MK from Ra'am clarifies remarks on Hamas: "I did not say Hamas is a charity organization"

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Incoming Knesset member Yasser Hujeirat of Ra'am issued a clarification following an interview he gave to the i24NEWS channel, in which he described Hamas as a charity organization. Hujeirat said he did not say that Hamas is a charity organization, and that he condemns terrorism.

According to Hujeirat, his remarks were edited and presented in a tendentious and distorted manner, and he said he was trying to explain Hamas's development and organizational structure, not to justify its actions. He stressed that he firmly opposes Hamas's crimes, the murder and kidnapping, and the suffering caused to Israelis, and supports the plan of President Trump, which includes disarming Hamas and the other armed organizations.

Hujeirat's clarification was published amid attempts to form a government with the change bloc. However, he still does not call Hamas a terrorist organization.