[[{"content_id":"6032","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"83","user_id":"7","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Hamas, PLO criticize GCC demand for apology over denouncing UAE-Israel","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2020-09-08 22:30:08","content_summary":"The Hamas resistance movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization\u00a0(PLO) have condemned the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for demanding an apology from the Palestinians over\u00a0their stance against the contentious peace deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"“The Hamas movement and other Palestinian factions have adopted genuine patriotic and nationalist positions in rejection of the normalization agreement between the Occupation (Israel) and the UAE,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe added, “Hamas did not attack anyone, but rather emphatically rejected the UAE’s decision to sign a normalization deal with the Zionist regime.”\r\n\r\nQassem then thanked Arab nations as well as peoples of Persian Gulf littoral states over their rejection of the normalization agreement.\r\n\r\nOn Monday, GCC Secretary-General Nayef al-Hajraf condemned what he described as “the irresponsible language of incitement and threat” issued by some participants in a meeting of Palestinian factions held in Beirut last Thursday. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHajraf called upon Palestinian leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas, to apologize for their “provocative statements.”\r\n\r\nSimilarly, a member of the PLO’s executive committee dismissed the GCC chief’s demand for an apology from Palestinian leaders as “improper and reprehensible.”\r\n\r\nThe meeting of the chiefs of Palestinian factions “sought to confront [US President Donald Trump’s so-called] deal of the century and combat the threat of normalization [with Israel],” Wasel Abu Yousef noted.\r\n\r\n\r\n“The position declared by representatives of Palestinian factions is not a secret. We have always clearly and publicly announced our positions vis-à-vis various Palestinian, Arab and international issues,” he pointed out.\r\n\r\n\r\nIsrael and the UAE agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalize relations on August 13. \r\n\r\nEmirati officials have described the normalization deal with the Tel Aviv regime as a successful means to stave off annexation and save the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Israeli leaders lined up to reject the bluff.","content_html":"

\u201cThe Hamas movement and other Palestinian factions have adopted genuine patriotic and nationalist positions in rejection of the normalization agreement between the Occupation (Israel) and the UAE,\u201d Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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He added, \u201cHamas did not attack anyone, but rather emphatically rejected the UAE\u2019s decision to sign a normalization deal with the Zionist regime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Qassem then thanked Arab nations as well as peoples of Persian Gulf littoral states over their rejection of the normalization agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

On Monday, GCC Secretary-General Nayef al-Hajraf condemned what he described as \u201cthe irresponsible language of incitement and threat\u201d issued by some participants in a meeting of Palestinian factions held in Beirut last Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Hajraf called upon Palestinian leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas, to apologize for their \u201cprovocative statements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Similarly, a member of the PLO\u2019s executive committee dismissed the GCC chief\u2019s demand for an apology from Palestinian leaders\u00a0as \u201cimproper and reprehensible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The meeting of the chiefs of Palestinian factions \u201csought to confront [US President Donald Trump\u2019s so-called] deal of the century and combat the threat of normalization [with Israel],\u201d Wasel Abu Yousef noted.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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\u201cThe position declared by representatives of Palestinian factions is not a secret. We have always clearly and publicly announced our positions vis-\u00e0-vis various Palestinian, Arab and international issues,\u201d he pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Israel and the UAE agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalize relations on August 13.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Emirati officials have described the normalization deal with the Tel Aviv regime as a successful means to stave off annexation and save the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Israeli leaders lined up to reject the bluff.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-09-08 22:30:08","content_date_finish":"2020-09-08 22:30:08","content_date_register":"2020-09-08 22:33:49","content_date_last_edit":"2020-09-08 22:33:49","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":"10389","tag_word":"Persian Gulf,Persian Gulf,Palestine Liberation,Palestine Liberation,Hamas,Hamas","tag_service":"0","tag_total":"12","tag_soundex":"","attach_token":"2443228796","attach_date_register":"2020-09-08 22:33:44","attach_id":"10002","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1400","attach_img_height":"933","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"914","visit_date_last":"2025-03-13 05:17:15","attach_title":"Hamas, PLO criticize GCC demand for apology over denouncing UAE-Israel\n 2","node_title":"News,Palestine","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":120, \"left\":51, \"right\":52}]","node_number":"6","allowable_node":"6"}]]