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Hamas official on Gaza protests: ‘Peaceful resistance’ with ‘popular support’

Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said the mass riots at the Israel-Gaza border were “growing and developing.”

Senior Hamas Official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar on Gaza Protests: This Is Not Peaceful Resistance, It Is Supported by Our Weapons

Senior Hamas Official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar on Gaza Protests: This Is Not Peaceful Resistance, It Is Supported by Our WeaponsSenior Hamas Official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said that Hamas was employing "peaceful resistance bolstered by a military force and by security agencies, and enjoying tremendous popular support." Speaking on Al-Jazeera on May 13, Al-Zahhar, former foreign minister in the Hamas government, said that the option of armed struggle has not diminished. "On the contrary, it is growing and developing," he said.

Posted by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said Hamas was employing “peaceful resistance bolstered by a military force and by security agencies, and enjoying tremendous popular support.”

Speaking on Al-Jazeera on May 13, Al-Zahhar, the former foreign minister in the Hamas government, said the option of armed struggle has not diminished. “On the contrary, it is growing and developing,” he said.

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