The “Al Aqsa Flood” battle aborted the plan to kill the Palestinian question. If it had not been carried out, Palestine would have been buried and forgotten.” This was stated yesterday by the representative of the Palestinian Hamas in Algiers, Dr. Youcef Hamdane, during a conference organized by the MSP.
Invited to a conference on “The future of the Al Aqsa Flood battle and its consequences on the region”, which was organized yesterday by the MSP, at the headquarters of its party, in Algiers, on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of the attacks of the Palestinian resistance of October 7, Dr. Youcef Hamdane, representative of the Palestinian Hamas in Algeria, returned at length to all the points related to the operation “Al Aqsa Flood” which had the merit, he said, of “aborting the finalization of the plan to kill Palestine”. For him, “if there had not been October 7, Palestine would have been buried and forgotten.
The resistance had a real vision of the Zionist entity’s projects, their stakes, and the balance of power in the region. It made a courageous decision that changed the trajectory of history to chart new days for the Palestinians.” Hamdan explains point by point the roadmap of Israel and the American administration, starting with “the project of integrating the Zionist entity into the region, through normalization, which was almost complete, since there were only small steps left to complete. If these had ended, the issue of integration would have been so natural that no one could face it.
Major Islamic states publicly and unabashedly declared that they were going to normalize their relations with the Zionist entity. For them, it was just a matter of time. Faced with this situation, we had no choice but to get rid of the blanket of normalization, which was going to bury us. This project will not pass over our bodies,” the speaker declared. He returned to some details of the Israeli roadmap in Palestinian territory, and even beyond its borders, Hamdan revealed. “Plans for the Judaization of Al Quds were being put in place.
We have seen extremists, banned from traveling to European countries, placed at the head of sovereignty ministries in the government, who were speeding up the preparation of bills for the Judaization of the Al Aqsa Mosque, to make them effective as soon as possible. This mosque does not belong only to the Palestinians, who are not the only ones responsible for the place.
Personne ne nous a écoutés lorsque nous avions tiré la sonnette d’alarme. Nous n’avions d’autres choix que d’aller vers cette bataille du 7 octobre», déclare le conférencier. Tout en rappelant la sacralité de ce lieu de culte, il insiste aussi sur «d’autres lignes rouges comme nos prisonniers qui souffrent dans les geôles israéliennes et pour lesquels, la Knesset entame la 2e lecture d’un projet de loi autorisant leur exécution, alors que Ghaza a été maintenue sous un siège durant 17 ans, ses forces ont été neutralisées, et en Cisjordanie la présumée solution de deux Etats a été rendue impossible». Il explique que «la majorité de ses terres protégées par le droit international a été absorbée par de nouvelles colonies.
This extremist government has crossed all red lines. We said that these stolen lands cannot be recovered by international decisions. As they function, international institutions are incapable of resolving the crises that threaten international peace. We, Algeria, and all those who measure the threat of the Zionist entity throughout the region and its expansionist objectives know full well that this occupying force does not respect international law, benefits from the protection of the USA and an international cover that allows it to violently exercise colonization on our lands in the West Bank and Al Quds, to assault our detainees in prisons and to impose normalization through the fait accompli to reduce Palestine to a minority affair. But October 7 came to give it its true dimension and the Zionist entity finds itself, for the first time, accused of the most abject crimes by international jurisdictions.
“Since Gaza, Palestine has become a global affair”
Mr. Hamdan also mentioned the solidarity of the populations of the Muslim world, which has expanded to include those of the cities of the West and the USA, “where many even speak of Palestine from the river to the sea.” Continuing his speech, Mr. Hamdan specified that since Gaza and “the battle of the Al Aqsa flood,” Palestine “has become the world’s first affair,” even “the center of the world, around which all events revolve.”
From the beginning, he emphasizes, “We warned that the moment the Zionist entity senses a turnaround in international reactions, its hand will extend to Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and anywhere it can reach. It declared that it had finished with the resistance in Khan Younis, then in Rafah, and again in Gaza, but this morning (yesterday) resistance fighters came out of Khan Younis to fire missiles at Tel Aviv, after a year of victory and sacrifice.
And again the Al Qasam phalanxes carried out operations in Jabaliya. They showed that after a year, the resistance is there and the Palestinian people remain attached to their rights. The occupation and its allies, with all this military force and political support, have failed to achieve any objective.” Addressing countries in the region, the guest said: “You will not be safe until our rights are completely taken away. The world will also not know peace until it is established in Al Quds. This land is ours.
She is our roots. We will not abandon it and we will not surrender whatever the cost. We have made enormous sacrifices, 51,000 martyrs, including 41,000 registered in hospitals and 10,000 missing. We count nearly 100,000 martyrs, as well as 1,600 others who were part of the Lebanese resistance, killed in Lebanon. We pay great tribute to them as well as to the heroes of Iraq and Yemen. The door to peace is the end of this war against our people. This land, from the river to the sea, belongs to us.
The speaker declines the conditions of resistance for a return to negotiations for “an agreement around a ceasefire period of 3 to 5 years, which allows us to reflect on the wounds, to reconstruct what the occupation has destroyed, the return of the displaced to their homes and the exchange of prisoners, in a first stage of rest, while awaiting the release of the prisoners. For him, without this approach, “there will be no peace (…).
They believe that the wider the ring of fire, the greater the risk of resistance dislocation. They are wrong and the future has proven that the more blood flows, the stronger the resistance. They said that Iran will not retaliate and that Lebanon, after the assassination of the resistance leader, will weaken and revise its position. The result is visible. The Zionist entity is drowning in South Lebanon.
They assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, thinking that the Palestinian resistance would give way, and now the party has appointed Abu Ibrahim Sinwar and foiled all their evil plans. We are defending our lands and our rights with all possible means, and no one can present us with a fait accompli at home.” Mr. Hamdan speaks of the Algerian Revolution, presented as an example to follow. “We have always been captivated by the sacrifice of the Algerians for their independence, and Larbi Ben M’hidi is a model.
The road to independence is full of sacrifices. The Zionist entity says it has destroyed 10% of the tunnels. This is too exaggerated a figure. The resistance rebuilds what is destroyed on site. She has the means. She prepared for it. The occupation bombs fabric tents that shelter the civilian population and complain about the delay in arms deliveries. The resistance makes its bombs, its missiles, and its weapons.
Once again, Mr. Hamdan addresses the issue of negotiations. “On July 2, 2024, the negotiators gave us a proposal for an agreement from the occupation, presented by the Americans, which included the four conditions known to all, namely a ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation forces, the opening of crossing points for humanitarian aid, the return of refugees and the exchange of prisoners for the release of hostages. After our agreement, the occupation rejected the sheet and introduced changes.
The negotiations were still ongoing and the occupation was intensifying and expanding its war. While an agreement was being negotiated, the occupier was intensifying and expanding its war and the Americans were supporting it in this effort. This is called complicity. They are supporting the Zionist entity militarily, and politically and giving Netanyahu time to do what he wants. If he wants to stop this battle, he only has to return to the proposal of July 2. We are committed to the implementation of this agreement. Otherwise, we will remain, for years to come, like a thorn in their throat.”
