Hamas 'No Heroes, Only Victims' in Israel Conflict, Ex-Saudi Intelligence Chief.

 Hamas 'No Heroes, Only Victims' in Israel Conflict, Ex-Saudi Intelligence Chief.

 

 The former intelligence chief of SaudiArabia, Prince Turki al-Faisal, has said that both Israel and Hamas should be condemned for attacks on civilians, but Palestinians have the right to resist the occupation of the Israeli army.

According to Arab News, while addressing the participants at the Booker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Prince Turki al-Faisal said that as Hamas is accused of attacking civilians, they should not attack people of any age or gender. We openly condemn the attacks on the citizens of

He said that attacks on civilians are against Islamic teachings, which prohibit attacks on places of worship and civilians even during war.

"But I also condemn Israel's indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza and its attempt to forcibly push them into (the peninsula of) Sinai."

"There are no heroes in this conflict, only victims," Prince Turki Al-Faisal said.

Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States and Britain, added that "all people who are subjugated by force have the right to resist occupation, and this is also militarily justified."

However, he said that he considers different approaches more beneficial for the Palestinians. "I prefer the second option, that is, civil rebellion and civil disobedience." British rule in India and Soviet rule in Eastern Europe ended in the same way.

 

Ten days ago, the Palestinian militant organization Hamas, after rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza, entered Jewish settlements and killed more than 1,000 people, including soldiers and civilians.

After this attack, Israel announced the elimination of Hamas and started bombing the Gaza Strip, in which more than 3,000 Palestinians have been killed so far.

On Tuesday night, 500 civilians were killed when Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza.

Prince Turki Al-Faisal said that there is no justification for another wrongdoing in response to one wrongdoing and both sides of this conflict should be condemned.

He said that Hamas gave an opportunity to an unpopular government in Israel that half of the country's population describes as "fascist, evil, and hateful".

He said, "Israel has a great military advantage and we are seeing before our eyes the destruction that is happening in Gaza."

Prince Turki al-Faisal condemned Israel for the targeted killing and indiscriminate arrest of Palestinian children, women, and men in the West Bank.

He also discussed the current situation in the context of recent events related to the struggle of the Palestinian people.

He said, "I keep hearing one phrase in the American media: unprovoked attack." What more is needed to incite outrage than what Israel has done to the Palestinian people for three-quarters of a century.

 

Prince Turki Al-Faisal said that people who are subjugated by the army have the right to resist. Photo: AFP

 

"I refer you to the February 17, 2014, Middle East Monitor article titled: Israeli ex-soldiers confess to a role in 1948 massacre of Palestinians," Prince Turki al-Faisal said. Read it and weep like I did.'

He said that between May and July, Israel killed 450 Palestinians, including 67 children. "This bleeding must stop."

Prince Turki also mentioned the West's different reactions to the actions of the Palestinians and Israelis during the conflict.

"I condemn Western politicians who shed tears when Israelis are killed by Palestinians, but refuse to express sorrow when Israelis kill Palestinians."

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