PLO: “We are the original owners of the country whose history stretches back thousands of years,” and supports “the Palestinian people’s right to carry out resistance in all of its forms”
Headline: "The [Palestinian] National Council published the Jerusalem and Return Declaration: 'We have no homeland but Palestine’"
"This morning, Friday [May 4, 2018], at the end of its 23rd session in Ramallah, the Jerusalem and Defense of the Legitimacy Sessions, the Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) published the statement on Jerusalem and Return, in which it emphasized that 'We have no homeland but Palestine. We have been here since the beginning and will remain here forever, as we are the original owners of the country whose history stretches back thousands of years. The Palestinian people’s national rights are firm and cannot be compromised on or relinquished.' … The Palestinian National Council also emphasized its adherence to the Palestinian people’s right to carry out resistance in all of its forms (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror), as is anchored in the international conventions. In addition, the council welcomed the heroic model of popular resistance that our brave masses in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip are demonstrating, and called to strengthen this model that establishes the moral supremacy of the Palestinian people against the occupation and the apartheid, and strengthens the ties of solidarity with the peoples of the world and their activist forces.”
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.
"This morning, Friday [May 4, 2018], at the end of its 23rd session in Ramallah, the Jerusalem and Defense of the Legitimacy Sessions, the Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) published the statement on Jerusalem and Return, in which it emphasized that 'We have no homeland but Palestine. We have been here since the beginning and will remain here forever, as we are the original owners of the country whose history stretches back thousands of years. The Palestinian people’s national rights are firm and cannot be compromised on or relinquished.' … The Palestinian National Council also emphasized its adherence to the Palestinian people’s right to carry out resistance in all of its forms (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror), as is anchored in the international conventions. In addition, the council welcomed the heroic model of popular resistance that our brave masses in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip are demonstrating, and called to strengthen this model that establishes the moral supremacy of the Palestinian people against the occupation and the apartheid, and strengthens the ties of solidarity with the peoples of the world and their activist forces.”
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.