Palestinian movement Hamas condemns Minsk for the involvement of the conflict between Palestine and Israel in a situation around the arrest of the creator of the Telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich, who was on board the Irish LouroSter Ryanair in Minsk. About this “Lente.ru” said the deputy head of the Politburo of the Palestinian Movement of Musa Abu Marzuk.
“This is outrageously and demonstrates the archaic thinking [Belarusian government], which does not understand that now we live in a century of free media and that there is an international public opinion that no longer receive such methods,” said Abu Marzuk.
At the same time, Hamas refused to evaluate the situation around the arrest of Protasevich, stating that “they are not obliged to occupy a position throughout what is happening in the world”, since it is primarily engaged in the fight against “Israeli occupation.” “But, of course, we are generally against injustice, persecution, encroachment on freedom and violation of the law,” said Abu Marzuk.
On May 23, the airline of the Ryanair airline, following the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing in Minsk after reports of mining received from Minsk airport. To accompany the aircraft, the Fighter MiG-29 of the Air Force of Belarus was raised. Immediately after landing, Belarusian security forces detained on board Protasevich. He is accused of creating extremist formation and calls to mass riots after the presidential election in August 2020.
Information about the explosion device on board was not confirmed. Later, the Belarusian side stated that information on mining came on behalf of the Palestinian movement Hamas. The official representative of the movement of Fausie Barhum denied the partition of Hamas to threats to blow up the Ryanair aircraft.