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Biden: 'Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people'

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday blasted Hamas and said that it does not represent the Palestinian people.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 11, 2019 © Mena Today 

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 11, 2019 © Mena Today 

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday blasted Hamas and said that it does not represent the Palestinian people. 

I won't mince words. The overwhelming majority of Palestinians are not Hamas. And Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people," he wrote on X. 

"In fact, they're also suffering as a result of Hamas' terrorism. We need to be clear-eyed about that reality.

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