5-21-2020 Palestinian politics after annexation: Palestinian Authority critic Abdul Sattar Kassem on what comes next – Ahmad Al-Bazz Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2020/05/palestinian-politics-after-annexation-palestinian-authority-critic-abdul-sattar-kassem-on-what-comes-next/

…Can't a one-state solution that includes Palestinian refugees and Israelis be a choice, when everybody between the river and the sea shares equal rights?  How would you regain your rights while there are around seven million Jews in Palestine? They have taken our homes and they have taken our lands. For the sake of peace, we might consider what you are referring to, that Palestine will be an open area for Palestinians and for Jews who are here. But for the time being what I say and what most people who think the same way say: we should concentrate on the liberation of Palestine and we believe that Israel as a state is not going to stay long here in this area.  What gives you such a belief? 

I trust the strength of the Arab resistance in both southern Lebanon and southern Palestine. In southern Lebanon, Hezbollah is a deterrent force for the Israelis and once there is a war against Hezbollah, I strongly believe Hezbollah will win the war and will achieve victory.   As for Hamas, Israel has tried several times to infiltrate with its army inside Gaza but couldn't because the resistance in Gaza is very fierce and it has been accumulating power. If Hezbollah and Hamas cooperate, and I believe they will, they will be able to defeat Israel, and the United States will be unable to do anything for the Israelis. The United States can offer assistance against armies, regular armies, but cannot do a lot against armed resistance, and these armed actors in both Lebanon and Palestine are supported by Iran which has been achieving very big advances in the military sphere. The United States recognizes that and they know pretty well that the Iranians are ready for any kind of armed confrontation in the area. ..


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