Hamas Threatens US with War

The Palestinian jihadist terrorist organization Hamas has threatened to declare war on the US should President Barack Obama visits the Temple Mount during his trip to Israel:

Hamas is warning that if President Obama visits the Temple Mount it would be a “declaration of war” against the Islamic world.

Israel National News reports the terror group made the threat during a protest march at the religious site following riots on Friday.

Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas spokesman, called for a third intifada if Obama visits the contested religious site in Jerusalem’s Old City between Israelis and Muslims.

There are a few aspects of this threat worth noting:

Obama wasn’t ever going to visit the Temple Mount anyway, so this is HAMAS trying to get a propaganda victory in the Islamic world by claiming that their warning kept him away. It’s not often that a US president gets used in such a way.
This threat demonstrates that at any time, HAMAS is but one fatwa away from turning its violent Jihad on the US. Many Americans have short memories and forget the numerous acts of terrorism perpetrated against innocent Americans by Palestinian Jihadis for years. They only stopped because it wasn’t getting them anywhere and they realized they could get US dollars and aid if they pretended not to hate us. But make no mistake: they do hate us and HAMAS has a large presence throughout the USA.
Should HAMAS decide to declare war on the US, it is a foregone conclusion that it would include attacks inside the USA.