“Israel is the source of all evils in the region” Hamas Chief Khaled Mishaal said Sunday evening.
Addressing a mass rally in the Turkish metropolitan city of Istanbul Mishaal said Israel is involved in all “projects of sabotage” in the region.
“As long as Palestine is grappling with the occupation and offensives the nation’s wounds will never be healed” Mishaal stated.
“Do not forget Palestine—the nation’s heart. Palestine is the mother of all causes and crises” the head of Hamas political bureau added.
He expressed hope that the nation would join forces and rise above all ethnic and sectarian polarization.
“The Palestinian resistance targets no other party but Israel. Our only enemy is the Israeli occupation”
He spoke out against Israel’s Judaization schemes and illegal settlement activity in Occupied Jerusalem.
He further warned of Israel’s intent to divide the holy al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews in an attempt to hold sway over the entire mosque.
Mishaal hailed the peaceful Muslim sit-inners who have stood on their ground to the Israeli aggressions and sacrilegious break-ins at the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Commenting on the situation in the blockaded Gaza Strip Mishaal attributed the tough Israeli siege to Hamas’s prolific resistance arsenal and Palestinians’ unyielding support for armed resistance as the only means to oust the Israeli colonizers.
The Hamas Chief lauded the anti-settlement resolution recently approved at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
He dubbed the move a step in the right direction and a goal scored in favor of the Palestinians.
Mishaal hailed all the parties who have stood by the Palestinian people and expressed outspoken condemnation of Israel’s illegal settlement activity.
“Israel has become a heavy burden on the shoulders of international politics and on regional and international peace” the Hamas leader noted.
“We dream of a land free of the Israeli occupation and settlement” said Mishaal. “We dream of a land devoid of invaders. We look out for an international support for the legitimate Palestinian resistance.”
