5 May 1999

The Zionist Enemy continues its arbitrary measures against our People. These measures have escalated during the election campaign to appease the Zionist electorate. The conspiracy to Judaize occupied Jerusalem also continues through the demolition of Palestinian homes and the annexation of vast areas of the Bethlehem Municipality’s land to occupied Jerusalem in order to expand its borders and to seize more of our 1967-occupied territories as part of the Jewish State.

The herds of Jewish settlers also continue on a daily basis in their attempt to Judaize the Palestinian usurped land and to seize more of our People’s land. All this is continuously done publicly, without any Arab, Muslim or international counter-move to put an end to these atrocities.

All of the above is happening while the Palestinian Authority (PA) insists on abiding by its fragile agreements with the Zionist Enemy. The PA also submits to the Zionist dictates and threats, continuing its oppressive measures against our noble people who oppose its policies and rejects its submission to the Zionist arrogance.

The PA has re-arrested members and supporters of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) shortly after their release. This means that our People are subject to the moody decisions of the PA. They have become cards and tactical messages in the hands of the PA, using them according to its needs and objectives without giving any attention to the dignity, freedom and rights of our People.

Hamas condemns the PA’s unchanged manner against our people, which aims to busy them with internal disputes and problems and which endangers our national unity. Meanwhile, it leaves the Zionist Enemy free to swallow more land and continue settlements throughout the Palestinian territories.

We call again upon the PA to stop traveling along this dawdling Oslo track and to side with its People, their concerns, and their sincere Jihadi forces who confront the Enemy’s plots. We also call upon it to resist the Enemy’s expansionist projects in order to rescue our land and holy places.

We also call upon the Arab and Islamic States to take practical steps to support our People and strengthen their resistance of the settlement and Judaization campaigns.

We appeal to all ranks of our Palestinian People to resist the settlement and Judaization campaigns with all means possible. We give a covenant to our People to remain in the trenches confronting the occupation Enemy, and to continue resistance of the occupation, settlement and Judaization activities. We also vow that Hamas will stand by all Mujahideen and honest people as an impenetrable and insurmountable barrier protecting our land and holy places.

Allahu Akbar and victory is to the faithful

The Islamic Resistance Movement
Hamas - Palestine

          5 May 1999