Hamas, which is in power in the Gaza Strip, today rejected the statements of US President Joe Biden about the possibility of a Palestinian state, calling them an “illusion” that “doesn’t fool” the Palestinians.

“The illusion that Biden preaches in favor of a State of Palestine (…) is not fooling our people”, Izzat al-Rishiq, a member of the Islamist organization’s political bureau, said in a press release on the 106th day of the war with Israel.

Yesterday, a White House press secretary, John Kirby, said that Joe Biden “continues to believe in prospect and possibility” of a Palestinian state, but “recognizes that it will take a lot of work to get there.”

The American president is “a full partner in the genocidal war and our people expect nothing good from him”the Hamas official commented today, criticizing “those who see themselves as the official representatives of the Palestinian people and who want to decide for the Palestinian people what kind of country is right for them.”