"The best thing that can happen to the Palestinians and Palestine is the defeat of Hamas. The best thing that can happen to the Israelis is the defeat of Hamas," said Israeli-Palestinian influencer Nuseir Yassin, known better by his social media name, Nas Daily, in an interview with Al Arabiya on Thursday.
"The same thing is the best thing that can happen to both Israelis and Palestinians," he added.
"I'm one of the lucky ones. I understand Israel better than anyone else because I'm Israeli," Yassin added, "I also understand Palestinians better than anybody else because I am Palestinian."
"There are only 2 million people like me in the world who can see both sides. This is a very rare moment. We both have the same goal: No more terrorism, and we're getting closer to it than ever before."
Nas Daily's Israeli-Palestinian background
Yassin was born in Israel to a Muslim family and now lives in New York. He spoke at The Jerusalem Post Annual New York Conference in May. A week prior, he became the youngest person to ever receive an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Last year, Yassin faced criticism during a pro-Palestinian protest in Japan, where he was accused of whitewashing Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip.
Joanie Margulies and Mathilda Heller contributed to this report.