Ramallah (UNA/WAFA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, “We are facing grave dangers, which are closer to a new Nakba that threatens our existence and portends the liquidation of our entire national cause, in implementation of the plans of those who created the first Nakba of our people, leading up to the Nakba of 1967, and then the Nakba of the sinful “coup” in 2007, which our enemy used to tear apart our national fabric and prevent the establishment of our independent state.”
In his speech at the opening of the 32nd session of the Palestinian Central Council, held in the Ahmed Shuqairy Hall at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon, President Abbas stressed that “our efforts in various fields and at various levels, Arab, Islamic, and international, are focused on achieving four national priorities that represent the necessities of the current moment, in the face of the challenges facing our people and our cause.”
In this regard, he stressed that halting the Israeli war of extermination against the Gaza Strip, the complete withdrawal of the occupation forces from the territory of the Strip, the cessation of repeated Israeli attacks on our cities, villages, and camps in the West Bank, and the prevention of violations against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, Hebron, and all Palestinian areas are among the priorities we are working to achieve.
His Excellency emphasized that the goal of the "organized terrorism" practiced by the occupation in the West Bank governorates is the same as its goal in the aggression against the Gaza Strip: to liquidate the Palestinian national cause as a political issue for a people struggling for their freedom and national independence, and to impose its colonial dictates and policies on our people through the brutal force of aggression.
President Abbas pointed out that the situation in Jerusalem, our eternal and sacred capital, is no different from the situation in the rest of the Palestinian homeland. The occupying state is attempting to impose a fait accompli on our people through a tight siege of the city, the destruction of Palestinian homes and facilities, the prevention of worshippers from reaching holy sites, and the fight against the Palestinian presence and identity with all means of aggression and terrorism.
The President stressed that the occupying state, with this barbaric aggression, is violating international law and legitimacy, acting as if it is above the law, reneging on the agreements it signed with the Palestine Liberation Organization, and unleashing extremism and terrorism, which have become the dominant feature of its policies toward our people. It is also besieging our people financially by stealing Palestinian clearance funds, which have so far exceeded two billion dollars that the occupying state is withholding, and by seizing citizens' lands and properties.
He said: Our vision for achieving a just and comprehensive peace and ensuring security and stability in Palestine and the region requires a political horizon based on ending the Israeli occupation and implementing international legitimacy resolutions, including the establishment of an independent, sovereign, contiguous, viable, and recognized Palestinian state, which would be a full member of the United Nations and live in security and peace alongside Israel.
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