Hamas: The spark of the intifada is still glowing

The Hamas Movement said that “the spark of the Palestinian intifada (uprising) is still flickering and the Palestinian people will rise up again to defend their land and holy sites.”

Hamas made its remarks in a press release issued by its information office on the 26th anniversary of the first intifada that falls on Sunday, December 8, 2013.

“The Zionist occupation’s crimes will only strengthen our fortitude and faith, and give us more determination to proceed with the path of resistance as a strategic option capable of achieving our people’s aspirations for liberation and return,” Hamas stated.

It warned the Israeli occupation of grave consequences for its persistent violations against the Palestinians, their land and holy sites.

“The masses of our people will not stay idly by with their hands folded and will revolt in defense of their national constants and holy sites.”

“The Palestinian people will stay loyal to every inch of their land and will keep rejecting all agreements and solutions waiving their rights, national constants and holy sites, and ignoring the blood of the martyrs and the sacrifices of the prisoners who gave their lives and ages for the sake of Palestine from its sea to its river,” Hamas highlighted.

Hamas reiterated its commitment to genuine national reconciliation based on a united struggle strategy able to confront Israel’s schemes and crimes, liberate the land and build the Palestinian state.

The Movement also called on the Palestinian Authority to immediately stop its futile peace negotiations and security cooperation with the Israeli occupation regime, stressing that the PA’s ties with the occupation have caused enough damage to the interests of the Palestinian people and their resistance.