Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasem has announced that his Movement will organize a central popular festival soon in Gaza City to commemorate its 35th founding anniversary.
In a statement on Wednesday spokesman Qasem explained that the festival will include a keynote speech to highlight its positions on different issues in the Palestinian arena in addition to a number of celebratory activities.
The spokesman said that the anniversary event would emphasize Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites as a central issue in the Palestinian cause especially with regard to the dangers threatening the Aqsa Mosque.
“The festival will convey our support for our people’s uprising against the Israeli occupation in the West Bank their struggle for their rights in 1948 occupied Palestine and the right of our people abroad to return to their homeland they were displaced from” the spokesman added.
