3 October 2000

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

“Here is a message to Mankind”
The sixth day of the Intifadha
Communiqué No. (5)
“Think not of those who are slain in Allah's Way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the Presence of their Lord;”
Jihad is our way … and death for the cause of Allah is our noblest goal
The holy Aqsa’s Intifadha unites our people in face of the aggression

We will continue the Intifadha and resistance and we will burn the ground under the feet of the occupiers

Our hero the Mujahid Palestinian people:

Our glorified Arab, Islamic Nation:

The Zionist massacres are ongoing … and the criminal nazi occupation army continues to wage its all-out war against our unarmed people using all kinds of weapons: tanks, helicopter gunship, missiles, machineguns and bombs in a bid to terrorize our people and compel them by force to accept continuation of Zionist occupation of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Jewish sovereignty over the Aqsa in preparation for establishing the alleged temple in its place. The savage Zionist Jewish crimes are clearly evident in the image of the martyr child Mohammed Jamal Al-Durra who was murdered by the enemy soldiers in cold bold. They did not have mercy on his innocent childhood, hence came the terrifying scene that shook the whole world. On the other hand, our proud people continue to resist the occupation army, the government of criminal Barak and the herds of settlers. The Palestinians continue to defend their lands, holy shrines, Al-Quds, the Aqsa, religion, honor and Arab and Islamic dignity. Our people prove once again that they are a people of heroic deeds and sacrifice, a people of Jihad and martyrdom, a people of martyrs and that their sacrifice for the sake of the Aqsa was boundless.

More than fifty martyrs and 1,500 wounded fell in the Aqsa Intifadha, which broke out in all areas of our occupied Palestinian lands uniting the blood of our people in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem with that of our heroic steadfast people in our occupied Palestinian lands in 1948. The battlefield united our people with all their layers, trends, factions and forces in the holy Aqsa’s Intifadha, for the enemy is one ... the destiny is one … and the blood is one.

Our Palestinian people … our Arab, Islamic Nation:

On the sixth day of the holy Aqsa’s Intifadha, we in the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, affirm the following:

First: on the internal Palestinian level:

1- The Movement stresses unity of the Palestinian people in their continued confrontations and resistance against the Zionist enemy through the holy Aqsa’s Intifadha. That uprising that came in retaliation to the savage massacres committed and still are committed by the enemy in the holy Aqsa’s yards and in all occupied Palestinian cities and villages including our occupied lands in 1948. The Movement salutes our martyrs and wounded in various areas of our holy land and hails their families and relatives affirming Hamas’ backing to them all.

2- The demand for resignation of the chairman of the Palestinian Authority did not reflect the Movement’s stand nor its policy. The Movement affirms that it works for the liberation of our lands, our Quds and our Aqsa with all our people in a liberation march from the usurping enemy and for the sake of the return of our lands and country.

3- We call on our people in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the 48 areas and in each and every city and village, camp and alley to continue the confrontations and to escalate them against the Zionist enemy and to resist the settlers and defend the Aqsa and guard it with our lives and money and not to allow an end to this Intifadha.

4- We demand the Palestinian Authority to immediately set free all political detainees and Mujahideen in its jails topped by Dr. Abdul Aziz Ranteesi, Dr. Ibrahim Makadme, Sheikh Jamal Mansour, Sheikh Mohammed Jamal Natshe, Mujahid Mahmoud Abu Hannoud and Mujahid Mohammed Daif.

5- We renew our salutation to our heroic steadfast people in occupied Palestine-1948 for their steadfastness, sacrifices and strong rejection of the Jewish conspiracies against the Aqsa and for their blessed Intifadha and for their martyrs and hundreds of wounded.

6- Let the days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 3,4,5/10 be days of escalation and all-out confrontations with the enemy soldiers and herds of settlers.

7- In response to the appeal by the Nation’s scholars and leaders of Islamic Movements, who expressed solidarity and support with our people: let Friday 6/10 be a day of distinctive escalation and clashes. Let tumultuous demonstrations march from all mosques in Palestine to reflect the Palestinian immense anger towards Zionist massacres. We also request from the Friday preachers to allocate the Friday sermon to Al-Quds, the Aqsa and our people and Nation’s duty towards them.

8- The Hamas Movement declares that it would shoulder its duty towards all families of the martyrs who fell in the Aqsa’s Intifadha through catering for them and ensuring that our people would also cater for them out of our responsibility towards the blood of martyrs and to preserve their families and sons after them.

Second: on the Arab and Islamic levels:

1- We call on our Arab and Islamic masses to intensify their activities in support of Al-Quds and the Aqsa and to express solidarity with our stationed people. Let the masses hit the streets in all Arab and Islamic capitals to reflect their dismay towards the Zionist carnages and to affirm our Nation’s insistence on Al-Quds and the Aqsa and its readiness to defend its holy shrines.

2- We ask leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries to shoulder their duty and responsibility towards Al-Quds and the Aqsa and towards our stationed people. We ask them to strengthen their steadfastness and Jihad materially and morally. We ask them to allow freedom of expression to the Arab and Islamic peoples so that they would express their opinions and support their brothers in Palestine. We demand the countries establishing relations with the criminal enemy to sever those relations and expel ambassadors and representatives of that criminal entity who are desecrating Arab lands.

3- The Hamas Movement lauds our Nation’s masses that took to the streets in support of the Aqsa especially our people and brothers in Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. We also hail the Arab and Islamic community in Britain, America and Europe and request more such activities.

4- We call on our Arab and Islamic peoples to contribute in the Aqsa’s Intifadha and in the defense of Al-Quds and the sanctities by sharing in the honor of Jihad through donating money to our people and their certified charitable societies.

“Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah!”

Long live the holy Aqsa’s Intifadha

Glory and immortality for our martyrs
Allahu Akbar and victory to our Mujahid people

The Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas – Palestine)
Sunday 3 October 2000