Historian:<ref>Efraim Karsh, [https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/hamas-doesn-t-want-a-palestinian-state Hamas doesn't want a Palestinian state], ''The Spectator'', May 22, 2021.<blockquote>The reality is that Hamas is no liberation movement in search of a Palestinian nation. Instead, it seeks the destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic empire on its ruins. How do we know? Because senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar has said so:
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Historian:<ref>Efraim Karsh, [https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/hamas-doesn-t-want-a-palestinian-state Hamas doesn't want a Palestinian state], ''[[The Spectator]]'', May 22, 2021.<blockquote>The reality is that Hamas is no liberation movement in search of a Palestinian nation. Instead, it seeks the destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic empire on its ruins. How do we know? Because senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar has said so: