HAMAS SLAMS ZIONISTS JUDAIZATION PROJECTS

       Gaza, 4 Sha’ban 1434/14 June 2013 (MINA) – Gazan led-majority movement of Hamas has strongly condemned the Israeli continued Judaization projects, calling on the international community to pressure Israeli authorities to stop settlement projects in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.

       The movement also called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stand against Israeli settlement and to reject the so called economic peace that only serves the occupation’s criminal schemes, said a statement issued on Thursday (13/6), according to Palestinian Information Center reports monitored by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

       Hamas’s statement came in response to the Israeli building of hundreds of housing units, settlement expansion, and excavations conducted around Al-Magharba Gate and Al-Buraq Wall in Jerusalem.

        The movement warned of those Judaization projects, stressing that the occupation authorities will not be able to blur the Palestinian Arab and Islamic identity and history.

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        The movement also called on the Palestinian national forces to stand behind their people’s aspirations to achieve the Palestinian national reconciliation and to stop security coordination with Israel in response to Israeli forces and settlers’ attacks.

       On Thursday, Israeli media sources have reported that despite efforts by the United States to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel decided to build 500 units in Brochin settlement, and 675 in Itamar.

       The new units would be built on lands that belong to the villagers of Beit Forik and Awarta villages, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus.

       It added that Israeli former Israel Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, has approved the plans before the general election. Back then, the plan included 538 units, and the rehabilitation of 137 units. 

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       Israeli Peace Now Movement stated that the Israeli government is breaking every rule, especially under the current conditions and changes in the region, and is acting on foiling any chances of resuming direct peace talks with the Palestinians.(T/P03/E1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)

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