Islamic Jihad official claims Israel is at its weakest

Khaled al-Batash, one of the senior officials of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Palestine, believes that Israel is strategically weak and military pressure may lead it to withdraw from territories in ‘Palestinian territory’.

Speaking as part of “Al-Quds Week” (Jerusalem) at the headquarters of the Engineers’ Association in Gaza, El-Batash said that the situation today in the West Bank is very similar to the situation before the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

“In the history of the struggle with the occupation and with all the invaders, Allah armed the Muslims with weapons and documents that cannot be overcome and gave us, Arabs and Muslims, evidence and proof that the land is ours,” Al-Batsh said.

Al-Batash called on Muslims and Arabs to focus on the aspects of victory and the unity of the Arab nation and to consolidate the possible and available elements of power to fight the “conqueror,” who is in his weakest period.

According to al-Batash, “The enemy cannot afford even one defeat. If the occupying forces leave Gaza, the (West) Bank, Lebanon, or any (other) arena and clear one square kilometer, the occupier will walk away from dozens of square kilometers.”

Al-Batsh also estimated that the renewal of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran would return the Arab and Islamic nations to their right course.