Palestinian cause is being challenged by “political triangle of evils”: Haniyeh

The head of the political bureau of the Hamas resistance movement says the Palestinian cause is being threatened by three major challenges, demanding creation of a united national front to confront them.

Ismail Haniyeh made the remarks while speaking at a webinar on the situation of al-Quds and recent normalization of relations between Israel and some Arab countries on Saturday.

Haniyeh branded the so-called deal of the century unveiled by US President Donald Trump on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with the Tel Aviv regime’s plan to annex bigger parts of the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley as well as attempts by several Arab states to forge normal ties with Israel as the “political triangle of evils” facing the Palestinian cause.

Haniyeh noted that the outgoing US president “tried to obliterate and bury the Palestinian cause, but he would be gone and the Palestinian cause will live on.”

The top Hamas official’s comments came as United States Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, surpassed the winning threshold of 270 votes in the US Electoral College to win the White House and unseat Trump on Saturday.

“The deal of the century seeks to create an environment, where the Palestinian cause would cease to exist. Therefore, it is high time for us [as Arabs] to force a partnership among all national factions, move away from internal disputes, and fight our common enemy,” Haniyeh pointed out.

Trump’s so-called "deal of the century" initiative blatantly undermines Palestinians’ right to statehood in exchange for vague promises of basic economic opportunities.

The highly provocative scheme, which further denies the right of return for Palestinian refugees to their homeland, is also in complete disregard of UN Security Council resolutions and has been rejected by the vast majority of the international community.

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