US EditionHamas Claims He Has the Right to Be Armed. "Any Negotiation Must Start From This"
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Hamas has "the legitimate right" to be armed and any proposals made for the implementation of the next phases of the Gaza Strip will have to respect this, Hamas' leader in the Palestinian territory, Khalil al-Hayya, reported to the AFP.
According to the terms of the American agreement which came into force at the beginning of October, the Islamist movement must eventually be disarmed.
This "right" is linked to the creation of a Palestinian state, said Khalil Hayya on Al-Aqsa television.
Gaza leader Khalil al-Hayya said on Sunday that the group has "the legitimate right" to possess weapons and that any proposals for the next phases of the Gaza army must respect this right. "The resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian State", [...]
“The resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the creation of a Palestinian state,” said Hayya, in a message broadcast on Al-Aqsa television, linked to Hamas. “We are willing to study any proposal that preserves that right and guarantees the creation of a Palestinian state,” he added. As a result of strong American pressure, a truce took effect on October 10 in the Gaza Strip, just over …
Exiled Hamas chief Khalil Hajja said on Sunday that Hamas had a “legitimate right” to keep weapons and that any proposal for further phases of the Gaza ceasefire must respect that right, AFP reported. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an attack on Gaza “The Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state,” he said in a televised speech on the milit…
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