“Fatah and the PA leadership bears full responsibility for this decision and its repercussions, which is considered as a coup against national partnership and consensuses; the Palestinian national situation and popular and national consensus should not be confined to the agenda of a single faction,” Hamas said.

Hamas underlined that Palestinian citizens of Jerusalem had proved themselves to be able to impose their will on the zionist occupation and they were capable of forcing the zionist occupation to accept holding the Palestinian elections in the holy city.

“Hamas has boycotted the meeting headed by Abbas because it already knew that Fatah and the PA were planning to announce canceling the Palestinian elections under other grounds that has nothing to do with Jerusalem.”

Hamas vehemently condemned the false and baseless claims made by Abbas against it in his final statement.

Hamas emphasized that it would remain committed to defending the Palestinian people and their rights to choose their representatives, calling on Palestinian factions and political and civil parties to set up a national roadmap to end monopolism, achieve national unity on true and solid basses that guarantee to accomplish an inclusive political reform and dedicate all efforts towards resisting the zionist occupation and involve in battles with it at all levels.