Deputy head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Moussa Abu Marzouk, declared that the Gaza Strip is Egypt’s eastern gateway, praising the Egyptian role towards the Palestinian cause, stressing that the Palestinian reconciliation will take place during the next few months.
Abu Marzouk’s statements came during a seminar held by the Arab front participating in the Palestinian resistance, on Tuesday evening at the Egyptian Press Syndicate under the title “For how long will Palestinians stay in Egypt”.
Abu Marzouk expressed his surprise toward the seminar’s title, saying “When I received the invitation and read the title (For how long will the Palestinians stay in Egypt?), I wondered how many Palestinians are there in Egypt to ask such a question?
Abu Marzouk stated that statistics confirmed that 3.5 million Palestinian refugees are in Jordan, while 300 thousand Palestinian refugees are in Saudi Arabia, and 67 thousand Palestinian refugees are in Syria, however only 54 thousand Palestinian refugees are in Egypt.
Regarding accusing Hamas of opening the Egyptian prisons during the Egyptian revolution, and causing power cuts in Egypt; Abu Marzouk denounced the military council’s statement that accused the Palestinian resistance of killing the Egyptian people on the border in the last operation, pointing out that the power crisis experienced by Egypt during the revolution was caused due to the disruption of power plants that run by gas exported to the Israeli entity.
Abu Marzouk refused the claims raised about Hamas and Mursi’s relationship, saying that ‘this is an Egyptian internal political fight, and we have no relation with it,” stressing that the border crossings are used only to enter the necessary food.
Mohamed Esmat Seif El Dawla, former adviser to the Egyptian president, said that many have marginalized the Palestinian cause due to the treaties signed between the two sides and the clear division between Fatah and Hamas movements.
