A member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's politburo has praised Ra'am MK Mazen Ghanaim and blasted Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas.
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"We appreciate the positions of Mazen Ghanaim and call on him to continue to stand with his people, and Mansour Abbas is a partner to the criminal attack on Jerusalem," Sheikh Hader Habib said. He said Abbas, "whose fate is tied to that of his people in Palestine that the Zionist enemy wants to dissolve, stuns us with his insistence on remaining in the occupation government, the most radical of occupation and fascist governments.
Habib continued: "The current government continues to perpetrate crimes against the Palestinian people everywhere and acts with a firm hand to harm Jerusalem and drive us out of Jerusalem. The significance of Abbas' insistence on remaining in the government is his direct participation in the war alongside the Zionist enemy for Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinians everywhere.
Mansour Abbas should be on the side of his people" instead of being "desperate to defend Zionist criminals," he said.
Praising Ghanaim, the sheikh said, "We value and welcome MK Mazen Ghanaim's stance and thank him for his vote against the West Bank law [extending the application of Israeli civil and criminal law in Judea and Samaria]. Mazen Ghanaim sided with the Palestinian cause and his people, and he knows the Zionist enemy is a liar and cannot provide anything to the Palestinian Arab public that lives in Israel.
He continued: "We value Mazen Ghanaim and tell him to continue his nationalist stance toward the Palestinian people whether it is in the West Bank or the Palestinians who reside in Israel and not to believe the false desires and promises of the occupation government. [The Arab-majority city of Sakhnin has a legacy of great and stubborn struggle, and it is no surprise that people like Mazen Ghanaim hail from there."
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