Father Manuel Musallam a noted Palestinian priest and head of the World Popular Organization for Jerusalem Justice and Peace has defended the Hamas Movement against a recent smear campaign targeting it and accusing it of persecuting the Christians in Gaza.
“I am asking those who claim that Hamas persecutes the Christians in Gaza ‘Who are you?’” Father Musallam questioned in press remarks to al-Resalah Net.
“Our destiny is one our land is one and we are carrying the same rifle walking in the same direction and facing the same fate. If Hamas was not a friend who else could be?” the Palestinian priest said.
He applauded the positions of Hamas and its leadership toward Christians describing their remarks in this regard as “always clear and supportive towards the Christian spectrum.”
“We do not doubt for a moment that we are one people and one blood and that no propaganda by Zionists fundamentalist Christians or traitorous collaborators can separate us” the Father said.
“My message to all those people: ‘Go wherever you want and be in the arms of whomever you wish but let us liberate our homeland and shut your mouths on the resistance fighters.’ The people who lose the compass and fail to see the target should stay away from us” he added.
