PA official: Compromise on 1967 borders will only be temporary, ultimate goal is Palestine "from the river to the sea"
Official PA TV Live broadcast an event honoring the prisoners released in the third phase of prisoner releases.
Palestinian PA Parliament (Legislative Council) member and PFLP representative Khalida Jarrar: “First of all, in principle, we must not give up any option for freeing the prisoners. I’m not saying who will do this or how they will do so. [We] must not give up any option. That includes the option of the struggle and the revolutionary option. I’m not saying we are calling on people to start a revolution – that’s not the point – but we must not give up this option, and this means we must cease security coordination [with Israel].
There is a minimum and a maximum. The maximum, or the truth, is that Palestine belongs to the Palestinians, from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea (i.e., replacing all of Israel). We must not cede this narrative. From the River to the Sea, Palestine for the Palestinians. Now they’re talking about a political compromise, about a country within the 1967 borders, that’s called a political compromise, and it hasn’t materialized, [but] will only materialize [in the future], because, to this day, we haven’t accepted the 1967 borders either – but even a compromise on the 1967 borders must not lead us to renounce that Palestine from the River to the Sea belongs to the Palestinians; and the heart of the matter is the right of return, our cause is the right of return.”
Palestinian PA Parliament (Legislative Council) member and PFLP representative Khalida Jarrar: “First of all, in principle, we must not give up any option for freeing the prisoners. I’m not saying who will do this or how they will do so. [We] must not give up any option. That includes the option of the struggle and the revolutionary option. I’m not saying we are calling on people to start a revolution – that’s not the point – but we must not give up this option, and this means we must cease security coordination [with Israel].
There is a minimum and a maximum. The maximum, or the truth, is that Palestine belongs to the Palestinians, from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea (i.e., replacing all of Israel). We must not cede this narrative. From the River to the Sea, Palestine for the Palestinians. Now they’re talking about a political compromise, about a country within the 1967 borders, that’s called a political compromise, and it hasn’t materialized, [but] will only materialize [in the future], because, to this day, we haven’t accepted the 1967 borders either – but even a compromise on the 1967 borders must not lead us to renounce that Palestine from the River to the Sea belongs to the Palestinians; and the heart of the matter is the right of return, our cause is the right of return.”