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Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns British decision on Hamas

Published: 20 Nov 2021 - 03:16 pm | Last Updated: 20 Nov 2021 - 03:19 pm
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QNA

Ramallah: The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the British governments decision to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization, and considered it an unjustified attack on the Palestinian people "who are subjected to the most heinous forms of occupation and historical wrong for which the infamous Balfour Declaration established, as they were expelled from their homeland and abandoned in exile, and are still paying a heavy price.” of his land and the life and future of his generations as a result of the continued occupation, settlement, forced displacement, collective punishment, persecution and stalking.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry affirmed, in a statement today, that the British government, with this decision, has placed obstacles in the way of opportunities to achieve peace and obstacles in the way of the efforts made to consolidate the truce and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, expressing deep regret that this British decision came a week after the Israeli Prime Minister asked his British counterpart on the sides of the Climate Summit in Glasgow to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization.

The statement said: "We believe that in line with this request and in line with it, the British Home Secretary announced this decision during her visit to Washington, and she is the same minister who, in previous years, visited the settlements of the Golan Heights in coordination with the Settlements Council there and without obtaining the approval of her government.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the British government to stop the policy of double standards and immediately retract this decision, noting that he will study with the concerned authorities the effects and repercussions of this decision on the Palestinian-British bilateral relations and its impact on Britains traditional role in the region, and the limits of its future contribution. in any possible political process.