DOHA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center ) Ezzat al-Resheq, a member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement, expressed regret over Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s condemnation of the resistance during his speech at the high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the two-state solution, held in New York last Monday night.
“It is regrettable that President Mahmoud Abbas, in his address, condemned the struggle and resistance of his own people against one of the most brutal occupations in history. His remarks align with the fascist occupation’s demands to disarm the resistance, at a time when the occupation and its settlers are wreaking havoc in towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, and waging the most destructive war of extermination against our people in Gaza,” al-Resheq said.
Commenting on Abbas’s rejection of any role for Hamas in governing Gaza, al-Resheq said, “This position reflects an unacceptable submission to external pressure and dictates. It deviates from the foundations of internal national relations and the outcomes of national dialogue rounds and signed agreements. It is also a violation of the Palestinian people’s free will to determine their leadership and governance.”
“These disappointing stances come as President Abbas is being denied access to the UN General Assembly in New York, while the occupation clearly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state and moves forward with plans to dismantle the Palestinian Authority, reoccupy Gaza, annex the West Bank, and Judaize Jerusalem.”
Al-Resheq emphasized that “our Palestinian people expect the leadership of the Authority to adopt serious national positions that break away from the formulas the occupation is trying to impose. At the forefront of this is rejecting foreign dictates and halting security coordination with the occupation, and moving toward national unity to confront the fascist occupation, until we achieve our people’s aspirations for freedom, dignity, and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Abbas’s speech at the Two-State Solution Conference sparked widespread controversy, with many describing it as “shocking.” Critics pointed to his congratulations to Israel on its holidays while it wages a genocidal war against the Palestinian people and his attack on resistance factions.
