In a speech by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, he called for an intifada – or an uprising – against Israel in response to the decision of United States (US) President Donald Trump to move the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. “We stand today in front of a historic turning point in our case and from the heart of Jerusalem after this unjust decision taken by the US administration with the alleged recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the so-called Zionist entity.” “I say, today, that Palestine is unified from the sea to the river; it cannot be divided on two. We do not recognize the legitimacy of the occupation, and there is no occupation on the land of Palestine to be a capital,” he added. “Trump’s decision mean an end to a political phase and the start of a new one.” “We call on the Arab countries to take the decisions awaiting the people of this nation,” he said. He also called for an explicit boycott of the US administration to stand against the violations of the Palestinian rights. Following Trumps’s announcement, a number of protests took to the…
Hamas Calls for an Uprising in Response to Trump’s Declaration of Jerusalem the Capital of Israel
December 7, 2017
