Hamas on “Earth Day”: Resistance is the only way to liberate Palestine

According to the international group Tasnim news, the Palestinian Hamas movement in its statement on the occasion of the 48th The anniversary of Palestine’s “Earth Day” announced that the Al-Aqsa storm battle is an extension of the path of the Palestinian people in defending their land and sanctuaries until they get back their legitimate rights and realize freedom and the right of return. It has been stated that the historical land of Palestine and at the heart of it, Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque, has been the center of conflict with the Zionist enemy, and there is no other way but to resort to the comprehensive resistance option for the liberation of Palestine. Hamas also emphasized that the liberation of the Palestinian land Al-Aqsa Mosque and its sanctuaries, as well as ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state with its full sovereignty, with Jerusalem as its capital, is a project that is not only related to the Palestinian nation; Rather, it is a historical responsibility on the shoulders of all Arab and Islamic nations and free people all over the world.

On March 30, 1976, the Zionist invaders confiscated thousands of hectares of Palestinian lands in the “Al-Jalil” region located in the north of occupied Palestine. Following this criminal act, the Palestinian people started a hunger strike and protest demonstrations.

Palestinians’ objection to the usurping action of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine led to fierce clashes between them and the Israeli military, in which 6 Palestinians were shot by the occupiers. He was martyred and thousands of others were injured. Accordingly, the Palestinian people both in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip and other areas, even in the refugee camps, celebrate March 30 every year with the aim of observing the martyrs of the year. 1976 is commemorated and anti-Zionist demonstrations are held on this day. This day is called “Earth Day”. According to statistics, from 1976 until today, the Zionist regime has uprooted more than two million and 500 thousand trees from the Palestinian lands, including 800 thousand olive trees. Is. Since the start of the second intifada in 2000 until the Israeli invasion of Gaza in 2014, Israeli bulldozers have razed olive groves in Gaza five times. Of course, this statistic is with the exception of the barbaric crimes committed by the occupiers during the current war in Gaza against the agricultural lands and trees of the Palestinians.

Zionist settlers cut down three thousand olive trees in the West Bank in 2020 alone, and the occupying regime Zionists prevent hundreds of Palestinians from entering their agricultural lands. Every year, in addition to stealing the products of Palestinian farmers, Zionist settlers cut down olive trees in Palestinian farms. They force farmers to leave their land and also steal, burn and cut trees.

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