‘Normalization with Israel brought devastation; tensions will escalate in Ramadhan‘

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has censured some Arab states over establishment of "diplomatic relations" with Israel, stating that normalization with the occupying Tel Aviv regime has brought the Arab world nothing other than devastation.

“The usurping Israeli entity has offered Arabs nothing other than destruction in the aftermath of normalization of diplomatic relations with a number of Arab countries. Rising tensions across the Occupied Territories are likely to reach a dangerous level due to the regime’s escalatory measures,” Khaled Meshaal, Head of the Palestinian group's office in the diaspora, said on Saturday night.

He described normalization of ties between some Arab countries and Israel as harmful for both present and future generations of the Arab and Muslim worlds, and regional security.

“The main objective of normalization is destruction of Arab countries. It is a stab in the back of the Palestinian nation,” the senior Hamas official said.

The Israeli regime, under the US-brokered Abraham Accords, normalized diplomatic relations with United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco in 2020.

Palestinian leaders, activists and ordinary people have repeatedly rejected Arab-Israeli normalization deals as “a stab in the back” of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Meshaal stated that the far-right Israeli cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set escalation of tensions in al-Quds, the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the West Bank high on its agenda, emphasizing that “Peace cannot be achieved without resistance, and it will not be sustainable otherwise.”

He noted that situation on the ground will inflame during the holy fasting month of Ramadhan as a result of the Israeli regime’s persistent aggression and recurrent crimes.

“We are facing a difficult situation. Palestinian people know that the liberation of their homeland will only take place through all-out resistance.

“Palestinians must unite on the battlefield. We must unite against the cabinet of thugs, as the resistance front united in Nablus, Jenin, the Gaza strip and elsewhere,” the Hamas leader pointed out.

Meshaal went to lambast the recent meeting of senior officials from Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA), the United States, Jordan, and Egypt in the Jordanian resort city of Aqaba, saying, “Zionist criminals do not commit themselves to any agreement. This is what we saw after the so-called Aqaba security meeting.” 

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