Hamas Calls for Urgent Meeting to Counter Israeli Occupation

Chairman of Hamas’s Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh. Photo: Hamas doc

Jakarta, MINA-  Chairman of Hamas’s Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, called upon Palestinian factions to hold an urgent meeting to agree on a strategy to confront the Israeli Occupation.

“I call on all National and Islamic factions in Beirut and Cairo to address and formulate policies to confront the crimes of the Israeli Occupation aimed at seizing Al-Aqsa Mosque”, Haniyeh said during Friday sermon, as released by Hamas official website.

Haniyeh went on to warn Arab countries on  normalizing their ties with the Israeli Occupation, describing  such actions as a betrayal to the Palestinian people. He also voiced his rejection of Trump’s “deal of the century” and the recognition of the Zionist state.

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In the same context, the chairman of the movement  called on the Islamic Conference Organization, which was established after the burning of Al-Aqsa in 1969 to address this issue, while calling on Turkish President,  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to fulfill  its responsibility and develop an Islamic plan countering the Occupation.

Haniyeh also called upon King Abdullah II of Jordan, in his role as president of the Arab summit, to take responsibility for what is happening in Jerusalem.

On Friday protest, three Palestinian reportedly killed during clashes and dozens more wounded. Many more suffered from inhaling tear gas from the Forced dissolution by Israeli occupation forces, the medics said.

Since early Friday, Palestinian stood by streets and held their weekly Jumah prayer on hot pavement and cobbled alleys around the Old City in an escalating protest.

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Even in an amatir video spread by Palestinians, a demonstrator who was performing prayer seen to be kicked by Israeli forces in East Jerusalem (Al-Quds).

The yesterday protest was seen as the largest demonstration of Palestinians, living in both Gaza, the West Bank and the green line are coming down to voice the same action in unity.

Israel continously violate  international law after previously the UN-owned Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decided the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a holy site as well as a place of worship of Muslims. This decision was denied by Israel.(T/RE1RS5)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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