Zahhar: Armed struggle will free Palestine

[oberliner]

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar said Thursday that all Palestinian factions, including Fatah, should form a united front in an armed struggle in order to liberate all of historic Palestine.

Zahhar personally set fire to an Israeli flag during the brief news conference in Gaza organized to mark the 23rd anniversary of the founding of Hamas.

He said: "Israeli occupation will end. it does not have any future among us. Our Palestinian principles are not up for negotiation by anyone. Humanity is a sacred value to us as well as our land, which is not subject to elections, or referendum, or compromises, buying or selling."

"We also call for the Arab nation to unleash its people to reach Palestine," he said. He also urged the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to allow "resistance" to resume against Israel.

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[Dick Dastardly]

1. This is a false and misleading translation of what he said. He means by armed struggle to use all

Palestinians to work and toil with their arms in a peaceful struggle to build Palestine.

[oberliner]

2. It happens a lot

We need to find the original statement.