What did Hamas leader Basem Naim respond to "Majed Faraj"?
Hamas leader Basem Naim responded to statements by Palestinian intelligence chief Majed Faraj, rejecting Hamas's accountability for the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, accusing Fatah of the "disasters" it caused to our people over decades, and asserting that the Palestinian people's path is moving in the right direction towards the enemy's demise.
Dr. Basem Naim, a Hamas political bureau member, responded to statements by Palestinian intelligence chief Majed Faraj, who called for holding Hamas accountable for the Al-Aqsa Flood operation. Naim refused to engage in debate about the positive strategic outcomes of the battle, arguing that what is happening to the Palestinian cause, the region, and the world is known to Faraj more than others due to his position. Naim questioned: if Hamas must apologize for October 7, then Faraj should demand that Fatah and the late President Abu Ammar apologize for all the disasters they caused to our people over decades, citing the Al-Aqsa Intifada that led to the reoccupation of the West Bank through Operation Defensive Shield, and earlier events in Jordan, Lebanon, and the first Gulf War. Naim affirmed that any Palestinian has the right to evaluate any stage of the struggle, but this right should not be used selectively or to serve foreign agendas, stressing that the alternative "Oslo" project proves daily that it was a great sin and has catastrophically failed. He added that peoples do not evaluate their major paths based on a single station or material losses, but on a long cumulative path paved with sacrifices, citing the experiences of Algeria, Vietnam, and South Africa. He reiterated confidence that our people's path is moving in the right direction, and the enemy's path and entity are moving towards the abyss and demise after Al-Aqsa Flood. He called for a national dialogue meeting under a pure national umbrella, criticizing Fatah's rejection of previous meetings in Ankara and Alamein, and affirmed that comprehensive national elections are our people's hope to correct the course, accusing Fatah of monopolization and engineering institutions to serve a narrow partisan agenda. He concluded by saying it is too late to save the project, and there is no refuge for us all except unity and partnership.