Meshaal: Institutes that contradict Palestinian resistance option not legitimate

Source: PIC, 0602-2009

DAMASCUS - Head of the political bureau of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, said that no one argues against the PLO being the home for Palestinians inside and outside Palestine, stressing at the same time that its institutions such as the PLO's executive committee and the Palestinian National Council have lost their legitimacy many years ago.

Meshaal, who was speaking at a rally held in Damascus to mark the victory of Gaza, said that the Palestinian people have chosen the resistance option, thus any institute that contradicts this option is illegitimate.

He criticised those who express doubt about the victory of Gaza and said that it was normal for the "Israeli" occupation to deny defeat, especially that it is the election season. He added that he finds strange that while some "Israeli" writers and intellectuals argue that "Israel" has lost the war on Gaza, some Arab and Palestinian parties insist that "Israel" did not lose.

He also said that the war on Gaza has raised the confidence of the people, at home and abroad, in the resistance and that support for resistance is on the increase while support for the negotiations is falling.

With regard to the truce negotiations in Egypt, Meshaal said that the aim of negotiations is to establish Palestinian rights to lifting the siege, opening the crossings and rebuilding Gaza, stressing that without achieving such rights, there will be no truce, adding that the "Israeli" side has not given any guarantees regarding lifting the sieve and opening the crossings yet.
He further said that the resistance factions aim to unite the Ummah towards the Palestinian cause without dividing it into camps and axes.

He greeted the crew and activists who were on board the Lebanese Fraternity relief ship which was hijacked by the "Israeli" occupation navy.
He also greeted all the delegations and medical teams that went to Gaza to help the people during and after the war.

He thanked Syria, Iran, Sudan, Qatar and Turkey for their support of the Palestinian people.
He also thanked the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez and the Bolivian President Evo Morales and their people for their stand in support of the Palestinian people.

His final message to the Arab people was that supporting the resistance is a better choice than wagering on the "Israeli" elections saying that to the resistance factions, whether it was Kadima or Labour, they are both enemies, occupiers and murderers.