On the 50th anniversary of Land Day, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, affirmed that “our people are deeply rooted in their land and will remain steadfast, defending it by all means, until they reclaim all their rights and achieve their aspirations of liberation and return.”
In a press statement issued Monday, the Movement said, “This year’s fiftieth anniversary of the eternal Land Day comes after more than two years of genocide, starvation, ethnic cleansing, and attempts at forced displacement suffered by our people in the Gaza Strip. Its grave consequences still affect every aspect of human life there. Meanwhile, the fascist occupation government escalates its crimes of settlement expansion, annexation, Judaization, and displacement in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, continues to close Al-Aqsa Mosque, and commits grave violations against prisoners, an aggression that exposes the true nature of this Zionist enemy, which violates all international norms, conventions, and divine laws, and poses a real threat to the security and stability of the region and the world.”
The statement recalled, “Our people commemorate this eternal day every year on March 30, remembering the spark ignited in 1976 by the masses in the Triangle, Galilee, and Negev in our lands occupied in 1948, in response to settlement expansion and in resistance to displacement policies. This anniversary has become a unifying national symbol to strengthen unity, struggle, and resistance, inspiring generations with the spirit of sacrifice, defiance, and determination to hold fast to the land and confront aggression until the occupation is defeated and removed from our land.”
On this occasion, Hamas paid tribute to “the souls of our righteous martyrs, prayed for the recovery of our brave wounded, saluted our free prisoners, and honored our steadfast people in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem, 1948 occupied Palestine, and refugee camps in exile. We send a message of pride to all those standing firm on the frontlines of the homeland, pledging to continue the path of holding to our constants and defending our land and holy sites until their liberation and the realization of return.”
The Movement stressed, “The crimes of the Zionist enemy against our people, our land, and our Islamic and Christian holy sites will never lapse with time, nor establish any right or legitimacy for it. At the same time, they will not break our people’s will or deter them from continuing the path of struggle, steadfastness, and adherence to rights and constants.”
It added, “Enabling our people to hold fast to their land, live in freedom and independence, and defend it by all means is not a favor from anyone, but a legitimate right affirmed by international conventions to rid the world of the most criminal, settler-colonial occupation still ongoing.”
Hamas declared, “The occupation’s schemes, land theft, settlement expansion, and displacement of our people will not succeed in changing the facts of history and reality or erasing the features of Palestinian land.”
It reaffirmed, “We will not relinquish or concede a single inch of Palestine. Our people will remain steadfast, defending it by all means, until they reclaim all their rights and achieve their aspirations of liberation and return.”
The statement emphasized, “Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque have always been and will remain the crown jewel of our blessed historic land. The occupation will never have sovereignty or legitimacy over any part of them. We will protect and defend them, no matter the sacrifices.”
It further stressed, “The return of refugees to their land, from which they were forcibly displaced by the Zionist occupation, is both a right and a duty, individual and collective, that no one has the authority to relinquish. We renew our categorical rejection of all resettlement and alternative homeland projects.”
Finally, Hamas called on the Arab and Islamic nations to “unite and stand together to confront and thwart all colonial schemes and objectives of the Zionist entity, which go beyond Palestine and threaten the security, stability, and unity of our nation.”
It also urged “the free people of the world to strengthen all forms of solidarity and support for our just cause and legitimate struggle, to isolate the racist fascist Zionist entity, criminalize its terrorism, and prosecute its leaders, leading to the end of the occupation and enabling our people to achieve freedom, independence, self-determination, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
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