Meshaal: We are ready for legislative and presidential elections

Head of the political bureau of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, said yesterday that his movement is ready for Palestinian legislative and presidential elections.

This came in a brief phone call; during a ceremony organised by Al-Wafa’a Islamic bloc, the student wing of the Hamas Movement, at Birzeit University, on the occasion of its winning of the student council elections, on Wednesday.

Meshaal said: “The Palestinian national cause is greater than Fatah, Hamas and all the factions, and their efforts must combine for Palestine’s liberation and statehood.”

He added: “The Islamic bloc’s victory in the student council elections at Birzeit is a step on the road to our great national project, and I assure you that everyone is a winner because the democratic process has succeeded.”

He repeated: “We are ready for the legislative and presidential elections.”