This is my message to Hamas

It is no secret to anyone the catastrophic conditions experienced by our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, where most of them live their day searching for water, food, medicine or clothing, with no one to protect them or help them except what Israel allows after bitter examination and scrutiny. Our Palestinian people who sacrificed more than two hundred thousand martyrs, missing persons and wounded, in addition to 80-90% of their buildings and infrastructure being destroyed and the air and soil being poisoned with gases as a result of the intensive raids with weapons being tested for the first time. Life in Gaza is almost impossible with this destruction and this absence of international and regional bodies, and this increasing silence regarding the ongoing killing of stones, trees and people alike, as it is clear that everyone is waiting for the end of this war that is described as a war of extermination and displacement. This waiting position has made many countries, parties and even international bodies refrain from taking decisive decisions or decisions capable of curbing the deadly military machine that operates in the Strip and the West Bank without stopping. What "made matters worse" is the similarity of the two positions:

The American and Israeli, especially after the election of Donald Trump, who is clearly under the influence of extremist pressure lobbies from America and Israel, it is not a coincidence that Trump adopts the most extreme positions of the extreme right, and it is not a coincidence that this president insists on opposing the Palestinian people in this provocative and continuous manner. It can be said that Trump, with these extreme positions, is completing the first deal of the century with another deal that ends not only with a two-state solution, but also the disintegration of the Palestinian people through displacement in the Gaza Strip and annexation in the occupied West Bank, and forcing the Arab world to accept Israel and normalize relations with it without making any concessions or political or other prices.

The American and Israeli position now has gone beyond all the proposed projects and dangers, and has begun with the most dangerous scenarios possible, namely displacement and annexation. The danger is imminent, meaning that there is talk about abandoning the two-state solution, and about not recognizing the Palestinian people as a people with rights that have been recognized by many international bodies. The American and Israeli position goes beyond international resolutions and the United Nations’ recognition of the Palestinian state, and goes beyond the decisions issued by international bodies such as the Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.

This Israeli and American extremism and fanaticism has led them to become so arrogant and haughty that they have asked Arab countries, especially Egypt and Jordan, to participate in bearing the burdens of the occupation by receiving Palestinian "displaced persons", by eliminating the Palestinian state, and by actually contributing to the dismantling of the Palestinian people, in exchange for continuing to pump American money into both sister countries Egypt and Jordan. Thus, for the first time, Arab brothers are being asked to participate not in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but in deepening this conflict and inflaming it to the furthest extent.

For the first time, the sister Arab countries are being asked to adopt the vision of the occupation, reward it, and rid it of its burdens. For this very reason, our Arab brothers have categorically rejected this, through both His Majesty King Abdullah II and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. This clarity in the position was very necessary, because the idea of displacement and annexation affects the national and security interests of every Arab country individually and all of them together. The displacement of the Palestinians now is a real recipe for a new, large and broad wave of instability in the region. This American threat has opened the doors of very dangerous possibilities for our Arab brothers. Therefore, it was not surprising to call for a meeting in Riyadh that includes the Arab parties: Jordan, Egypt, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar on 20-2; to develop a plan for confrontation to thwart the idea of displacement of our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the clash. This is before the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Cairo on the 27th of this month, which will be entirely devoted to the Palestinian issue and the new challenges. The Riyadh meeting is perhaps the most important meeting, because the decisions of this summit will not go beyond rejecting displacement or fragmentation, and that the Palestinian Authority is the one with jurisdiction in the Gaza Strip, and is authorized to manage it, and that the solution is Arab with international assistance that guarantees care, reconstruction, and political coverage, and that Hamas must be wise, mature, and politically realistic in a way that allows the Arab umbrella to move easily and smoothly. This means that the Riyadh meeting scheduled for the twentieth of this month will present a realistic and clear vision to the United States, Israel, and the entire world to get out of the bottleneck that everyone has entered, by saying that Saudi Arabia, with its great qualitative weight, is authorized to seize the historical role assigned to it to lead the Arab effort to extract the Palestinian cause from the stagnation and stagnation it is suffering from, with a realistic political vision that spares the Palestinian people displacement, annexation, dismantling, and suffering. Through a political settlement in the Gaza Strip first and the occupied West Bank second, a vision based on stopping the war, rebuilding Gaza, returning the Palestinian Authority, and containing Hamas so that it does not dominate the scene and preserving it as part of the Palestinian people.

In this regard, and for the sake of truth and objectivity, Hamas knows that it is politically and militarily besieged, and knows that it cannot help our people in the Strip, and for this reason it has actually and practically proposed that it is prepared to give up the administration of Gaza within a Palestinian-Palestinian agreement, and this is a good proposal that can be built upon. Moreover, Hamas, through the sixth batch of the release of Israeli prisoners, put up a large picture showing the flags of the Arab countries that reject the displacement, including the flag of our sister country, Saudi Arabia, in a real and public indication from the Hamas movement to say that it is sheltered by this Arab effort and that Arab diplomacy, and its approval of the Egyptian-Arab plan to rebuild Gaza.

These are signs that can be used to tell Hamas with great sincerity and love that you should not be a hole in the wall of the Arab position that shows strength and unity in the face of American bullying and extremism. You, brothers in Hamas, must provide everything you can in order to make the Arab vision a success by cooperating with the details of that vision. It must be recognized that it is not possible to rebuild the Strip without our brothers in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the Emirates and other countries, and that this will not happen without implicit or explicit approvals from America, Israel and the European Union. Therefore, political realism and a wise vision for the stage are necessary. No one is talking here about defeat, but we must talk about actual changes in our region and the world. No one is talking about the abuse or marginalization of Hamas, but rather about repositioning it in Palestinian political life. You are asking about Hamas’s weapons, which constitute the most problematic issue. Well, this matter can be settled with real and certain guarantees from the Palestinian Authority and the Arab side, under the generous sponsorship of President Sisi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed and King Abdullah II. No one is talking about or proposing an Arab occupation, or replacing displacement with an internal Palestinian-Arab or Palestinian-Palestinian war. This is impossible. Nothing can happen in the Strip without Palestinian-Palestinian approvals. President Mahmoud Abbas was and still is a strong wall to protect the Palestinian decision and Palestinian representation. He was and still is insisting on Palestinian-Palestinian consensus. There is no coercion, no usurpation, and no kidnapping, but rather a real Palestinian consensus that allows for entering a new phase with minimal losses. However, because time is running fast, and the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Strip is deepening at every moment, our brothers in Hamas must take the initiative to present a vision that will ensure their integration into Palestinian political life, and for the Palestinian Authority, under the leadership and care of President Abu Mazen, to take over the matter in the Strip, with Arab support, guarantees, and care, leading to an independent Palestinian state, relying once again on this blessed coordinated Arab effort.

The internationally recognized PLO has legal, political and administrative jurisdiction over the territories of the State of Palestine: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem. This is my message to Hamas.