Fatah official: We can longer negotiate or have any connection to our “enemy”, Israel, including transfers to Israeli hospitals
Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, hosting Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations Abbas Zaki
Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations Abbas Zaki: “[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu cannot even carry out what he proposes. First of all, he has been unable to establish a government until now, and if the story of Gaza had continued another day or two (refers to lethal confrontations on the border as part of the March of Return protests; see note below –Ed.), it would have been embarrassing, as he nevertheless wants to celebrate [Israeli] Independence Day and wants to celebrate [the Eurovision song contest] with the Europeans, and he has 100 problems – but he acts like he's a lion, [while] in wars he is [actually] an ostrich. Yesterday [May 5, 2019] he received a slap (refers to rocket barrage from terrorists in Gaza against Israeli civilian population centers; see note below –Ed.). [He should understand] that there are people against him who are not simple, in the West Bank and in Gaza. This is the great Palestinian people, the people of honor who is prepared to sacrifice all that is in its possession in order not to be humiliated and a slave in its own land among this scum. Due to this we have decided in the Fatah Movement that it is no longer possible [to conduct] negotiations or any connection with this enemy, and we have made our decisions according to which the Israeli hospitals, which have sucked our blood – now we will stop the activity with them, and we have turned to Egypt and Jordan and we can work with any hospital in the world, except for hospitals in Israel.”