Jerusalem Hadith:: The occupation is behind the tensions in the region

We reaffirm to everyone near and far that the occupying power is the main cause of the tensions that our people and the region are experiencing, and violations of Palestinian human rights, in particular, and of Arabs in general, as a result of the crimes it commits against the country and the people.

Every day, you either kill a martyr in cold blood, especially young men and boys, or you carry out a campaign of arrests targeting the young and the old, in addition to the attacks of herds of settlers who are supported and protected by the occupying forces deployed in the occupied Palestinian territories, which suppress citizens and degrade their dignity, especially at the military checkpoints near which he was martyred. Dozens, or even hundreds, of our people were killed by the bullets of these forces, which did not hesitate to shoot and kill them in cold blood, in front of the ears and eyes of the whole world.

Yesterday, it stormed the Jenin camp and executed a young man in the prime of his life for no reason other than that he was Palestinian, in addition to arresting the leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, Sheikh Bassam Al-Saadi, and a number of others from his relatives and from the camp. This angered the citizens, who clashed with the storming forces.

And after it carried out its crimes and violations, it declared a state of alert, fearing the reaction of the Islamic Jihad movement, to these crimes, from the Gaza Strip, meaning that the occupying state is responsible for the killings and provocations, and it is the one that puts the region on the crater of a volcano that could explode at any moment. Especially since our people cannot remain silent on these occupation crimes, nor on the crimes of the herds of settlers.

The Palestinian side, represented by the authority and all factions of national and Islamic action, must move at the highest levels to confront these crimes, which have become intolerable and cannot be tolerated, especially since they are on a continuous and daily escalation without any regard for laws, norms and international decisions.

And the first Palestinian steps on the official and factional level is serious work to end the long-standing division, before it turns into separation, which the occupying state benefits from and feeds, because in the end it is in its interest and the interest of its repressive policies against our people, our land, and our sanctities.

It is without the unity of the national ranks and ending the shameful division, which constitutes a disgrace in the forehead of those in charge of it and those who nurture it, and are procrastinating in restoring things to their proper place.

It is true that there is a field unit in the popular response to the occupation forces and herds of settlers, but this field unit must culminate in the political and geographical levels, and the development of a joint action program to confront the challenges, violations and occupation crimes that ultimately target the Palestinian cause and work to liquidate it.

The time has come for all Palestinians to assume their responsibilities and not to leave our people alone in the face of the brutal occupation and the herds of its settlers.