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JNS.org – A senior official from the Palestinian terror group Hamas told Al Jazeera earlier this month that President-elect Donald Trump might actually be Jewish, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported.

According to the report, Mahmoud al-Zahar said, “Trump loves the Jews, and not only because he likes the Jewish religion. I do not rule out the possibility that he is a Jew. He loves the Jewish religion, and the most important thing in the Jewish religion is Jewish money.”

Following Trump’s election victory, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said, however, that the identity of the US president makes little difference.

“The Palestinian people is not very much concerned about the changes in American policies towards the Palestinian cause because such a policy is constant and is based on bias in favor of the Israeli occupation,” Zuhri said. “However, we urge the American president to reevaluate this policy and to work on bringing justice to the Palestinians.”