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Editor of PA Daily Blasts Hamas for Triggering Devastation on Gaza

(MEMRI) Mahmoud Abu Al-Hija, editor-in-chief of the Palestinian Authority mouthpiece Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, wrote on Nov. 19, 2024: "Before we ask what benefit we have derived from the [Al-Aqsa] Flood, [Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel], we must ask what benefit we derived from the [previous] wars Hamas waged against Israel since it carried out its coup against the legitimate Palestinian Authority [in 2007]." ""Before these wars, Gaza was on the path to a future of prosperity and cultural development....After the PA established a [sea] port and an airport in [Gaza], towers were built over the dunes and there was a sovereign [border] crossing through which Gazans could travel...with a Palestinian passport that allowed them entry to sister Arab countries and friendly foreign countries." "But six wars undermined this promise, and the seventh war, 'the [Al-Aqsa] Flood,' destroyed it...and left horrific heaps of rubble that will take five years to clear away....Our wounded people, especially in Gaza, are the ones who now compare their situation before the seven wars to their condition after these wars, and especially after the last one, whose flames are still raging." "From now on, there is no way to avoid these comparisons, and soon they will form the basis for a re-examination, a demand for accountability, and a full application of justice against those who enabled this catastrophe."
2024-11-28 00:00:00
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