Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya has described the developments which the Palestinian cause is going through as “the most dangerous” affirming that his Movement has three priorities to deal with the situation on the ground.
In a recent meeting with Qatari journalists Haneyya said that the first priority is to work on rearranging the Palestinian house and rebuilding the national project on sound foundations based the constants of the Palestinian cause calling it “the most important factor.”
“If there is a unified Palestinian position then surely we will be able to thwart this plan (Israel’s annexation plan) and I can say that we have succeeded so far in building one Palestinian position against the annexation plan and the deal of the century” the Hamas leader said.
He explained that this priority can be achieved through renouncing Oslo accords. “All Israeli crimes were carried out under the guise of Oslo so our people must abandon the entire Oslo phase and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) must halt any cooperation with the Israeli occupation and revoke its recognition of Israel.”
As for the second priority Haneyya said that it is about how to confront Israel’s annexation plan and about the means of the Palestinian struggle stressing that his Movement is ready to sit at one table with other parties to agree on how to exercise the national struggle against the occupation.
The third priority he said is about arranging the relationship with the Arab and Islamic worlds. “It is related to organizing the relationship with our Arab and Islamic depth and this is an important topic for two reasons: First because the [Palestinian] cause has an Arab and Islamic dimension and second such plans have repercussions for the entire region.”
“We in Hamas believe that the strategy of being open to everyone and relying on a strong bloc in the region is successful so when we talk about the necessity of coordinating with Qatar Turkey Jordan Iran and other countries we are in this direction” he stated.
He also stressed the importance of working on developing the relationship with Europe and influential parties inside America in order to confront Israel’s expansion plans.
