Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri on Saturday said that the US administration through the deal of the century is seeking to normalize the Arab-Israeli ties and make Israel’s existence in the region as normal.
In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency in the Turkish capital Ankara Abu Zuhri said that the US-initiated plan aims to establish a Palestinian state in Gaza only.
“We reject this deal which seeks to undermine the Palestinian cause by taking the issues of Jerusalem and refugees off the table” he said.
“Our right extends to the whole Palestinian territories not only the Gaza Strip” Abu Zuhri stressed. “Our major goal is not only Gaza but the liberation of all Palestine.”
Abu Zuhri added that the deal of the century is a plan for regional gains and has nothing to do with solving the Palestinian problem.
On Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements that a number of Arab states were seeking to normalize ties with Israel Abu Zuhri said “We should not be deceived by Netanyahu’s claims.”
According to the Hamas leader Netanyahu is trying to show that Israel has the upper hand over the Arab region in an effort to evade the losses caused by the Palestinian resistance.
Asked about Hamas’s opinion on the normalization wave witnessed in some Arab countries recently Abu Zuhri stressed that welcoming Netanyahu in any Arab or Muslim state would give a pretext to the Israeli occupation to continue its crimes against the Palestinian people.
In another context Abu Zuhri said that the head of Hamas’s Political Bureau Ismail Haneyya will soon start a tour abroad that is scheduled to include a visit to Moscow.
Abu Zuhri said that Haneyya had received an official invitation to visit Moscow and attend meetings on bilateral relations and intra-Palestinian negotiations.
In response to a question on Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s announcement about a possible Hamas-Fatah meeting in Moscow he said “We have no information on this matter.”
