The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas rejects and condemns the Zionist extremist colonial groups' seizure of the "Small Petra Hotel," located in Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Square and owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Hamas considers this act a new crime to be added to the occupation's series of crimes aiming to Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem and change its historical features.

This seizure and other zionist colonial escalating crimes against Jerusalem's neighborhoods is a serious violation of all heavenly laws and international norms and charters and is a desperate attempt that will not succeed in obliterating the historical Islamic and Christian landmarks of Jerusalem. 

We call on our Palestinian people to unify in confronting the occupation's crimes and protect Jerusalem from colonialism and Judaization.

Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas
Sunday 3 April 2022