April 1, 2010
Ma’an News Agency - 31 March 2010
Fatah’s call for an escalation of peaceful resistance is an admission of the failure of the government to reach a peace deal for Palestinians, Hamas officials declared on Tuesday following a cabinet meeting in Gaza.
Fatah and the Palestinian Authority must now “apologize to the Palestinians for forcing them into a failed process that lasted 20 years,” a statement from the Gaza government said, citing the continued occupation of the West Bank, the siege on Gaza, and the unfaltering settlement construction in the West Bank including East Jerusalem.
The comments followed announcements from members of Fatah’s Central Committee calling for more popular resistance efforts in the wake of the mass detention of peaceful demonstrators in Bethlehem on Palm Sunday. Among those detained was PLO Executive Committee member Abbas Zaki, who remains in Israeli custody.
Abu Zuhri: Fatah gave up armed struggle
[ 31/03/2010 - 06:05 PM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said that Fatah's decision to adopt the policy of peaceful marches against the wall and settlement activity practically means that it gave up armed struggle.
He said in a press statement on Wednesday that Fatah's decision to adopt "popular struggle" was "decorative" and aimed at covering up its quelling of protest demonstrations against the Israeli occupation's crimes and in support of the Aqsa Mosque.
He said that Fatah would organize formal marches that would be exploited to block any real demonstration in which the masses engage the occupation forces.
The decision is an official declaration of giving up armed struggle and adopting peaceful demonstrations, which turns Fatah into a civil institution, the spokesman said.
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