Spokesman of Hamas Movement, Hazem Qassem, stated the following:

Hamas Movement condemns and denounces Australia’s decision to designate Hezbollah in Lebanon as a terrorist organization and considers the decision a blatant bias in favor of the Israeli colonial occupation and to cover up for its terrorism and continuous aggression against our Arab and Islamic nation, foremost Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine.

Hezbollah's resistance to the Israeli occupation's thuggery is a legitimate act and a humanitarian, religious, national moral duty according to all international laws and humanitarian and national norms.

Classification of the Palestinian and Arab resistance forces as terrorist organizations encourages the Zionist entity to escalate its crimes against the peoples of our nation and threatens security and peace in the region.

Such hollow decisions will not discourage the Palestinian and Arab resistance, led by Hamas Movement and Hezbollah, from carrying out their duty to resist the brutal occupation and to confront its presence in the Arab land by all means.

Hazem Qassem
A spokesman of Hamas Movement
Thursday, November 25, 2021