengthy behind-the-scenes contacts. The person behind those talks, which went on even when ties between Jerusalem and Ramallah were severed, was the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), IDF Maj. Gen. Kamil Abu Rokon.

In April, Abu Rokon is slated to finish a stormy three-year term as head of COGAT. For 42 years he has been following every twist and turn of the Palestinian system, and it’s doubtful that anyone else in Israel is as familiar with it as he is.

“I’ve been here since the attempt to transition to a civil administration following the Camp David accords, the attempt to find an alternative to the PLO through village organizations, and after that the First Intifada, the peace agreements, the Second Intifada, and everything after that,” he said.

“But the last few years have been more complicated and problematic than anything I remember from the past,” he added.
The COVID-19 pandemic has piggybacked on the pre-existing crises in Gaza. Currently, unemployment in the coastal enclave is 45 percent. Electricity is available an average of 12 hours a day (16 in some areas)—a dramatic improvement compared to the four hours it had in the past.

Abu Rokon was a key partner in the process that led to this development, as the person who put together an agreement that stipulated that $8 million of the Qatari aid money sent to Gaza each month would go directly to pay Israeli energy companies that supply the diesel fuel to run the P.A.’s power plant.

According to Abu Rokon, the aid money is divided into three parts…..

…..Q: Which of them would have been better for Israel?

A: Neither. They’re a terrorist organization, and that’s how they should be treated. It’s imprinted on their brains.

Q: Does Hamas want a long-term ceasefire deal with Israel?

A: I don’t think it’s an option. First, the problem of the missing and captives has to be solved, then they need to acknowledge existing agreements and say they reject terrorism. At the moment, they won’t accept these terms, so they’re a terrorist organization.

Q: It won’t happen?

A: In my opinion, no. They are motivated by hardline Islamist ideology. Their main goal right now is to take control of Judea and Samaria and establish an Islamist state there….