Herzog to Hamas supporters around the world: "Why do you support evil?"
The president added and said in the interview: "This is a substance found on the body of one of those sadistic terrorists. This is Al-Qaeda material, official material of Al-Qaeda. We are dealing with ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Hamas – these are the faces of the organizations we are dealing with. And in this material, there were instructions on how to produce chemical weapons."
Herzog addressed those demonstrators expressing solidarity with Gaza and expressed outrage over their support for the terrorist organization. "What Israel experiences is pure evil that needs to be uprooted from the root. We witness people from around the world supporting this evil. We see them in protests in London and other places worldwide. Why do you support evil? What lies behind this? Do you truly believe that people should undergo suffering? Civilians, pregnant women, elderly people with dementia, people who have done only good?"
To conclude, the President said, "Let me tell you a story. The Israeli families on the Gaza border are the greatest supporters of peace with the Palestinians. They told me about a father who remained alone because while he went to defend his settlement, his wife and children were kidnapped to Gaza by terrorists, and he doesn't know where they are. This is just one example that illustrates the Israeli reality."