Fatah is in favor of terror - “armed resistance” - says Fatah official

Video posted on the Facebook page of Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi

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The video shows an interview with Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi on Quds News Network TV.

Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi: “[Hamas] says ‘the weapons of the resistance’? We [in Fatah] are protecting the weapons of the resistance more than others are protecting the weapons of the resistance. Let no one ask… the resistance to hand over its weapons, or to put them in storehouses. This is completely unacceptable. Who said we [Fatah] are against resistance? We are in favor of resistance in all its forms... There is popular resistance in the West Bank. There is armed resistance sometimes in the Gaza Strip. In a struggle, popular resistance and armed resistance need to be integrated… Why is Fatah banned as an organization in the Gaza Strip? Why are you [Hamas] preventing Fatah from being armed in the Gaza Strip? Why are you preventing Fatah from participating in the battles that have taken place in the Gaza Strip… The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in the Gaza Strip are small groups… They are under Hamas control, and sometimes Hamas gives them normal freedom of movement, but it doesn’t give them the freedom to fight against Israel, and doesn’t give them the right to fire rockets at Israel as Hamas does in wartime. In wartime, all the options are open. Why is it [Hamas] preventing them [Fatah] from taking part in many causes?”