The following is a transcript of the interview conducted by the Al Qassam website with a member of the political leadership of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Mr. Ezzat Ar-Resheq …

1. The Zionist enemy launches a synagogue in Al Aqsa Mosque, Is there any chance for a third Intifada?

Certainly the opening of "Al Kharab synagogue" in the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque is the real threat to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, because they consider that the opening of the synagogue is to start work on what so called the temple instead of Al Aqsa Mosque, so we believe that what is going now is a declaration of war on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the declaration of war on the Palestinian people, Arab and Islamic nations.

About the third Intifada, we are now watching the heroes of the Palestinian people face the Zionist Army without weapons and without anything except faith in their issue and made a lot of effort to reach the Al Aqsa Mosque and its squares to defend it.

2. Abbas militias continues its arrests and prevent Pro-Jerusalem marches, what is the purpose of that?

Unfortunately, the Palestinian people and our families in the West Bank live between the jaws of pincers, the Zionist occupation with its militaries, its soldiers and all means of suppression, and Palestinian security services (militia), led by the American Gen. Dayton.

These devices chased resistance and arrested the resistance men of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, even those who stayed believe in resistance from Fatah were arrested and prosecuted, so the situation in the West Bank now are responding to popular anger and trying not to spread protests across the West Bank cities, so the chance of starting third Intifada is high.

3. What is the role of the resistance factions to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque?

Certainly the Palestinian resistance factions are part of the mobility of this people, which is in the forefront of this movement. Now the Palestinian factions called for an ongoing program and ongoing activities by all possible means in Palestine and the Arab and Muslim world to protest and pressure on the Zionist entity and the international community to stop the abuses and stop aggressive against Al Aqsa Mosque.

The Palestinian resistance factions are working hard to revive a real resistance in the West Bank territory, we all believe that the resistance is the only way to grab rights and for the defense of Jerusalem and the holy sites and stop the theft of holy sites.

4. What is the role of the nation's specifically in these difficult times?

Al-Aqsa Mosque is a mosque does not belong to the Palestinians alone, Al Aqsa Mosque for all the Muslims of the world and is part of the doctrine of the Islamic nation, therefore the nation duty and responsibility is to provide every possible way and means to take action to support the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

All Arab parties and movements, civil society actors, scientists, intellectuals, youth and university students must do activities and means to put pressure on their governments and their leaders to take action to save Al Aqsa Mosque.

5. A message to our people in the West Bank and in Al-Aqsa Mosque?

They  are certainly represent the honor of the nation, these young people, who managed to reach Jerusalem in spite of all difficulties and all barriers that the Zionist entity did, are heroes.

Young people who now rise up in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and in various regions and clash with the occupation forces is represent the Palestinian, Arab, and Muslims nation dignity and the power to defend Jerusalem and Al Aqsa Mosque.

6. Message addressed to the Zionists with their repeated attacks against Al-Aqsa Mosque?

We say with all confidence that all your attempts to steal our Jerusalem, our holy sites and Al Aqsa Mosque, are doomed to fail, these holy sites was and will remain belong to Muslims.

You will not be able to demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque, because this case is the cause of all Muslims in the world, we are confident that the right will win over Void.

Palestinian people has a simple abilities to defeat the Zionist enemy, Zionist are not owners of the land or the holy sites. They came from countries of the world without history and heritage and try to steal our history and steal our heritage in order to put a historical novel for their alleged right in Palestine.