Hamas reacts to Trump’s election win and beg him to make good on major promise

Hamas has issued a statement reacting to former President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election and implored him to keep his promise to end the war in Gaza as it made a series of demands.

The terrorist group said Wednesday that Trump’s incoming administration must “work seriously to stop the war,” after reportedly asking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude the conflict by the time he is inaugurated as president on January 20 he is chosen, According to Fox News.

“In light of the initial results showing Donald Trump winning in the US presidential election,” Hamas believes it is “obligated to listen to the voices raised by the American public for more than a year regarding the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip,’ it said.

The group also said the incoming president’s administration must “work seriously to stop the war of genocide and aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, stop the aggression against the brotherly Lebanese people, stop military support and political cover to the Zionist entity and to recognize the legitimate rights of our people. ‘

The former president defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to secure the White House

It added that the “new US administration must realize that our Palestinian people will continue to resist the hateful Zionist occupation and will not accept any path that diminishes their legitimate rights to freedom, independence, self-determination and the establishment of their independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.’

The statement reiterated previous comments by Hamas Political Bureau spokesman Basem Naim.

“The election of Trump as the 47th president of the US is a private matter for the Americans,” he said told Newsweek.

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

Hamas demanded that the incoming Trump administration be serious about stopping the war, ‘after reportedly asking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude the conflict by the time he is inaugurated on January 20

Meanwhile, Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the West Jordan-based government that Hamas-based Gaza, congratulated Trump on his victory.

Abbas expressed “his commitment to working with President Trump for peace and security in the region” and emphasized “the commitment of our people to seek freedom, self-determination and statehood, in accordance with international law” Palestine News and Information Bureau.

“We will remain steadfast in our commitment to peace, and we are confident that under your leadership the United States will support the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people,” he said.

However, when Trump served his first time in office, he forged close ties with the Israeli prime minister and proposed measures that both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority vehemently opposed – such as the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who leads the West Bank rivals Gaza-based Hamas, also congratulated Trump on his victory

His plan to end the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict also drew ire from the groups.

It would have given Israel control over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and occupied areas along the Jordanian border, and disarmed Hamas and other Palestinian factions.

The proposal would also have required Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and refrain from participating in international organizations without Israel’s consent.

In return, Palestinians would receive some desert land along the Israel-Egypt border and access to international investment.

That proposal fell through, but later that year Trump successfully oversaw the Abraham Accords that led the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco to establish diplomatic ties with Israel.

In his next term, Trump is expected to continue supporting Israel, with some saying he will free the nation from oversight of its military operations in the occupied territories, Lebanon and in the Middle East.

He could also sanction Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities – breaking with the Biden administration.

When Trump first served in office, he forged close ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and proposed measures that were strongly opposed by both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority

Biden temporarily halted specific weapons donations to Israel earlier this year after concerns over alleged war crimes, and senior Israeli officials feared that another Democrat administration would have led to further US threats to limit supplies of weapons and ammunition.

Prime Minister Netanyahu even blamed Biden for denying Israel the “total victory” it has sought against Iranian-backed militia following the Hamas attacks on Israel in October 2023.

He has since described Trump’s victory as “a new beginning for America and a powerful rebuilding of the great alliance between Israel and America.”

Netanyahu is also believed to have spoken to Trump since his victory in a conversation that Israeli officials described as a “warm and cordial exchange” in which the two “agreed to work together for Israel’s security and also discussed the Iranian threat,” according to Newsweek.

An unidentified Israeli official has also said that “maintaining and building on the special relationship with the US and Israel has been a bipartisan feature of American politics since the founding of the Jewish state.”

“We have no doubt that this will continue to be the case,” the official said.

‘Going forward, we look forward to a strong working relationship with [Trump’s] Administration to achieve a more peaceful, secure and prosperous Middle East. ‘