Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark
D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend released the following
statement to mark six months since October 7.





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CEP STATEMENT MARKING SIX MONTHS SINCE OCTOBER 7


(New York, N.Y.) —Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive
Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend
released the following statement to mark six months since October 7.



“Yesterday marked six months since the Jewish people suffered its worst
catastrophe since the Holocaust when 1,200 men, women and children were
slaughtered in cold, calculating blood. The pain has not faded with the passage
of time, however, knowing that 134 hostages abducted on October 7 are still
being held by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In recent weeks, we have
learned that these terrorist savages are subjecting female hostages to
systematic rape.



“This is an abhorrent stain on the conscience of the world, whose increasing
ire is targeted against Israel and not Hamas. Indeed, much of the international
community has not even censured the terrorist group for its atrocities, while
Israel is all too often the sole focus of denunciation embodied in UN
resolutions and ICJ pronouncements.



“No matter the prevailing global political winds, we remain steadfast in our
beliefs: Hamas alone is to blame for the chaos and destruction that has ensued,
against Israelis and Palestinians alike, since it launched its brutal assault
six months ago. As we have consistently reaffirmed, the only sure-fire way to
end the carnage is for Hamas to lay down its arms and release all the
hostages—two actions it could take today.



“It is Hamas, therefore, that must be held accountable, as well as its
financial and political sponsors in Doha and Tehran.



“We again demand that the Al-Thani family in Qatar prove it has any worth as a
purported U.S. ally by pressuring its Hamas friends to release the hostages
which include Americans. Doha’s repeated assertion that it has no leverage over
Hamas—to whom it has given more than $1 billion over the past ten years—is a
lie as brazen as it is offensive. Qatar’s much-vaunted prowess in hostage
mediation has proven predictably hollow, a not-surprising realization when its
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lie in protecting the hostage-takers, as opposed to the hostages.



“The Al-Thanis have hosted and funded Hamas and provided a base for Islamic
extremists. The Al-Thanis and Qatar must immediately detain and remand Ismael
Haniyeh, Khaled Meshal, and the Hamas politburo into U.S. or Israeli custody,
ensure the immediate return of all hostages, and end their support for Hamas
and other extremist groups.



“CEP stands with the hostages and their families. The onus for their release
lies squarely upon Hamas and its primary patron, Qatar.”



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