Hamas, Iran Jointly Denounce U.S. Summit in Bahrain

Date: 16 June 2019 - 21:35

News ID: ۶۷۰۶۳

TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Iran and Hamas say a plan devised by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump targeting the Palestinian nation, dubbed "the deal of the century”, only seeks to meet the interests of the Zionists in the Middle East and aims to establish the Zionist regime’s occupation policies.
The remarks were made in a meeting between Iran's Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and senior Hamas officials, including deputy head of its political bureau Saleh Al-Arouri, a member of Hamas Political Bureau Hessam Badran, its foreign relations chief Osama Hamdan and its representative in Lebanon Ahmed Abdulhadi, whose report was published on Hamas website on Sunday.
During the meeting, the two sides noted that the policies adopted by the United States leave no doubt that a series of pro-Zionist decisions made by the U.S. president, which started with introducing the occupied East Jerusalem Al-Quds as the capital city of Israel and moving Washington’s embassy there, will continue with lending full support to Israel’s settlement construction activities in the West Bank and the occupied part of the Golan Heights.
In December 2017, Trump officially declared the disputed city of Jerusalem Al-Quds as the occupying regime’s "capital," despite warnings from around the world that the measure would risk triggering a fresh wave of violence in the Middle East.
Later in May 2018, the United States officially announced the opening of its new embassy in Jerusalem Al-Quds amid deadly Israeli crackdown on peaceful protests by Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Elsewhere in their meeting, the two sides exchanged views about ways to promote relations and emphasized that such meetings should continue to counter challenges and dangers emanating from the U.S. insistence on "the deal of the century," which has been rejected by all Palestinians and regional nations.
The two sides also discussed ways of countering other American and Zionist plots in the region, especially when they pertain to the issue of Palestine.
Palestinian Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh on Saturday dismissed Trump’s controversial proposal for "peace” between the Zionist regime and Palestinians, stressing that "the deal of the century” is "stumbling and changing its course.”
"The American conspiracy has stumbled and is changing course. It is due to the Palestinian rejection (of the deal) and the clear position of the president (Mahmoud Abbas) vis-à-vis Al-Quds, refugees and the national constants. These issues form the cornerstone of the struggle that forced the conspiracy against the Palestinian people to falter. The Palestinian land is the cradle of history, heritage and religion. Al-Quds represents the spirit of this sacred existence,” he said in a statement.