1 October 2000

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

Communiqué no. (4)
Here is a Message for mankind
Our souls and blood sacrificed for the sake of the Aqsa
Let the Aqsa Intifadha continue and let the confrontations progress and let the ground turn into fire and volcanoes under the feet of the usurpers

Our Mujahid Palestinian people:

“If ye are suffering hardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but ye have hope from Allah, while they have none.” In these blessed days … the days of Jihad and martyrdom … the days of Jihad for the cause of Allah, in defense of His religion and in revenge to Al-Quds (Jerusalem), sanctities and the Aqsa … and in support of the Arab and Islamic Nation’s dignity, the precious Palestinian blood continues to be shed for the sake of the Aqsa … in these days you, our people, prove again and ever again that you are the people of sacrifice, martyrs, pride, dignity, patience and steadfastness …

All hail to you our people for your Jihad and steadfastness … for your Intifadha for the sake of the Aqsa and the sanctities … for your strong confrontation in face of Zionist tyranny and aggression … and a glorified salutation to the martyrs and the hundreds of wounded who colored with their blood the Aqsa yards and the holy land of Palestine.

Our stationed Palestinian people:

The blessed Aqsa Intifadha will continue and escalate to affirm to the whole world that our people are not tired or weakened and will never succumb to humiliation, repression and occupation and that they are still capable of sacrifice, resistance and confrontation of the Zionist occupation savagery in defense of Al-Quds and the Aqsa.

The Zionist occupation army’s confrontation of our unarmed Palestinian masses employing thousands of panicked soldiers who used live bullets, internationally banned bullets along with armored vehicles and Lao missiles to commit brutal war crimes against demonstrations of our people exposes the truth of the illusionary peace with that enemy. It further affirms that coexistence between the victim and the culprit is a big lie for that criminal enemy only understands the language of suppression, terrorism and sacrilegious acts. That enemy wants complete surrender of our people to all its conditions but the blood of our people that was shed everywhere on all parts of our usurped lands revealed reality of that spiteful enemy no matter how much supporters of peace and settlements try to deceive our people and Nation over that fact.

This blessed Intifadha came as a strong response to the crime of the Barak government in collusion with Sharon and his followers against the Aqsa. It also came in retaliation to allowing him to stroll in the Aqsa plaza under the protection of thousands of soldiers and accompanied by a military build up that was not even known during the time the Aqsa was occupied. It also came in response to the enemy’s stands in declaring its insistence on sovereignty over Jerusalem and the Aqsa and declarations by its leaders on the intention of constructing their alleged temple in the Aqsa Mosque. Hence came this Intifadha and the bloodletting as a strong message that we will burn the grounds under feet of the usurpers and that any tampering with the Aqsa or desecrating it was out of bounds that if breeched would move our people young and old, women and men, elderly and children and that rivers of blood would be shed and martyrs fall for its sake.

Our Mujahid Palestinian people: our Arab and Islamic Nation:

We in the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, call for the following:

First: on the domestic arena:

1- We call for a general strike tomorrow Monday 2/10/2000 declaring it a day for popular escalation on the anniversary of Salahuddin’s liberation of Al-Quds. We also call on our masses to continue the Aqsa Intifadha and escalate confrontations with enemy soldiers and herds of settlers and clash with them in all cities and villages … in all camps, alleys and streets of our holy Palestinian lands to protest the savage massacres against our people and the Jews’ desecration of the Haram Al-Sharif and to insist on our people’s sovereignty over Al-Quds and the Aqsa.

2- We request our people to head for the Aqsa Mosque and stage a 24-hour sit-in to guard and defend it. We urge students to organize continuous group visits to the Aqsa.

3- We call on university students, students’ blocs and school pupils to hit the streets in massive demonstrations everywhere to reflect our people’s anger and in support of the Aqsa and the holy shrines.

4- We urge the return of using the blessed Intifadha tools such as stones, slingshots, Molotov and cold arms and let our lands turn into a resistance, heroism and Jihad arena.

5- We call for solidarity with families of martyrs and congratulating their relatives. We also plead for visiting the wounded, assisting them and extending to them whatever they need.

6- We call on the Palestinian Authority to immediately withdraw from negotiations with the criminal enemy and to declare suspension of all forms of security coordination with it.

7- We ask the Authority not to end the Aqsa Intifadha or calm down our angered masses as it had done after the tunnel’s uprising. We also call on it to observe cohesion with our people and stand by their side in the confrontation against aggression. We also invite the Authority to let the people freely express their stands and defend the sanctities and retaliate to the Jewish aggression.

8- We call on the Authority to release all detained Mujahideen in its jails topped by Mujahid Mahmoud Abu Hannoud and Mujahid Mohammed Daif to be in their proper place alongside the Mujahideen in the confrontation against the enemy.

9- We extend our glorified salutations to the heroic Palestinian policeman who opened his gunfire at the enemy soldiers and condemn the Authority’s decision to try him at a time when the occupation entity’s leaders and soldiers were committing the most savage crimes against our unarmed people.

10- We greet our people in Palestinian lands occupied in 1948 and hail their blessed backing to their next of kin in addition to their defense of the Aqsa and appraise their holding of different activities to express our people’s insistence on their blessed Mosque and their legitimate rights.

Second: on the Arab and Islamic levels:

1- We appeal to our Arab and Islamic Nation’s masses to move in support of the Aqsa and in solidarity with our Palestinian people. We beseech them to express their denunciation of the enemy’s measures, massacres and desecration of the Aqsa through organizing rallies, carnivals and other activities to support our people. Let the whole world understand that the holy Aqsa Mosque is the property of more than one billion Muslims and that any tampering with it is a red line and a declaration of war against our Nation, its religion and pride.

2- We invite the Arab regimes that maintain any form of relation or normalization with the criminal enemy to end dealings with the enemy and halt all forms of normalization with it and expel its ambassadors and representatives.

3- We ask Arab and Islamic peoples and governments to extend all forms of material, moral and informational support to our people, back its steadfastness and resistance and aid the Mujahideen.

Let the blessed Aqsa Intifadha continue
Let the Palestinian bloodshed continue in defense of Al-Quds and the Aqsa
Let our holy land turn into volcanoes burning the usurpers

The Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas – Palestine)
Sunday 1 October 2000