Hamas leader: Normalization with Israeli regime brought Arabs nothing other than devastation
The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has censured some Arab states over establishment of "diplomatic relations" with Israel, stating that normalization with the occupying Tel Aviv regime has brought the Arab world nothing other than devastation.
“The usurping Israeli entity has offered Arabs nothing other than destruction in the aftermath of normalization of diplomatic relations with a number of Arab countries. Rising tensions across the occupied territories are likely to reach a dangerous level due to the regime’s escalatory measures,” Khaled Meshaal, head of the Palestinian group’s office in the diaspora, said on Saturday night.
He described normalization of ties between some Arab countries and Israel as harmful for both present and future generations of the Arab and Muslim worlds, and regional security.
“The main objective of normalization is destruction of Arab countries. It is a stab in the back of the Palestinian nation,” the senior Hamas official said.
The Israeli regime, under the US-brokered Abraham Accords, normalized diplomatic relations with United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco in 2020.
Palestinian leaders, activists and ordinary people have repeatedly rejected Arab-Israeli normalization deals as “a stab in the back” of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people.
“The usurping Israeli entity has offered Arabs nothing other than destruction in the aftermath of normalization of diplomatic relations with a number of Arab countries. Rising tensions across the occupied territories are likely to reach a dangerous level due to the regime’s escalatory measures,” Khaled Meshaal, head of the Palestinian group’s office in the diaspora, said on Saturday night.
He described normalization of ties between some Arab countries and Israel as harmful for both present and future generations of the Arab and Muslim worlds, and regional security.
“The main objective of normalization is destruction of Arab countries. It is a stab in the back of the Palestinian nation,” the senior Hamas official said.
The Israeli regime, under the US-brokered Abraham Accords, normalized diplomatic relations with United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco in 2020.
Palestinian leaders, activists and ordinary people have repeatedly rejected Arab-Israeli normalization deals as “a stab in the back” of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people.
A Palestinian aid worker was killed, hundreds of others wounded, and dozens of homes and cars were torched during the last week’s rampage by Jewish extremists in the town of Huwwara.
On February 22, widespread confrontations broke out in Nablus. The Israeli forces blocked off all entrances to the occupied northern West Bank city before surrounding a home with two high-profile Palestinian resistance fighters, identified as Hossam Isleem and Mohammad Abdulghani.
Following the raid, at least 11 Palestinians, including the two resistance fighters, were killed. Another 102 people were also injured – 82 hit by live ammunition, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Moreover, on January 26, Israeli forces raided the city of Jenin and its neighboring refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank, killing ten Palestinians in another deadly raid in years.
The United Nations marked 2022 as the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in 16 years.
Israeli forces killed at least 171 Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied East al-Quds last year, including more than 30 children. At least 9,000 others were also injured.
