A Hamas delegation visited South Africa in December, at a time when even Arab countries were distancing themselves from the terrorist group, which killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped about 250 during the atrocity.
Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’s political office, led the December delegation to South Africa, which included the group’s representative in Iran, Ali Al-Qaddumi.
The group visited the South African Parliament and African National Congress politicians, as well as holding a press conference in memory of the country’s former president, Nelson Mandela.
This may or may not have occurred, the meeting may or may not have been related to the attack. Whatever happened, the Daily Mail is not a reliable source for finding out.
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South African leaders met Hamas militants on official visits to their country after the deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
A Hamas delegation visited South Africa in December, at a time when even Arab countries were distancing themselves from the terrorist group, which killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped about 250 during the atrocity.
Israeli minister Amichai Chikli has claimed that among the sitting South African delegation at the ICJ hearings at the Hague was Shawan Jabarin, a ‘peace activist’ accused of having ties with the terrorist group, the Popular Front For The Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’s political office, led the December delegation to South Africa, which included the group’s representative in Iran, Ali Al-Qaddumi.
It also emerged that South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, spoke to Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, days after the October 7 attack.
A statement from the ministry read: ‘Minister Pandor and the Hamas leader [Haniyeh] discussed how to get the necessary humanitarian aid to Gaza and other parts of the Palestinian territories.’
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