Hamas insists on legitimacy of resistance against Israeli occupation

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has insisted on the legitimacy of “all forms” of resistance against the Israeli occupation on the 104th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hamas stressed that the Palestinian refugees’ right of return to their homes from which they were displaced is a legitimate and legal right guaranteed under international laws, and which cannot be waived or bargained over.

The statement emphasized that the resistance in all its forms, from the popular to armed resistance, “would remain a legitimate option, which has proved its utility,” until the Palestinian people’s “usurped” rights are restored and the Israeli occupation ends.

Referring to the UK’s continued support for the Zionism until the Israeli occupation of Palestine in 1948, Hamas stressed the Britain “bears the guilt” of the Balfour declaration.

Hamas stated that the practical apology to the Palestinian people for the “inauspicious” Balfour Declaration occurs when the Palestinian refugees return to their homes and when they are compensated for what they have suffered.

On the 104th anniversary of the declaration, Hamas also decried the silence of the international community on the crimes committed by the Israelis against the Palestinians from oppression and displacement to killings.

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