The Hamas Movement and the Islamic Jihad Movement have strongly denounced the German government for designating Hezbollah in Lebanon a terror organization and banning its activities in the country.
“The German government’s designation of Hezbollah as a terror group is considered a blatant bias in favor of the story told by [Israeli] occupation which is practicing ongoing aggression and terrorism against our Arab peoples” spokesman for Hamas Hazem Qasem said in a press release.
“Adopting the Zionist occupation’s side of the story emboldens it to persist in its aggression and its refusal to comply with all international resolutions and laws and with humanitarian norms” spokesman Qasem added.
The spokesman stressed that Israel’s leaders are “the ones who must be classified as terrorists and prosecuted at international tribunals for committing crimes and massacres for over 70 years.”
For its part Islamic Jihad described the German measure as “compliance with Israeli and American pressures and a bias in favor of the Israeli occupation” which it said “is practicing aggression and terrorism and constitutes an ongoing threat to the region’s security and stability.”
“Hezbollah is one of the main pillars of the legitimate resistance in the face of the Zionist entity’s repeated attempts to assault the Lebanese soil. Therefore such step makes the German position more biased in favor of the occupation” Islamic Jihad said adding that the German position is “rejected by the Arab and Muslim nations and the world’s free people.”
