Hamas yesterday called on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which is meeting in Riyadh, to stand together with the city of Jerusalem which has been occupied for decades, Quds Press reported.The movement went on to called on the GCC to support female defenders of Al-Aqsa Mosque, who insist on remaining inside the mosque in order to undermine the almost daily raids by extremist Israeli settlers.
On Facebook, Senior Hamas leader Izzat Al-Reshiq wrote: “There is no doubt that this GCC meeting is surrounded with very complicated regional and international situations. However, it comes after two months of the Jewusalem Intifada and the Israeli occupation is still violating Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinians.”
He added: “We hope the GCC member states take a stance to end the oppressive siege has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for years.”