Abbas calls all Palestinians to unite around PLO to deal with the Israeli “crimes”
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas posted a picture and text on his Facebook page
Posted text: “[PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas] receives a delegation of the Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine] (PFLP) that is participating in the conference of secretary-generals [of Palestinian factions].
During the meeting, the president emphasized the essential need to invest all efforts in the success of the conference of secretary-generals, and in achieving national unity to deal with the crimes being committed by the occupation against our people, our land, and our holy sites. He emphasized that the great challenges standing before our Palestinian cause, whose goal is to eliminate our national project, require all the Palestinians to unite around the PLO, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
The PFLP delegation emphasized its great diligence to achieve national unity, in which our people and its just cause has a great interest.
The president arrived today in El Alamein in the Arab Republic of Egypt for an official visit, in which he met with his Egyptian counterpart [President] Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and he will lead the conference of secretary-generals of the Palestinian factions that is being held in Egypt.
Present at the meeting were Deputy Secretary-General of the PFLP Jamil Mazhar, PLO Executive Committee Secretary Hussein Al-Sheikh, [PLO] Executive Committee member Ziyad Abu Omar, Head of [PA] General Intelligence Service Gen. Majed Faraj, [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs [and Islamic Relations] Mahmoud Al-Habbash, and General Supervisor of the Official [PA] Media [with the rank of] Minister Ahmad Assaf.”
The picture shows the meeting between PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the PFLP delegation.
[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Facebook page, July 29, 2023]
Hussein Al-Sheikh also serves as Head of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Fatah Central Committee member, and Head of Civil Affairs in the PA.
Ahmad Assaf also serves as General Supervisor of Fatah-run Awdah TV.