“Hams is proud of its political profile and democratic politics” political bureau chairman of Hamas Khaled Mishaal said on Tuesday evening.
In an interview with al-Araby TV Mishaal said Hamas has opted for a forward-looking political speech that goes in line with the group’s key agenda.
Commenting on Hamas’s newly released political document Mishaal said the charter does not herald a strategic shift; it is rather an embodiment of the “natural” development in Hamas’s political views and output over recent years.
“Living movements keep always moving forward without being uprooted from their tenets and origin” he said.
According to Mishaal the political charter is not the by-product of pressure. “Hamas is not anybody’s puppet” he said adding that there are no internal disagreements as regard’s the movement’s standpoints and agenda.
As for the group’s consent over the establishment of a state on the 1967 borders without forcing the Palestinians to forfeit a single inch of historical Palestine Hamas chief said such an option has been on the table since 2005 and makes part of the Cairo agreement and the 2006 consensus accord among other agreements. “It is a living proof of Hamas’s flexibility in favor of national consensus.”
“Hamas never seeks to become an alternative for Fatah rather its partner. Hamas seeks partnership in responsibility in sacrifice and decision making” he stated.
“Hamas will never recognize Israel as a legitimate entity” Mishaal stressed. “Negotiations with the Israeli occupation can never take place on an unconditional basis. We should pick up the right time and place in order not to fall in the trap of absurdity. Israel is using peace talks as a pretext to grab more Palestinian lands launch more aggressions and drain Palestinians’ and Arabs’ resistance agenda.”
“We have always pursued moderate politics. This has been and will forever remain our key line. Hamas is an independent Palestinian organization” he pointed out.
Mishaal expressed Hamas’s commitment to boost fraternity ties with Egypt. “We would like to lend a hand to our Egyptian brothers and sisters at such a difficult stage. We do not intend to meddle in any party’s home affairs. We do consider Egypt’s national security a sacred point. Never ever shall we remain mum over attempts to target Egypt from Gaza.”
Referring to Hamas’s ties with Saudi Arabia Mishaal said “they bode well” expressing wishes for a better future with the kingdom.
Hamas chief further spoke out against the apathy maintained by al-Hamdallah’s government as regards the tragic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip due to the tough Israeli blockade power crisis and closure of border crossings.
He further commented on a statement released by Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman in which he accused Hamas of taking Gazans as hostages.
“This is a groundless claim. Our group emerged on the scene through the ballot box. Israel has kept the entire Palestinian people as hostages. Half of the Palestinians are living under occupation and the rest have been forcibly deported from their homeland” he said.
“All the tragedies wrought on our people both in Gaza and the West Bank stem from the blockade illegal settlement land theft murders aggressions on holy sites and arson attacks” said Mishaal recalling the incident of the ten-month-old toddler Ali Dawabsha and his two parents who were burned to death by Israeli settlers.
Mishaal expressed pride in Hamas’s democratic politics saying the group is a prototype of “openness originality and egalitarianism” despite the stumbling blocks lying on the decolonization road.
