The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the participation of Israel in the 2020 World Expo in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai describing it as a serious development.
In Twitter remarks Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri urged UAE to backtrack on its decision to invite Israel to participate in the event.
Abu Zuhri said that allowing Israel to participate in Arab events would encourage it to persist in committing more crimes against the Palestinians and usurping the Arab nation’s rights describing the UAE’s step as “a violation of the decisions taken during the Tunis summit.”
UAE invited Israel to the event despite not recognizing Israel as a state which comes as another omen of strengthening ties between Tel Aviv and Arab Gulf countries spearheaded by Saudi Arabia among fears that these countries seek to liquidate the Palestinian cause through backing the US deal of the century.
For its part Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu hailed UAE for inviting Israel to the event describing the participation in the event as “another expression of Israel’s rising status in the world and the region.”
