Hamas responds to occupation announcement to double settlement presence

GAZA, Oct. 21 (YPA) – Hamas spokesman in Gaza Hazem Qassem confirmed that the occupation’s announcement to double the Zionist settlement presence in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley is a continued aggression against the Palestinian territory, human beings, existence and identity.

 “These Zionist projects will fail in the face of our people clinging to every grain of soil from the land of Palestine and continuing their legitimate struggle until the occupier and its settlers are expelled from our land,” Qassem was quoted by Palestine Online as saying.

 He added: “The escalation of settlements in the West Bank comes in light of the authority’s insistence on agreements with the occupation, the continuation of the security coordination, and an increase in meetings between the ministers of occupation and the leadership of the Authority, which gives cover to the Zionist settlement policy.”

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