Was October 7 a Miscalculation? Speaker Criticizes Hamas

I fail to understand what happened as merely a misjudgment — to be clear.

I mean, what happened is not just Hamas miscalculating.

How can it be a misjudgment? God knows that at the very first moment I heard of it.

When I heard the news of what happened on the seventh of October, I made a comment.

It started circulating in my family, among relatives, and among my close friends.

I told them, "We have been sold."

We have been sold.

Who sold you?

We should ask, in any case. Neither I nor people like me are being asked to answer this question.

Those who owe us a clear explanation of what happened so far are silent.

Isn't that so?

And some of them may have passed away.

But they owe us a major, weighty and binding explanation.

Do I mean Hamas itself?

Yes — I say they owe us a statement.

So far they have not come forward with a clear statement.

Who planned it?

Who gave the order?

But who carried this out?

Of course, it's very clear, unfortunately.

So far they remain silent.

And of course they have not apologized.

So far they have not issued a clear apology.

About what happened.

So once again I say:

I mean, I would have preferred not to ask this question.

I failed, God knows.

And I still — no matter how much I tried.

Do you know why? Because if I had reached

some kind of certainty.

or even half a certainty.

or a broken certainty.

that what happened was a real miscalculation.

that would have been a great consolation for me.

Even now I fail to understand

that what happened was a miscalculation.

So what do you think happened?

Is it conceivable, Professor Jamal, really?

Is it conceivable that you would take such a step?

when you know your own capabilities.

and you know the enemy's capabilities.

and you know the whole current context.

You know who will stand with you.

and who will not stand with you.

because it's not his fight.

and it is not for you to

determine the moment to begin

for a major battle like this against an enemy

and with such a criminal as well.

and he has expressed and demonstrated his criminality

in a terrifying manner.

He terrified the world, even the Western world.

perhaps as much as the Arab and Islamic worlds.

So why did you go ahead with this?

And why did you do it at that exact moment

which was the furthest thing

from being appropriate

at all.

This man was drowning.

Netanyahu was drowning.

and his regime was almost

in a quasi-civil war.

for a whole year.

Why did you give him the injection of life?

And he became like a king.

Like an uncrowned king.

Isn't that so?

Why? Then

Whoever watches the global scene

can clearly sense

that the world

is mad.

on a massive scale

that could end, God forbid,

in a cosmic, world war, isn't that so?

If this war breaks out,

without doubt some kind of opening will occur

or a breakthrough.

in our situation in the Middle East

and in the situation of the Palestinian cause.

And perhaps we would gain our independence,

or most of it without losses.

Why did you preempt that?

When this global conflict occurs,

the cosmic one between the great powers,

most likely,

this opening will happen.

This is not hard to imagine.

Why did you preempt this?

at a completely inappropriate moment for you.

and you do not possess

and you know that you do not possess

the necessary equipment and supplies.

Now look, I will speak.

and my address is directed to

all Muslims.

My brothers, my beloved, and my siblings,

and my condolences across

the entire Arab world.

to tell them, in God's name and by God's truth,

Do not be deceived by such justifications

that Mr. So-and-so and Abu So-and-so offered.

that we

we did what we could

And Allah, Exalted be He, said: 'Prepare against them whatever you are able.'

By God, finish the verse

Allah says, 'you will frighten them.'

by it—an enemy of Allah and your enemy

Do you have anything to frighten them?

No

You have nothing at all to frighten them

Not even the missiles

that are launched from Gaza

It never happened that a rocket

one destroyed a building

or destroyed an apartment in a building

Isn't that so?

Do you want to say that what happened

was a conspiracy?

I really don't know what happened

But, as I told you, I can't make sense of it

as being a miscalculation

And Allah, Glorified and Exalted, brought this testimony

May God prolong

If we, I mean, had waited for death

after a moment I no longer held that certainty

If only, if only

I mean, does anyone understand me that what happened

was a misjudgment, as I told you, because I want consolation

and I am hurt and blamed

a pain known only to God, blessed and exalted be He

And then the reading

I'm not claiming evidence; I'll be as scientific as possible

to the greatest possible extent

There are many interpretations

that what happened was not a misjudgment

and that it was a deliberate act

on a night in which

many parties emerged

Mr. Jamal, for God's sake

Is it conceivable that these

boys and young men

and the sheikhs as well and the sponsors

for seven or eight hours

then there is no real response

or a real reaction

Ashkelon

is located from Gaza

maybe less than seven minutes away

by helicopter

of course the helicopter came in the early hours

do you know why?

to exterminate the people celebrating at the party there

and who belong

to many nationalities, especially European

Western Europeans burned them

the party-goers at Nova

of course this is known and has been acknowledged

even Westerners

but this so-called

is not changed

in the global media

nor even adequately in the local media

it is kept quiet about; it was exposed time and again

then they fell silent about it

it must be shown continuously

why, and what is their interest in exterminating

these celebrants — they exterminated them

they burned them in their car

and the Europeans admitted it

they said it’s impossible, these are not Palestinian weapons

these are Israeli weapons

that exterminated them

then after that we did not see any action by those Apaches

and they stayed there

this is shown in confessions, and some even boast about it

and we entered and they entered

and they ate and drank and sometimes sang

with some families

And the Israeli families

they sang and composed melodies

and they ate and drank for two or three hours, then

about seven hours

Some scenes, Mr. Jamal

may still exist today

In any case, some of the clips

send the sinful youth from Gaza

to open doors in the wall

and, of course, they found them

and, oh, they were already open beforehand

open

ready, telling them

Please, come in

For me, it's more than clear

I'll be frank in my own way

which annoys many people

and it will annoy the enemy now before the friend, of course