The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it will not remain silent in the face of Israel’s ever-growing aggression and settlement expansion across the occupied Palestinian territories.
In a statement released on the 13th anniversary of the 2008-2009 war on Gaza, Hamas said to sit idly was not permitted while the regime of Israel accelerated its Judaization campaign and settlement activities in occupied al-Quds and the West Bank.
Hamas pledged to build up its defensive capabilities and military strength to confront Israel on multiple fronts.
“The option of comprehensive resistance, especially the armed struggle and the popular uprising against the occupation, is the optimal way to extract the usurped Palestinian rights, liberate the land, defend the Palestinian people and curb the Israeli aggression and crimes,” the statement read.
It also called on the international community to hold the regime accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian nation.
“The occupation’s crimes against our Palestinian people, their land and their holy sites will not abate by prescription and its perpetrators will be tried as war criminals sooner or later,” Hamas said.
Tensions have been running high in the occupied territories for months over Israel’s settlement activities and its planned eviction of Palestinian families from their ancestral homes.
Palestinian groups and activists have warned that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and its settler assaults in the occupied West Bank will lead to a new Intifada (uprising).
