(ANSAmed) - TEL AVIV, MAY 26 - In the aftermath of the ceasefire, Hamas leader in Gaza Yihia Sinwar said that now "President Biden has the task of pressing Israel to force it to respect international law".
In a press conference in front of the foreign press in a Gaza hotel, Sinwar argued that as early as 2017 Hamas had revised its political positions under international pressure. Even today, he assured, he is interested in participating in the legislative elections of the Palestinian National Authority, which had been set for 22 May and which have since been postponed. "We accepted all the conditions set by President Abu Mazen, but he pulled back on the question of the vote in East Jerusalem. We - he added - want those elections to take place as soon as possible, and we are ready to accept the result".
The responsible then warned: "If Israel does not cease activities against the Holy City and its inhabitants in Jerusalem, a religious war could break out on a world scale". At the origin of the last conflict, he said, was the Israeli behavior towards the faithful in the al-Aqsa mosque and in the disputed ward of Sheikh Jarah: "We were forced to issue an ultimatum. When Israel ignored it, we switched to the action". (ANSAmed).