Jerusalem, January 11: Israel is trying to prevent the Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, from uniting in order to continue its aggressions in the occupied Palestinian territories, an analyst says.
“Israel will never allow any reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas,” human rights activist Dr. Nada Haswi said in her interview with Media.
Haswi deplored that “unfortunately [acting Palestinian Authority Prime Minister] Salam Fayyad and [Acting Palestinian Authority Chief] Mahmoud Abbas fall under the Israeli kind of power.”
She insisted that “the only way to go is what Hamas has been doing all along — that is to resist and to fight them (the Israelis), because the only way for them to understand is by resisting.”
Haswi pointed out that Israel is mocking the international community as “the UN is busy creating international courts for criminals, while in Israel, the criminals are very well-known.”
On Sunday, Israeli bulldozers destroyed a hotel compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) to build 20 new settler units on the occupied Palestinian land, defying international calls to end the demolitions.
The latest Israeli move in its demolitions in the illegally annexed city comes as Palestinian Authority leaders say they will not return to direct talks unless Israel stops all settlement construction.
Bulldozers have been working overtime since direct talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis broke down after Tel Aviv decided not to extend the partial settlement freeze in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
In 2010 alone, Israel destroyed nearly 40 Palestinian homes and 90 shops in East al-Quds, with the dramatic increase of razing homes giving rise to concerns about Israel’s plan to remove the Palestinians from the occupied city and judaize the Palestinians’ demanded capital.
A recent report by the United Nations warned that almost a quarter of the 250,000 Palestinians living in East al-Quds are at the risk of having their homes leveled by Israel.
——–Agencies