Editor of Palestinian Authority Daily: Hamas is to blame.
https://www.memri.org/reports/editor-palestinian-authority-daily-if-it-werent-hamas-constantly-triggering-wars-gaza-could" The following are translated excerpts from Abu Al-Hija's article:[1]
"Before we ask what benefit we have derived from the [Al-Aqsa] Flood, [i.e., Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel], we must ask what benefit we derived from the [previous] wars Hamas waged against Israel since it carried out its coup against the legitimate Palestinian Authority... Hamas gave these wars high-flown and resolute names that bear no connection to reality, names taken from obsolete Salafi books and from the movement's populist speeches, such as 'the Battle of Al-Furqan,'[2] 'the Stones of Baked Clay,'[3] and 'the Eaten Straw.'[4] These are just names: no victory was achieved, no stones of baked clay were hurled [at the enemy], and the occupation was not eaten like straw!!!"
" "The six wars caused more than 4,000 martyrs and more than 23,000 wounded. The seventh war has caused more than 150,000 martyrs and wounded, and left horrific heaps of rubble that will take five years to clear away from the body of the Gaza Strip, which is full of wounds and mass graves!
"Reality speaks volumes, not in words but only in the bodies of the victims, the wails of the widows, the groans of the injured, and the suffering of the hungry and thirsty. It speaks volumes [by showing us] the ruins [ruins] that the virtual battle maps presented on the screen of the lying satellite channel [referring to Al-Jazeera] cannot cancel or erase, even with the prattle of its military analyst [Fayez Al-Dwairi]..."
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If the PA mouthpiece is going after Hamas like this, it means that the PA no longer feels threatened by Hamas.
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