There have been a number of plans and suggestions over the years to meet the demands of the Palestinians in the Middle East with a two-state solution, one Jewish state and another for the Palestinians.

But they’ve been rejected each time by the Palestinians, who instead have been turning to terrorism.

It now appears that’s the goal, after all, as members of the Hamas terror organization, which is the “government” in the Gaza Strip after an election many years ago, and the cancellation of all elections since, have confirmed.

According to a report from Fox News, terror organization members say they want the war with Israel to “become permanent on all the borders.”

There’s conflict there now because of a terror attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 that left 1,400 dead, thousands hurt, and several hundred as victims of kidnappings.

The New York Times cited the plans from Hamas for a “permanent” state of war.

According to Fox, Khalil al-Hayya, of Hamas’ top leadership team, told the Times the terrorists “succeeded in putting the Palestinian issue back on the table, and now no one in the region is experiencing calm.”

Back “on the table,” however, might not be desired, as Israel has run a weeks-long campaign of air strikes on Hamas assets inside Gaza, and just recently has started moving in with soldiers and tanks in pursuit of its goal of destroying every Hamas militant.

Joining al-Hayya was terror media adviser Taher El-Nounou, who told the Times, “I hope that the state of war with Israel will become permanent on all the borders, and that the Arab world will stand with us.”

The New York publication explained that Hamas, with the death and destruction it delivered to unsuspecting civilians, emphasized its standing as a “military.”

The Times report speculated that the terrorism was launched just as the issue of the Palestinians’ demand for the land belonging to Israel was waning.

This article was originally published by the WND News Center.

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