The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on the lips of its spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said that the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence, the region is not welcome.

In a press statement issued by Barhoum on Saturday, he said that “there is no reason to receive Pence and meet him from any level, especially after his recent statements, which confirms the removal of the file of Jerusalem and its adoption as the eternal capital of Israel.

Barhoum also called for confronting and foiling any Israeli and American plans aimed at the rights and constants of the Palestinian people.

He called on the people’s loving Palestine to maintain “total rejection of Israeli-American projects” against Jerusalem.

In this context, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate called for boycotting Pines’ visit to the region in protest against Washington’s position on Jerusalem.

It affirmed its commitment to the Palestinian national and popular consensus in the overall boycott of the US administration and its officials, embassies, consulates and institutions.

The union also called on the Palestinian, Arab and international press organizations operating in Palestine, and the Palestinian journalists working in these institutions to boycott any official or public meeting called by any American entity.

Pines arrived today in Egypt as part of a visit to the Middle East, which includes in addition to Egypt, Israel and Jordan as well as Palestine, but the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah announced its boycott of the visit, in protest of the Trump declaration of Jerusalem as the united capital of Israel.