TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem, in a written statement released on Monday, slammed attempts by a number of Arab countries, particularly Persian Gulf littoral states, to bring out in the open their clandestine relations with the Israeli regime, calling on them to put an end to such efforts.
“Such a behavior encourages the Occupation to increase the level of its crimes against Palestinian people, and to step up its violations against the sanctities of our nation,” the statement added.
“The Zionist regime must remain the principal enemy of the [Palestinian] nation. The campaign against the regime and its policies, which aim to dent all opportunities for the nation's awakening and development, must continue,” Qassem pointed out.
Israeli authorities are hoping to reach out to Arab peoples through participation in the Expo 2020 Dubai.
“To us, the added value is in the Arab and Muslim visitor,” Elazar Cohen, the Israeli foreign ministry's point man for the expo, which is organized by the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), said on December 15 last year.