Official PA daily promotes "resistance in all its forms – from the bullet to the stone, the slogan and the poem, to political and diplomatic activity"
“The Israeli occupation knows better than anyone else that the most efficient resistance is resistance in all its forms – from the bullet to the stone, the slogan and the poem, to political and diplomatic activity, even cultural activity, through humane statements of resistance, which strive for truth, justice and beauty… The President [Mahmoud Abbas] emphasized, through his official spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina, that ‘our people will not sit idly watching the unrestrained massacre of our children, wives and elderly. It is our people’s right to challenge aggression and protect ourselves by all legitimate means.’ From such a precise, clear, reliable, and legitimate position, we learn that we are moving towards the option of challenge and resistance, in all their legitimate forms…”
Note: This article was published as Hamas was firing hundreds of rockets at Israel and as Israel was responding with Operation Protective Edge, which aimed at destroying Hamas' terror infrastructure and ability to launch rockets at Israel.
Note: This article was published as Hamas was firing hundreds of rockets at Israel and as Israel was responding with Operation Protective Edge, which aimed at destroying Hamas' terror infrastructure and ability to launch rockets at Israel.