Hamas: Resumption of settlement building exposes futility of negotiations

Hamas: Resumption of settlement building exposes futility of negotiations

 

DAMASCUS, Hamas strongly condemned on Monday the resumption of construction in settlements in the West Bank as a new Zionist crime exposing claims of peace.

It said in a statement that going ahead in talks with the Israeli occupation amidst such a settlement policy re-affirms failure of this process.

“It is about time for those buying the peace mirage to realize that occupation is exploiting the futile negotiations as a cover for the settlement policy in a bid to annex more land, judaize Jerusalem, and liquidate the Palestine cause,” the statement read.

It said Hamas holds the “Oslo team” responsible for the serious consequences of continuing in such talks and demand their immediate withdrawal from those talks without any further delay.

Hamas asked all Palestinian factions to unite in confrontation with occupation and its colonialist projects, and urged the Arab League not to give a cover for such absurd talks and to back instead the Palestinian people’s resistance and steadfastness.