MP Ahmed Bahar first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council has affirmed that there would be no political prices for any humanitarian assistance provided for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
In press remarks on Saturday Bahar stated that the recent decision that was taken by US president Donald Trump to suspend millions of dollars in aid to UNRWA was part of steps to end the issue of the Palestinian refugees and the Palestinian cause in order to pave the way for his deal of the century (the ultimate deal).
The lawmaker underscored that the Palestinian people have the right to defend their rights their land and holy sites by all available means including the armed struggle against the occupation.
“Our people have the right to establish a seaport and an airport and to receive humanitarian aid but all this would never be in exchange for giving up anything of our people’s rights and we will not pay any political price for it” he said.
“We cannot accept any plan to exchange any part of our land for another land as part of US or regional projects in the area. Our people is resisting in order to restore their Palestinian land and not to exchange it for any other land” he added.
He also called on the Palestinian Authority to lift its blockade on the Gaza. “How can the Palestinian Authority claim that it is against the deal of the century while it is imposing a siege on Gaza persecuting the resistance through its security coordination with the occupation and suppressing marches calling for lifting the siege on Gaza.”
