Hope for ceasefire among Palestinians in Gaza “shattered” after assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, whose funeral is set to kick off in Doha in the coming hours.
The high-level delegation of Fatah in the funeral procession comes in the context of the fact that Israel’s policy of political assassination is long-standing.
All political factions in Palestine have been touched and really scarred by that, including, of course, Fatah.
So, the political assassination of Haniyeh required that all political differences and splits be set aside and that the rhetoric of unity takes centre stage. That is what the Palestinian public expects.
Palestinians are very much affected, saddened and also enraged by this assassination, understanding that it will impact their lives no matter where they live.
In contrast to the pictures we’re seeing now in Qatar, where you have dignitaries and ordinary people attending the funeral procession, people here in the occupied West Bank, most likely won’t be coming out in their thousands, and that’s because of two reasons.
On the one hand, Israel fragments the occupied West Bank with over 500 military checkpoints. On the other, Israel is pursuing Palestinians, even for expressing empathy with fellow Palestinians on social media platforms.
It has detained thousands of Palestinian activists from all factions.
There is real fear here among Palestinians to express what they really feel, which is anger and fury at this point.
‘Thousands’ pay respects to Haniyeh at Doha mosque
The Jummah (Friday) prayer has been performed in Doha’s Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque and the funeral prayer [for Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh] has just started. People are paying their final respects to the former political head of Hamas.
Right when this prayer is over, Haniyeh’s body, probably escorted by thousands and thousands of people now attending the prayer, will be taken to the Lusail royal cemetery north of Doha.
The security measures are extreme here because there are going to be dozens and dozens of state dignitaries from all around the world, particularly from Islamic countries. In addition, the leaders of Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Islamic Jihad, are going to be here. … Haniyeh’s family is here too to pay their respects.
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