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Wed 27 Dec 2023 11:16 am - Jerusalem Time
A senior leader to "Al-Quds": No negotiations on prisoners and arrangements for the next stage before stopping the war
The Palestinian resistance factions denied what some foreign agencies published about the content of the talks held by the delegations of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Cairo during the past two weeks, and considered them to be a transfer of the Israeli narrative that is delaying ending the genocidal war waged by the occupation army on the Gaza Strip, which permits It contains the blood of Palestinian women, children and the elderly.
The resistance factions confirmed that there will be no negotiations regarding the prisoners and all arrangements for the next stage before stopping the war and aggression against the Gaza Strip.
In this context, a senior leader in the resistance described what was published about its rejection of ideas for managing the Gaza Strip after the end of the war as false and misleading, especially what was called “leaving control of the Strip.” The senior leader told Al-Quds: “The resistance is an integral part of the Palestinian people, and it is a resistance elected by its people by a majority and enjoys a strong popular support and a large crowd. Indeed, the members of the resistance are from the same city, villages, and camps. They are from the steadfast Gaza Strip.” With their bodies and rifles, they confront this brutal aggression despite the massacres and war of extermination.”
He continued, saying: “The strange thing is that some Arab newspapers and channels echoed the narrative of Netanyahu and his hostile media chorus that the occupation “allows the exit of the resistance fighters and their leadership from the Gaza Strip,” and they draw a comparison between the war on Gaza and the occupation’s siege of Beirut in the last century.
The leader, who preferred to remain anonymous, explained: “Anyone who draws a comparison between the war of extermination that the Israeli occupation is carrying out today in the Gaza Strip and that war in which the occupation invaded Beirut, the proud Lebanese capital, which hosted and continues to host on its lands, is a foreigner, hostile, or ignorant of the ABCs and history of the Palestinian issue.” A large number of our people are refugees as guests until liberation and return to Palestine.”
He said: “The departure of Palestinian fighters from Beirut after an 80-day Israeli siege from the refugee camps in Lebanon to Tunisia as guests until the return of the martyr president, Abu Ammar. This is a comparison and approach that does not apply to us in the Gaza Strip. We are on our Palestinian land and among our people resisting an occupier from For our freedom, our dignity, the independence of our people, and their right to self-determination and build their state with Jerusalem as its capital,” stressing that there is no force in this world that can force us to leave the “beloved” Strip.
He added: "The picture must be clear. There is no comparison, there is no similarity. We, the people of the country, the men of Gaza, its soldiers, and its leaders, are neither guests nor mercenaries, as is the case with the Israeli occupation, which uses mercenaries from all over the world in its war on the Gaza Strip, seeking the help of American experts." And from the Western countries who provide air, intelligence, and electromagnetic cover and continue to support the occupation and aggression against our people with trains and air bridges with equipment, weapons, bullets, and stupid and smart bombs, and today they are demanding more Apache helicopters, all of this will not benefit them (they will be defeated and take control).”
He wondered: Where is the similarity? He said: “The strange thing is that this occupation and its aides are dealing with the same mentality of the rotten, fanatical, racist past and dealing with superiority and arrogance. ‘We allow’ and we do not allow,” adding that Netanyahu and his chorus of sulking leaders of his failed war believe that they can impose their will and decisions on the resistance. These are dreams and illusions that do not deceive. We don't pay any attention to it."
The senior leader stated: “My brother, you in the Palestinian press have paid in blood, just like the fighters in the field. More than 100 male and female journalists were martyred in Gaza. You are the knights of the honest word, reporting what is happening in the field, so the occupation is targeting you in its aggression. We are fighting without support or support.” There is no help from our Arab and Islamic world. A large portion of them stands by and watches, while a portion does not want to see our achievements or the steadfastness of our people in the Gaza Strip. Indeed, they attack the resistance and hope to eliminate it.”
He continued: “I say it bitterly, but this is the truth, but God supports with His victory whomever He wills. We, for our part, have pledged to God to fight until victory or martyrdom. Do not back down, for patience is patience, and those who wronged will know which way they will turn.”
The leader said: “The occupation is in an internal dilemma. Its government, led by Netanyahu, is afraid to stop the war that has caused it losses in lives that exceed all their imaginations, and a crisis. If the war is stopped and the deal is completed, the occupation is forced to pay a heavy bill for the release of the best of our people from prisons and detention centers.”
He added that the resistance has many, many cards for pressure and bargaining in negotiations and concluding an honorable deal according to what the resistance factions decided “all for all,” stressing that this equation is implementable, but the priority today is stopping the war and withdrawing the occupation.
The senior leader explained our goals and priorities after the cessation of the war, many of which are that what came before the October 7 operation will not happen after it. After the ceasefire, the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip must be lifted for more than 17 years. He said that this occupation does not abide by covenants, charters and agreements, so it must be International, Arab and regional guarantees make the occupation obligated to implement what is agreed upon with the Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
In response to a question about Hamas and Jihad’s refusal to form a technocratic government, the senior leader explained in his interview with Al-Quds: “This is slander and a lie. Firstly, we did not discuss the ideas in Cairo, and we refused to discuss any proposal before the ceasefire and the occupation’s withdrawal,” adding, “Previously.” We formed a government of technocrats in 2014 - a government, thank God.”
The leader concluded by saying: "Forming a government of technocrats or any formula agreed upon by all Palestinians, we are with it. This is an internal Palestinian matter that the occupation and its supporters have nothing to do with. This is the right of the Palestinian people. They are the ones who decide and choose their leadership in the next stage."
The leader refused to delve into what was published yesterday about a plan to expand, develop and equip the Rafah crossing to accommodate the entry of aid and the passage of citizens to and from the Gaza Strip in a broader and better way. He said, "This is an issue that needs long research and has already been discussed repeatedly with our Egyptian brothers. We prefer to address it after stopping the war and aggression, as we have a long and complex stage ahead of us."
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A senior leader to "Al-Quds": No negotiations on prisoners and arrangements for the next stage before stopping the war