GAZA, (PIC)-- Ismail Haneyya, the premier of the PA government in Gaza Strip, has asked the European countries to lift Hamas Movement from the list of "terrorist" organizations, highlighting that Hamas is a national liberation movement.
He affirmed in a videoconference speech to the seventh convention of Palestinians in Europe held in Milan, Italy, that Hamas's main problem was with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and did not seek to open conflicts with any other country.
He also asked the Palestinians in Europe, who hold their conference this year under the slogan "Right of return is nonnegotiable and will not be relinquished", to urge legal institutions in Europe to send fact-finding missions to probe the Israeli war crimes committed against the unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza Strip.
The premier also asked them to file lawsuits before local and international courts in Europe against Israeli war criminals and to establish museums documenting those war crimes and protecting the Palestine cause's history, which the Israeli propaganda machine was strenuously working to wipe it out off the European memory.
Haneyya also encouraged coordinating efforts with human rights groups and peace activists in Europe to organize trips to the occupied Palestinian lands and to send medical and human relief supplies via sea route to break the siege imposed on Gaza Strip.
He urged Palestinians in Europe to convince decision-makers in the West to respect the Palestinian people's democratic choice, underlining that Hamas won a transparent election process observed by the western countries.
Haneyya' speech, which we warmly welcomed by more than 10,000 participants in the convention, mentioned the Israeli judaization process of occupied Jerusalem and urged the conferees to adopt supportive decisions to boost the Palestinian Jerusalemites' steadfastness.
Other speakers at the convention included Adel Abdullah, the secretary general of the convention, who affirmed that the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland was "inevitable".
The same idea was reiterated by Dr. Mohammed Hanun, the coordinator of the convention, who expressed confidence that Palestinian refugees in Europe were now closer than ever to realizing their dream of returning to their country Palestine.
He addressed Palestinian Jerusalemites asking them to be patient and to be sure that occupation is a passing cloud, pledging to prioritize the issue of Jerusalem.
Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, the prominent Palestinian academic, told the inaugural session that an elected Palestinian national council should form a leadership to lead the Palestinian people away from foreign dictates.
Until now, the besieged Gaza Strip has stayed free of the novel coronavirus spreading across the world. As the Gaza Strip has been under a stringent Israeli-led blockade for nearly 13 years, the spread of the coronavirus - officially known as COVID-19 - has become the topic of discussion for many Palestinians, with some joking that the blockade was preventing them from being exposed.But as authorities in the coastal Palestinian enclave gear up to contain any potential outbreak, serious questions have arisen about the risks and implications of such a scenario. But given its already difficult humanitarian situation and high population density, an outbreak in the Gaza Strip could prove to be catastrophic, health officials have warned. "If the virus enters Gaza and spreads, it will get out of hand," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Majdi Thuhair told Middle East Eye, as he explained that a severe shortage of resources and personnel would make it near impossible
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