Hamas Leaders Haneyya: Relocating U.S. Embassy To Jerusalem "Crosses Red Lnes": Ghannouchi On Trump Jerusalem Move
06 December 2017EsinIslam And
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Hamas Chief, Ismail Haneyya, said Tuesday that any decision by the Trump
administration to recognize the city as Israel's capital would be igniting the
spark of rage against the Israeli occupation.
In a memo sent to Arab leaders, the Organization of the Islamic Conference,
and the League of Arab States, among other international bodies, Haneyya said
the Palestinians will never let such a conspiracy see the day and will do
whatever it takes to defend their land and holy sites.
"As time has passed by, the U.S. administration has always sided with the
Israeli occupation and backed its racist and war agenda against the
Palestinian people," wrote Haneyya, dubbing the move a flagrant contravention
of international laws and a malevolent provocation of Muslims' sensitivity.
"The American administration's recognition of occupied Jerusalem as Israel's
capital and moving its embassy to Jerusalem cross every red line," the head of
the Palestinian resistance movement said in the letter.
"Moving the American embassy to Occupied Jerusalem is a dangerous escalation
and provides a cover for the extremist government (of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu) to carry out its plan to Judaize Occupied Jerusalem," the letter
read.
Haneyya called on the Arab and Muslim nations across the globe to take an
urgent response over the "conspiracy" and to work on pressuring the U.S. to
backtrack on such a "criminal move."
Reports have recently emerged that President Donald Trump will publicly
recognize Occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital and instruct the State
Department to begin the multi-year process of moving the American embassy from
Tel Aviv to the holy city. Trump is expected deliver remarks Wednesday
outlining his decision on a potential move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel, a
decision that is believed to inflame tensions across the occupied Palestinian
territories and the Middle East.
Trump has also informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas he intends to move
the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem. No timetable was,
however, given.
Palestinian factions have called for mass protests against such a move.
Israel captured east Jerusalem, home to the third holiest site in Islam—Al-Aqsa
Mosque—more than 50 years ago and considers the entire city as the capital of
its self-proclaimed state.
Ghannouchi: Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem promotes extremism
Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Tunisian Ennahdha Party,
criticized US President Donald Trump for deciding to move his country's
embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and suggested that this would cause more
conflicts in the region.
In an exclusive interview with Quds Press, Ghannouchi said: "US President
Donald Trump's decision to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem would cause
more instability in the region. This is a provocative decision that could lead
to further deterioration."
Ghannouchi suggested that "the US decision to move the Embassy of Washington
to Jerusalem is a gift terrorism and is a step that encourages the occupation
to be more radical."
Ghannouchi called on US President Donald Trump to retract the decision in
order to preserve the stability of the region and to prevent extremism.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump told Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas via a phone call about his intention to move the US embassy from
Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem.
Moving the embassy is considered as US recognition of the legitimacy of the
occupation of Jerusalem.
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