Hamas leaders and Islamic scholars met in Pakistan’s capital for a convention last week and argued that Israel’s war in Gaza would end if Pakistan, a country armed with nuclear weapons, threatened Israel.
Their comments were widely reported in Pakistani newspapers and picked up by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which aims to bridge “the language gap [that] exists between the West and the Middle East.”
People attend the conference titled ‘The sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the responsibility of the Islamic Ummah’ organized by the ‘Pakistan Ummah Unity Assembly’ with the participation of many Islamic scholars and leaders of political parties in Islamabad, Pakistan on December 06, 2023. (Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The conference, titled “The sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the responsibility of the Islamic Ummah” was organized by “Pakistan Ummah Unity Assembly, a network of Islamic religious organizations, per MEMRI.
One of the featured speakers, Ismail Haniyeh, was quoted as calling for nuclear-armed Pakistan to play a more robust role in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Hamas has said no more hostages will be released until the war ends and that in exchange it will demand the release of large numbers of Palestinian prisoners, including high-profile militants.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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