Hamas to U.N.: Support Palestinian right to bear arms against Israel

"In an unusual move Hamas called on the United Nations to support its right to bear arms against Israel in a letter the terror group's political leader Ismail Haniyeh wrote to UN General Assembly President Maria Fernada Spinosa...

'We reiterate the right of our people to defend themselves and to resist the occupation, by all available means, including armed resistance, guaranteed by the international law,' Haniyeh wrote.

'The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted dozens of resolutions that affirm the right of peoples to independence, self-determination and struggle by all available means, peaceful and non-peaceful, for that right. The UN singled out the Palestinian people for dozens of relevant resolutions, including 2621, 2649, 2787 and 3236,' he said.

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said in response, 'Hamas speaks about international law while it fires rockets into civilian populations, holds the bodies of IDF soldiers and Israeli citizens, and uses its own people as human shields.'

'A terrorist organization going to the UN for assistance is like a serial killer asking the police for assistance. Israel and the United States will continue to mobilize the countries of the world into a united front against the terrorism that Hamas engages in on behalf of Iran,' Danon said..."