Senior PMU Official Hadi Al-Ameri: The Liberation Of Palestine Will Begin In Iraq; There Can Be No Normalization With Israel

Hadi Al-Ameri, a senior PMU official who also is also the leader of the Fatah Alliance and the Badr Organization, said there can be no normalization with Israel. He made his remarks during a public address which was aired on October 1, 2021 on Al-Ahd TV (Iraq). Al-Ameri said that the Iraqis believe that the forces that will liberate Palestine will set out from Iraq, and that Israel knows this as well. He said: "Those who think about normalization must take this thought with them to their graves." In January 2021, Palestinian Ambassador to Iraq Dr. Ahmad 'Aql, also recounted the tale of a force coming from Iraq to liberate Palestine, for more information, see MEMRI TV clip no 8648.

Hadi Al-Ameri: "One of our principles – one of the things that we firmly believe in – is the cause of Jerusalem and Palestine. We cannot take the Palestinian cause lightly. There must be no normalization whatsoever with the Zionist entity. Those who think about normalization must take this thought with them to their graves. We believe that the [forces] that will liberate Palestine will set out from Iraq. The Zionist entity knows this as well. This is the reason for their hostile stance towards the Iraqi people. It is the result of this historical understanding that they believe in. therefore, we firmly believe that there is no room for normalization."