08 December 2017

Resheq: Palestinians Ready To Go To Any Lengths To Defend Jerusalem

Palestinian IC

Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the future Palestinian state and the Palestinians will leave no stone unturned to protect their holy city, political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Resheq said on Wednesday evening.

In comments released shortly after the U.S. President Donald Trump declared Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of the self-proclaimed Israeli state, Resheq said: "No force on earth, no matter how powerful it is, can impose a new fait accompli on Occupied Jerusalem. We have all means to respond to the recent declaration."

Resheq dubbed Trump's declaration "an aggression on the Arab and Islamic nations along with the world's free people."

"What has been built upon illegitimate foundations is just illegitimate. Israel will perish soon and Jerusalem will remain Palestine's and Muslims' eternal capital," he added.

The Hamas leader said protest moves will be staged across the occupied Palestinian territories and the region in response to Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

On Wednesday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump has formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying during his speech at the White House that he will move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, despite calls from the world leaders to backtrack on the move.

Salah: Trump's Decision Will Entail Dire Consequences

The American president's announcement of his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital will have very severe repercussions in Palestine, the Arab world and the Islamic arena, Dr. Maher Salah, head of Hamas Movement in the diaspora, said on Thursday.

Salah, who is currently heading a Hamas delegation on a visit to Malaysia, said in a press statement, "This is an illegitimate and ill-advised decision, which contradicts international laws and resolutions, and violates the sanctity of the holy city of Jerusalem."

He empathized that the decision is refused and will be resisted by all the Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and free peoples of the world.

"Jerusalem (Bait Al-Maqdes) is a sacred city for both Muslims and Christians. It is the united capital of Palestine. It has been, and will always be the first qibla, and the third most sacred mosque. It is a verse (ayah) in the Quran (the Book of Allah)."

Salah affirmed that Jerusalem will always be a Palestinian, an Arab and an Islamic city.

"We, in Hamas, call upon the Arab and Muslim Ummah and the free peoples of the world to stand firm and united against this dangerous decision and support the Palestinians in their continuous struggle to liberate their homeland and establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital," he added.

He concluded by saying, "This American move serves as a blatant reminder and a loud wake-up call to all Arab and Muslim countries and leaders that their true and only enemy is the illegitimate Zionist occupation. All their efforts and means should be directed towards uprooting this occupation, freeing Palestine and returning the Palestinian refugees to their homeland."

Hamas: All options are open to respond to Trump's decision

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday affirmed that all options are open to challenge Donald Trump's decision to announce Jerusalem the capital of Israel and transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city.

The Hamas leader, Ismail Ridwan, said during a demonstration in Gaza that Trump's decision constitutes a blatant disregard for the feelings of Arabs and Muslims, stressing that this move will never change the fact that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine.

The PIC reporter said that thousands of Palestinians, including the head of Hamas's Political Bureau, Ismail Haneyya, on Wednesday evening participated in mass demonstrations organized by Hamas movement in Gaza city in protest at the US president's recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Ridwan called on the Arab governments to expel the US and Israeli ambassadors from their countries and sever the economic and political relations with the US administration.

Ha asked the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold urgent meetings to support the Palestinian people in Jerusalem and take practical steps against the decision, praising the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for his strong position against the US move.

Ashraf Zayed, a Hamas official, in a demonstration launched in the central Gaza Strip stressed the need to achieve national unity and called on the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority to end security coordination with the Israeli occupation.

The Hamas leader, Yousuf Farahat, in a statement to the PIC said that Trump's decision challenges the international law which considers Jerusalem an occupied city, urging the Arab masses to show their protest by boycotting the US and Israeli goods.

Haneyya: Trump's decision flagrant aggression

Head of the Hamas political Bureau, Ismail Haneyya, on Wednesday said that Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem marks "the beginning of an era of terrible transformations" not just on the Palestinian level but also on the regional one.

Speaking to al-Jazeera TV channel, Haneyya described the decision as a "flagrant aggression" and an "uncalculated gamble that knows no limit".

He pointed out that he has contacted the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, in addition to a number of Arab and Muslim leaders to discuss this dangerous decision which, he added, means the official announcement of the end of the so-called "peace process".

The Hamas leader stressed during the interview that the Palestinians will not let the US decision pass unchallenged, calling on the Arab countries to stop their internal conflicts and mobilize energies to defend Jerusalem which is supposed to be their central issue.

He noted that Hamas has realized the nature of the dangers besetting the Palestinian cause, so it decided to go for reconciliation and made many initiatives in the process out of its concern for the future of the Palestinian cause and people.

Haneyya concluded his speech by affirming that there is no state called Israel and that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the state of Palestine. 

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