Asked about the group’s Iranian financiers, he said, “We maintain good relations with all of the streams and currents in Palestine and the Arab and Islamic world. We are proud of these good relations. We are funded by all the free men of the Arab and Islamic nation, who contribute generously to our goal of liberating Palestine.”
Further portions of the interview follow:
Q: Do you maintain a relationship with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and/or Hizbullah?
A: As I said before, we maintain good relations with everybody in Palestine and beyond. We have great relations with all of the forces, and we are proud of having supporters and sympathizers all over the Arab and Islamic world, including those you asked about.
We are not ashamed of maintaining a relationship with any Arab or Islamic power that supports our resistance until the liberation comes.
Q: Why did your group attempt a bombing attack against the IDF earlier this month?
A: We are an inseparable part of the “Al Quds Intifada” that has raged in the Palestinian territories in the past few months, and will never renounce our role in fighting against the criminal occupation of the Palestinian people and its assault on innocent people.
The bombing near the Zionist troops was a natural reaction to the recent escalation, and was meant as a message to the enemy that our struggle is not over until the land of Palestine is liberated in its entirety.
Q: You rely on Iranian support while they are accused of engaging in a religious war against Sunnis, and some say that you are used as a tool to propagate Shi’ite Islam. What is your response?
A: For us, Iran is a member of the Islamic nation and is just one country supporting us in our struggle for liberation from the grip of the Zionist enemy. Some people make bogus claims that only play into the hands of the Zionists.
Regarding our so-called role in propagating Shia, these allegations are not new and come from terrorist groups and organizations that take Islam’s name in vain. Our goal is military and we espouse no sectarian ambitions or agenda.
Q: How are your relations with Gaza’s Hamas rulers?
A: Good in the same way that our relationship will all of the Palestinian factions is good. We operate in full coordination with them and, despite some friction here and there, we are committed to maintaining good relations with Hamas and the other factions.
Q: What is your take on the Islamic State?
A: No comment.