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PA TV: PLO emphasized the adherence to the “right to resist the occupation by all means” – which includes violence and terror


Official PA TV newsreader: “[The PLO Central Council] also emphasized the adherence to our right to resist the occupation by all means (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror), in accordance with international law.”
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The terms "all means”, "all means of resistance," “all forms,” are ‎used by PA leaders to include using all types of violence, including deadly terror ‎against Israeli civilians such as stabbings and shootings, as well as throwing rocks and Molotov Cocktails.

PA leaders and officials have legitimized Palestinian violence by quoting UN resolution 3236 which "recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to regain its rights by all means." The PA interprets "all means" as including violence against civilians, but has chosen to ignore the continuation of the resolution which states that the use of "all means" should be "in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations..." The UN Charter prohibits targeting civilians, even in war. Chapter 1, Article 1, opens by saying that "international disputes" should be resolved "by peaceful means."

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