Hamas calls for third Intifada against Israel
Iran Press TV
Sun Nov 16, 2014 12:30AM GMT
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on Palestinians to stage a third Intifada (uprising) against Israeli occupation.
"In view of the settlements" and the attempt to Judaize al-Quds (Jerusalem), "there is no place for calm," Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal told the Qatari newspaper Al-Sharq.
Palestinians argue that al-Quds is the capital of a future Palestinian independent state.
"We will foil the scheme through resistance and by calling for an uprising against the occupation," Meshaal added.
A total of 6,200 Palestinians died during the first Intifada between 1987 and 1993 and the second one in 2000s, both fiercely confronted by Israel.
Israel proclaimed existence in 1948 after full-scale military operations against the Arab world.
In 1967, Tel Aviv occupied and later annexed the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in a move not recognized by the international law.
Over the past decades, Israel has tried to change the demographic makeup of al-Quds by constructing illegal settlements, destroying historical sites and expelling the local Palestinian population.
HN/NN/AS
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