The Israeli leadership, Qassem added, “is immersed in gang-style behavior against our Palestinian people.”
By KHALED ABU TOAMEHHamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh gestures as he speaks during a rally marking the 31st anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 16, 2018(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)
The indictment on Thursday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, breach of trust and fraud raises the Palestinian people’s morale, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh told reporters in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.Haniyeh was speaking after he participated in a ceremony in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, to lay a cornerstone for a new hospital. His remarks were published by Associated Press.Haniyeh also said that the indictment of Netanyahu would “encourage Palestinians to show more steadfastness.” He also called for “enhancing military and political resistance” to Netanyahu.Earlier, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem commented on the decision to indict Netanyahu by saying that the “Zionist entity was established on the basis of corruption, theft of Palestinian land and falsifying history and reality.”The Israeli leadership, Qassem added, “is immersed in gang-style behavior against our Palestinian people.”
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