Hamas holds Netanyahu responsible for Abu Khudeir’s murder

Hamas Movement has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu of issuing orders to the settlers for the kidnapping and killing of the Jerusalemite child Mohamed Abu Khudeir.

The Islamic movement strongly condemned the “heinous crime” carried out by Israeli settlers on Wednesday that “reflects Israel’s ugly and racist image and exposes its attempts of playing the victim’s role”.

The movement called on the international community to bear its responsibility towards Palestinian people and children in particular, and not to turn a blind eye to the Israeli settlers’ crimes and attacks.

Hamas also called on PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to stop security coordination that provides protection for Israeli settlers and prevents resistance from playing its role in protecting the Palestinian people

The movement condemned Abbas’s weak reaction following Abu Khudier’s murder, calling on human rights institutions to work for exposing Israeli forces and settlers’ crimes.

For his part, former Prime Minister and deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haniyyeh condemned the settlers’ crime in Shuafat town in occupied Jerusalem.

“We stand united behind our people in the West Bank in face of the Israeli ceaseless aggressions”, he said in a brief statement on Wednesday, calling on the international community to immediately intervene and put an end to Israeli crimes.

In his turn, senior leader in Hamas movement Dr. Salah Bardawil strongly condemned the kidnapping and killing of Abu Khudeir by Israeli settlers, warning of this serious escalation’s implication in the West Bank.

He held the occupation authorities and Netanyahu fully responsible for the crime, criticizing the international community’s biased policy in dealing with events in occupied Palestine.

He said only resistance could put an end to the Israeli hysterical escalation that came in an attempt to show its superiority and deterrent power against Palestinian people.

He said that the U.S. administration and international community had given Israel a green light in advance to escalate aggressions and attacks against the Palestinian people.

Along the same line, the political analyst Abdul Sattar Qassem warned of escalating Israeli settlers’ attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.

In an executive interview with the PIC, Qassem said that Israeli and Palestinian authorities in Ramallah provide protection for Israeli settlers, while Palestinian citizens’ freedom of movement is restricted.

He pointed out that PA has liquidated armed resistance in the West Bank, the fact that gave settlers a green light to move freely in different parts of the West Bank in violation of international resolutions.

Qassem ruled out the possibility of the outbreak of a third uprising after the liquidation of resistance culture among citizens, calling on resistance factions to deter Israeli attacks.

Meanwhile, Popular Resistance Committees and its armed wing Salah al-Din Brigades threatened that Israeli authorities and settlers will pay a heavy price for their crimes against the Palestinian people.

Spokesman for the brigades Abu Mujahed said that Palestinian martyrs’ blood will not be in vain, but a curse that chases the occupation till its end.

“Israeli continued crimes against our people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip expose Israeli bloody mentality,” he added.