GAZA (MEMO) – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced it will take legal action against the UK, which recently listed it as a “terrorist organization”.
Speaking at an online conference held by the Center for Palestinian Refugee Studies, Hamas Political Bureau chief Mousa Abu Marzouk said the group is actively working with various institutions and organizations against the move.
“Hamas is working on a strategy with British lawyers for the cancellation of the decision,” Abu Marzouk added.
He noted that causing division in Palestine would not serve the interests of Hamas, adding the movement intends to protect its homeland and the resistance.
Marzouk also urged the Palestinian administration and the Fatah movement to reconcile on the basis of the interests of the Palestinian public, partnership and resistance.
“We want to support the Palestinian cause and restore our project and self-determination,” Abu Marzouk stated.
On November 19, the British government blacklisted the political wing of Hamas, joining the United States, Canada and the European Union in fully banning the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance group, which provides a tremendous amount of defense for the Palestinian rights against frequent Zionist acts of aggression.
London had already banned the group’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, across the UK. The move to proscribe Hamas means its members or those who invite support for the resistance group could be jailed for up to 14 years.
Founded in 1987, Hamas is the largest Palestinian resistance movement. Since 2007, it has ruled the besieged Gaza Strip and has since defended the impoverished enclave against four major wars by the Zionist regime, including the most recent 11-day conflict that ended in an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in May.