In January 2009 Hawass wrote in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that "The concept of killing women, children, and elderly people ... seems to run in the blood of the Jews of Palestine" and that "the only thing that the Jews have learned from history is methods of tyranny and torment — so much so that they have become artists in this field."
2009年1月，哈瓦斯在Asharq Al-Awsat报纸写道：“杀害妇女，儿童和老人的概念......似乎在巴勒斯坦的犹太人的血液里运行”以及“犹太人从历史中了解到的唯一事情就是暴政和折磨的方法 - 以至于他们已成为在这一领域的艺术家。