Obama never lets facts get in the way..
While it may reject Israel’s existence, Hamas certainly agrees with Prime MInister Binyamin Netanyahu – and disagrees with the US State Department – that its “ultimate goal” is to establish an “Islamic state” (caliphate) over what it sees as the “occupied lands of Palestine.”
In short, while the US disputes PM Netanyahu’s statement that “Hamas is ISIS, and ISIS is Hamas” – Hamas itself does not.