Fatah official: Past agreements with Israel must be reevaluated
“During his participation in a rally commemorating Nakba Day in the Jenin District, member of Fatah Central Committee, Sultan Abu Al-Einein said: ‘We must reevaluate the agreements signed with the Israeli occupation that has repudiated all these agreements.’
Abu Al-Einein added: ‘An occupied nation that relinquishes its rights will not attain what is rightfully theirs, and will not have a state.’
…The Nakba Day commemoration events began with a visit to the Iraqi Army Martyrs’ cemetery… and were attended by District Governor of Jenin Talal Dweikat, members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, members of the Palestinian Parliament (i.e., Legislative Council) and representatives from the district’s national action factions and authorities.
District Governor Dweikat conveyed President Mahmoud Abbas’ greeting to those participating in the Nakba [Day] events.
He said, on behalf of the President [Abbas]: ‘We declare that whoever relinquishes the right of return or any Palestinian principle, including the prisoners’ principle, is not from among us and is not one of us.’ […]
He added: ‘Despite the fact that 65 years have passed since the Nakba and despite the fact that the occupation entity (i.e., the State of Israel) was established on the ruins of 580 Palestinian villages, and despite scores of resolutions made by international institutions, the occupation repudiates all this and the world remains silent in view of the Palestinian nation’s suffering.’
He added: ‘Despite all this, this is our divine promise. While the occupation was founded according to Balfour’s promise (i.e., the Balfour Declaration), our right to Palestine is proved by a promise from Allah.’ […]
Abu Al-Einein said: ‘During the passage of all this time, after the occupation repudiated all treaties and agreements and in light of the settlers’ recently escalating crimes, we maintain our right to self-defense. Therefore, self-defense committees must be established in every village, city and refugee camp.’ He said that these committees’ task is to make sure no assaulting settler leaves peacefully after attacking any village in Palestine.”
Note: The Balfour Declaration of Nov. 2, 1917 was a letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Baron Rothschild stating that “His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” and is seen as the basis for later international commitments to establish the State of Israel.
The Nakba - “the catastrophe,” Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel.
Abu Al-Einein added: ‘An occupied nation that relinquishes its rights will not attain what is rightfully theirs, and will not have a state.’
…The Nakba Day commemoration events began with a visit to the Iraqi Army Martyrs’ cemetery… and were attended by District Governor of Jenin Talal Dweikat, members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, members of the Palestinian Parliament (i.e., Legislative Council) and representatives from the district’s national action factions and authorities.
District Governor Dweikat conveyed President Mahmoud Abbas’ greeting to those participating in the Nakba [Day] events.
He said, on behalf of the President [Abbas]: ‘We declare that whoever relinquishes the right of return or any Palestinian principle, including the prisoners’ principle, is not from among us and is not one of us.’ […]
He added: ‘Despite the fact that 65 years have passed since the Nakba and despite the fact that the occupation entity (i.e., the State of Israel) was established on the ruins of 580 Palestinian villages, and despite scores of resolutions made by international institutions, the occupation repudiates all this and the world remains silent in view of the Palestinian nation’s suffering.’
He added: ‘Despite all this, this is our divine promise. While the occupation was founded according to Balfour’s promise (i.e., the Balfour Declaration), our right to Palestine is proved by a promise from Allah.’ […]
Abu Al-Einein said: ‘During the passage of all this time, after the occupation repudiated all treaties and agreements and in light of the settlers’ recently escalating crimes, we maintain our right to self-defense. Therefore, self-defense committees must be established in every village, city and refugee camp.’ He said that these committees’ task is to make sure no assaulting settler leaves peacefully after attacking any village in Palestine.”
Note: The Balfour Declaration of Nov. 2, 1917 was a letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Baron Rothschild stating that “His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” and is seen as the basis for later international commitments to establish the State of Israel.
The Nakba - “the catastrophe,” Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel.