Zionist regime admits Hamas emerging stronger

Zionist regime’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says Hamas is getting stronger and enjoying majority support among the Palestinian public with repeated bouts of Tel Aviv’s military conflict.

According to Press TV, Lieberman said in an address to a conference by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center on Tuesday “Every confrontation strengthens Hamas politically.”
He added “In recent polls Hamas has become the dominant factor.”
He noted that Hamas has increased its rocket range after each Israeli war on Gaza, ‘Cast Lead’ in 2008-2009, ‘Pillar of Defense’ in 2012, and the 50-day conflict in July and August this year.
The minister said that the recent ‘Operation Protective Edge’ was the third Zionist regime’s conflict with Hamas in six years and the Gaza-based group has survived each time.
Lieberman further elaborated on Hamas increasing military capabilities and said, “If the range of the rockets in the first operation was 15 kilometers towards Sderot, in Pillar of Defense they already reached the edges of Tel Aviv and Rishon Letzion.”
He admitted that senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh currently enjoys great popularity, saying, “If there were elections today, Ismail Haniyeh would win 66 percent of the support.”