Before the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) movement, the ideology of resistance was deeply entrenched in the minds of the people and in the heart of the Palestinian identity, and the Israelis will not be able to uproot it, especially since every leader who is assassinated is replaced by another, and thus there will remain a new generation of leaders, and the weight of Hamas will continue to be greater than it was during the days of the 2006 legislative elections. When the Palestinians remained stuck between a movement to open The weak and internationally unrecognized Hamas are deprived of any political horizon.
With these sentences, the researcher at Al-Quds Open University, Hamid Qusay, is one of two experts (Hamid Qusay and Stephanie Latte Abdallah, director of research at the National Center for Scientific and Specialized Research in the Middle East) who were hired by the Swiss newspaper Le Tan to analyze the interview it conducted with Hussein Abu Kwaik, “the last political leader.” From the Hamas movement in the West Bank, he is still at large despite Israel’s intense demand for him,” as the newspaper described him, in which he explains the reasons for the October 7 attack and defends himself and his movement from the promoted similarity between it and Islamic State organization.
Abu Kwaik: I do not stay in the same place for more than 10 minutes to avoid being arrested or killed
In this rare interview – as the newspaper describes it – Hussein Abu Kwaik – who does not stay for more than 10 minutes in the same place to avoid arrest or killing – says: “In the months that preceded this military operation, the Israeli occupation increased its aggression against the Palestinians andAl-Aqsa MosqueHe added, “The Zionist entity warned us of attacks on the mosque, but no one heard us. Our people were prevented from going to pray there, Muslims and Christians were attacked, and women were mistreated.”
Hamid Qusay commented that Al-Aqsa Mosque is a mobilization symbol par excellence, and that Hamas called the October 7 operation “Al-Aqsa flood“, to be a continuation of the process”The sword of Jerusalem“The year 2021 showed it defending the holy sites, mobilizing the Palestinians, and capable of defeating Israeli intelligence.
We do not seek to kill all Jews
The man – who miraculously survived a targeted assassination in 2003, during which his wife and one of his children died and his brother was disabled – said when asked: Are Hamas and the Islamic State the same thing? Hamas is very different from that organization. “We do not seek to kill Jews all over the world. We only resist those who occupy us, kill us, and torture our children in their prisons. Our goal is not extermination, but to liberate our land and live in peace and security like other nations. Europe must That recognizes international law and the law under which the United Nations was established, should support us as it supports Ukraine in its war against Russia.”
Hamid Qusay commented that Hamas leaders are accustomed to comparing them to ISIS and Al-Qaeda, as does the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu since September 11, 2001 to attract international support, but the truth is that these movements have no relationship at all, and Hamas is primarily a social and religious organization, its military and political activities are second, and it is deeply rooted in Palestine, whose liberation represents the reason for its existence, and on the same path Stephanie Latte Abdullah went on to say that “Hamas and ISIS do not share the same ideology, and they are not similar.”
On the other hand, Hussein Abu Kweik confirmed that, on October 7, Hamas “did not kill any woman or child. Israel’s claims about us are completely false. Do you want evidence? We have liberated the women and children of Israeli prisoners, and we are ready to release all detainees.” “We take care of them. They eat what we eat.”
Stephanie Latte Abdullah commented that Hussein Abu Kwaik refuses to link his group to what was reported about the violations of its military branch and insists that his movement does not kill women and children, even though some members of the movement consider all Israeli civilians to be potential soldiers, because military service is compulsory in Israel.
As for Hamid Qusay, he believed that the October 7 incident revolved around several hypotheses, the most prominent of which was that it was a military operation that got out of control, as Hamas intended to attack two Israeli military bases and kidnap soldiers to carry out a prisoner exchange, but the ease and speed of progress that surprised even those responsible for the operation left The field is open to other groups of Gazans, including civilians and Salafists.
In the interview, which he agreed to conduct, protected by the presence of a crowd of families in solidarity with Gaza, Hussein Abu Kwaik explained that the arrest and assassination would not affect Hamas, which thousands of Palestinians are cheering for today in Jenin, Tulkarm, and elsewhere, and “the Israelis will never succeed in eliminating it because at the same time… A liberal idea, doctrine, method and vision. I tell them, recognize our rights, lift the siege on Gaza, withdraw from the West Bank and Jerusalem, release our prisoners, and we will free your prisoners and we will live together in peace.”
