Abbas: Resistance, including violence, is “determined at each stage by the national interest”

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Abbas: Resistance, including violence, is “determined at each stage by the national interest”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas speaks on Nakba Day:
"[Senior Hamas members] preferred narrow party interests to the supreme national interest, using the word 'resistance' as if there was disagreement about it among Palestinians. I want to remind [them] that resistance to the occupation is a broad all-inclusive concept, with various means and tools, which are determined at each stage by the supreme national interest. It was we [Fatah] who initiated armed resistance for many years, and thanks to it, we obtained recognition of our rights, and [recognition] that the PLO is the legitimate and sole representative of the Palestinian people.”

Palestinian TV (Fatah)

May 14, 2012

(1 min)