Hamas: praising settler who killed Palestinians reflects Israeli ‘fascism’

People attend the funeral of 19-year-old Qusay Jamal Matan, who killed by Israeli settlers in gun attack, in Burka village of Ramallah, West Bank on August 05, 2023. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has condemned the call by Israel’s far-right minister of national security to award a “medal of honour” to the illegal Jewish settler who murdered a 19-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.

“Such a move reflects how terrorist and fascist the extreme far-right Israeli occupation government is,” said Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasem on Sunday. He pointed out that the call by Itamar Ben-Gvir proves the Israeli occupation government’s disregard for international law.

The praise for the Israeli colonial settler came after he shot dead Palestinian youth Qusai Maatan on Friday during a brutal attack by settlers on the village of Burqa, near Ramallah.

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