Fatah calls for violence against Israel during Bahrain Conference

US Deal of the Century coined "The Holocaust of the Century," by Palestinian group

• Fatah calls for violence:

"On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, June 24, 25, and 26, 2019

An escalation of the confrontations with the Israeli occupation in all districts of the homeland as a sign of opposition to the Deal of the Century and the workshop in Manama [in Bahrain]"

• Fatah official threatens violence:

• Fatah official:

• Director of anti-Bahrain Conference event:

As part of the Palestinian opposition to the US-led conference in Bahrain next week, some Palestinians have coined the conference a "holocaust": 

"Palestinian leaders and faction representatives emphasized that the 'Bahrain workshop' will be tantamount to a holocaust for the Arab principles and Palestinian rights."

 

Al-Quds, June 12, 2019

The event to raise opposition to the conference, coined US President Trump's "Deal of the Century" as: "The Holocaust of the Century."

In response to the Bahrain Conference, Abbas' Fatah Movement is calling for violence against Israel on the specific days the conference is taking place.

Fatah posted this image of a masked Palestinian about to throw a rock, and text urging Palestinians to "escalate confrontations":
 

Text: "The program of activities against the Bahrain Conference and the Deal of the Century

On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, June 24, 25, and 26, 2019

An escalation of the confrontations with the Israeli occupation in all districts of the homeland as a sign of opposition to the deal of the century and the workshop in Manama

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement 'Fatah' - The Mobilization and Organization Commission, Information Office"

 

Official Fatah Facebook page, June 16, 2019
 

Since the announcement of the US-led conference in Bahrain next week, which is to focus on economic investment in the PA as part of Trump's Middle East peace plan, the PA has refused to participate and called on Arab states to boycott the conference.

Similarly, explaining the Palestinian refusal to participate in the conference, Fatah Revolutionary Council Secretary Majed Al-Fatiani said that Fatah's council "is committed to leading the struggle to stop the great plot that is being woven against our people." He implicitly threatened that Palestinians will turn to violence, using the Palestinian euphemism for violence and terror, stating that they will use "all means" available:

"Al-Fatiani said that 'Palestine is not for sale and Jerusalem is not up for negotiation, and our national rights and sacrifice throughout our history are not up for negotiation. The Palestinian people is not too helpless to use its means in order to stop the great plot. The cover given to the occupation from here and there will push our Palestinian people to protect its rights by all means available to it, in order to defeat the occupation and the settlement.'"

 

Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 13, 2019

"[Al-Fatiani] explained that the Revolutionary Council has a plan to deal with these challenges, and called on 'the Fatah members and the vital forces on the Palestinian lands to [dedicate] the 24th, 25th, and 26th [of June] to Palestine and Jerusalem, in order to express their rejection of the Bahrain Conference.'"

 

Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 13, 2019
 

PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh has referred to the conference as a "conspiracy" and stated that it will be "stillborn":

"[PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said: '... on behalf of the Martyrs, wounded, prisoners, and their family members, we say that the Manama Conference will be stillborn. I salute all parts of the Palestinian private sector - from Gaza to the West Bank - that have refused to participate in this conspiracy against our people.'"

 

Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 27, 2019

PM Shtayyeh has also criticized Trump for talking about the goal of the Bahrain Conference being to improve the economic situation of the Palestinians while Trump himself has cut the US aid to the PA:

"[PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh met... with German Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Niels Annen... and said: 'Our opposition to the Deal of the Century stems from the fact that [US President Donald] Trump's administration transferred the [US] embassy to Jerusalem, closed the PLO offices in Washington, and is waging an economic war that includes drying up the monetary resources of UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) - so how it is possible to agree to this deal, while the steps he has implemented on the ground are worse than the expected phrasing of the Deal of the Century?'

The prime minister added: 'How can the Trump administration, which is waging an economic and political war against the PLO, organize the Manama Conference and claim that it is meant to improve the economic situation of the Palestinians?'"

 

Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 17, 2019

Among others, member of Fatah's Central Committee Abbas Zaki, and PLO Central Council member Omar Shehadeh participated in a meeting entitled The Holocaust of the Century in Bahrain... Its Signs, Consequences, and Ways to Deal With It. Palestinian leaders present emphasized that the Bahrain Conference is "a holocaust for the basic Arab principles and the Palestinians' rights," while the director of the meeting dubbed Trump's "Deal of the Century" "the Zionist-American Holocaust of the century" and alleged that the Bahrain Conference only pretends to seek economic prosperity for Palestinians but in reality is a cover for creating "normalization" with the Arab states:

"Director of the meeting and Tanweer Coordinator of Cultural Activities Dr. Yusuf Abd Al-Haq... added that in the shadow of th bye [Palestinian] national movement's weakness and the wretchedness of the Arab situation, the Zionist-American 'Holocaust of the century' has come to eliminate the Palestinian cause, and in order to pass this, it was necessary to convene the Bahrain conference for Arab normalization with the Israeli racism, under the cover of 'the illusion of economic prosperity' and skipping over the legitimate national rights that cannot be changed."

 

Al-Quds, June 12, 2019

The PLO too has called on everyone invited to the Bahrain Conference to refrain from participating:

"The PLO Executive Committee... called on all of the states and political and financial bodies that have been invited to the conference to respect the position of the Palestinian consensus and not participate in it. In a statement ... the committee emphasized that it has not authorized any group to hold negotiations on behalf of the Palestinian people. It called on all of the Arab states that have confirmed their participation in the workshop at Manama to reexamine their positions."

Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 27, 2019

The following are longer excerpts of the reports quoted above:

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US President Donald Trump's administration announced on Aug. 31, 2018 that it was immediately cutting all $360 million of annual American funding to UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East). Explaining the decision, the US State Department said, "The fundamental business model and fiscal practices that have marked UNRWA for years - tied to UNRWA's endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries - is simply unsustainable and has been in crisis mode for many years. The United States will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation."
The move came after the US froze two planned payments to UNRWA in early January 2018 for more than $100 million, and the US administration spoke about the need to reexamine and conduct a reform of the UN body. This occurred after the PA refused to negotiate with Israel and cut diplomatic ties with America following US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital on Dec. 6, 2017.

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