Hamas Leader Haneyya calls for implementation of PLO decisions

Ismail Haneyya, deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, said on Friday that the true test of the PLO Central Council’s decision to halt security coordination with the Israeli occupation is its transformation from theory to practical implementation.

During his Friday prayer sermon in Al-Katiba Mosque in Gaza, Haneyya called for an end to security coordination and negotiations with Israel.

He warned of any attempt to reconsider the declared decisions or to adopt them as recommendations to the PLO Executive Committee.

The senior Hamas official stressed the need for drawing up a unified national strategy based on partnership, prosecution of Israeli war criminals at the ICC, and the implementation of the reconciliation agreement.

At the end of its two-day meeting, the PLO Central Council decided to halt security cooperation with Israel and take further steps to promote the national reconciliation with Hamas.

In a separate context, Haneyya said the “national unity government train has not yet reached its desired destination”, which requires the implementation of all reconciliation agreements.

He pointed out that the reconciliation agreement included five main points: the formation of the government, activating the Palestinian Legislative Council, holding legislative elections, community reconciliation, and activating the leadership framework of the PLO.

The government was formed, but all the other issues were suspended, he noted, adding that the PLO leadership framework hadn’t met since the formation of the government.

“There are three main tasks assigned to the government mainly reconstruction, holding elections, and unifying the Palestinian institutions in Gaza and the West Bank,” he said.

Haneyya also stressed that the Palestinian cause is at a turning point that requires political will that provides a chance for the Palestinian people to devote themselves to their core cause, which is Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.