Hamas faction calls on Fatah to ‘Prepare for War’

The Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas call on Fatah leadership to prepare for upcoming war with Israel, should Jews be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount.

By Dalit Halevi, Ari Yashar

 

During an Al-Qassam Brigade military parade Hamas officials called on Fatah to prepare for war with Israel, and threatened to declare war if Jews are allowed to pray at the Temple Mount.

At the parade by Hamas’ “military wing”, which marks a year since the IDF Pillar of Defense counter-terror operation in Gaza,  Raeed Sa’ad, a high-ranking commander of Al-Qassam, called on Fatah and its military branch in Judea and Samaria to prepare for the next clash with Israel.

Sa’ad added that “jihad and struggle” were the only way to confront Israel, saying “don’t be mistaken by the peace talks that won’t bring anything but additional concessions.”

The call comes right after Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiators quit recent peace talks. Hamas called on the PA to end the talks altogether just Thursday.

Hamas spokesperson Mahmoud Al-Zahar spoke at the same event, opining that the balance of forces is swinging in favor of the Palestinians, and saying that in the next conflict “we will invade them and they won’t invade us.”

Additionally Sa’ad threatened Israel, warning that Al-Qassam Brigades will declare war if plans to allow Jews to pray at the holiest site in Judaism in a rotating time table between Jews and Muslims is carried out.

Meanwhile Yehudah Glick, Chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Fund, ended a 12 day hunger strike Thursday after Jerusalem District Police Chief Yossi Pariente gave him permission to return to the Temple Mount. Glick began the hunger strike after police barred him from the Temple Mount with no reason cited.

 

View original Arutz Sheva publication at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/174060#.UoYhz-KPlgh