Hamas chief: US Jerusalem resolution is battle declaration

Hamas chief Ismail Haniya has stated the US resolution on recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a « battle declaration against Palestinians », and known as for a brand novel « Intifada », or riot.

Haniya stated in a speech in Gaza City on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s recognition « killed » the Israeli-Palestinian peace direction of.

« This resolution has killed the peace direction of, has killed the Oslo [accord], has killed the settlement direction of, » he stated.

« The US resolution is an aggression, a declaration of battle on us, on the correct Muslim and Christian shrines within the center of Palestine, Jerusalem. »

« We might perhaps perhaps perhaps merely peaceful work on launching an intifada within the face of the Zionist enemy, » Haniya stated.

He pressured out the truth that the Palestinians watch Jerusalem as united and the capital of their future teach.

« Jerusalem, all of Jerusalem, is ours, » he stated.

« We’re here this day at a indispensable level within the history of the Palestinian disaster and the core of the disaster is Jerusalem, a indispensable level within the history of the Arab and Muslim nations following the difficult resolution, the unfair resolution adopted by the US administration. »

He known as on all Palestinian factions to unite quickly « in explain to occupy the technique to confront the occupation and the US administration insurance policies throughout the Palestinian Territories ».

« We flee, we ask and we stress the necessity of rearranging the Palestinian scenario to confront this unpleasant teach and to build our priorities clearly to face that difficult resolution, that unfair resolution, » he stated.

Ignoring warnings

Trump, ignoring warnings from the global neighborhood, supplied on Wednesday that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and can merely open the draw of interesting its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy.

On Thursday, Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary weird and wonderful of the Palestinian Nationwide Initiative, talking to Al Jazeera from Ramallah, stated that Trump become « becoming a member of Israel within the battle crimes and in confirming the annexation of the occupied Palestinian Territories ».

« I’m hoping that the Palestinian Authority will no longer get to fulfill with this American group anymore, » he stated.

« Israel determined it desires all the pieces. They want all the pieces? Beautiful. We might perhaps perhaps perhaps fight for all the pieces, » he stated.

« We would per chance be talking about a favored large riot nonetheless non-violent one, an a lot just like the first intifada. That’s what we want. Israelis might perhaps perhaps perhaps merely peaceful watch the Palestinian resistance all over. »