“Only the Palestinian people has the right to self-determination in Palestine,” declares Fatah
Headline: “National and Arab figures”
“The Fatah Movement Central Committee said that only the Palestinian people has the right to self-determination in the land of the ancestors, Palestine. It noted that the racist Jewish Nation-State Law (see note below -Ed.) and the entire Zionist narrative will not change the historical truth: Palestine is the land of the Palestinian people.
In a statement yesterday [May 15, 2021] for Nakba Day (see note below -Ed.), the Central Committee added that the Palestinian refugees’ right of return is a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and humanitarian law, and that it is a sacred right in the eyes of all the Palestinian people. It emphasized that the national struggle will continue with the same determination and the same motivation until our people achieves its legitimate national rights, and foremost among them the right of return, the right to self-determination, and the establishment of the independent Palestinian state whose capital is Jerusalem…
The Central Committee called on the masses of our people to crowd the lines even more and to maintain the national unity that has been achieved by the magnificent Jerusalem intifada (refers to violent Arab riots and Hamas rockets; see note below -Ed.). It emphasized that only through unity is it possible to preserve the achievements…
Fatah said that through its strong willpower, the Palestinian people has succeeded in changing the equation of the struggle, and that the old techniques of settling this conflict are no longer acceptable. It added that a renewal of the peace process will start with recognition of the State of Palestine’s national independence and recognition of all the national rights, foremost among them the right of return.
Fatah committed before the masses of our people to continue in the struggle on the path of the pure-hearted Martyrs and our heroic prisoners.”