[ 02/10/2011 - 01:12 PM ]
TEHRAN, (PIC)-- Deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Ahmed Bahar has called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to be frank with the Palestinians on negotiations, saying the peace process has reached a dead end.
He also called on Abbas to cooperate with the entire Palestinian people in order to develop national unified strategy aimed at terminating the Israeli occupation.
Speaking Saturday in Iranian capital Tehran in an address to an international conference to support the Palestinian uprising, Bahar called for material, political, and media support for the Palestinian resistance, emphasizing that resistance is the right of the Palestinian people under divine and earthly laws.
Bahar participated in the conference as the head of a delegation of members of the PLC, including MPs Ahmed Abu Halabiya and Jamila al-Shanti.
Bahar stressed the Arab and Islamic identity of Jerusalem and called on Arab and Muslim leaders to shoulder responsibilities with regards to the holy city and to provide all forms of support to its people to enhance their steadfastness in the face of Israel practices and plans.
Switching over to the matter of reconstruction in Gaza, Bahar rejected the politicization of the reconstruction process, calling it a purely humanitarian issue, calling on sponsors in reconstructing Gaza to provide funds without preconditions aimed at extorting Gaza politically at the expense of the displaced people.
Bahar also called for the establishment of an international fund used to enhance the steadfastness of the Arab population in Jerusalem and the formation of a legal committee to prosecute Israeli war criminals in the international courts.
Mentioning the challenges faced by the people of Jerusalem in light of the Israeli occupation, Bahar said that the city is exposed to Judaization and the changing of landmarks and buildings as Jewish settlements strangle it from around it and tunnels from under its neighborhoods and Al Aqsa Mosque with the intent of building their alleged Temple, in addition to entries by ultra-orthodox Jews of the mosque to desecrate it by drinking alcohol on its premises.
Bahar also addressed Israel's decision to revoke the right of residence of the Palestinian representatives from Jerusalem, adding that the violent abduction of one of those politicians MP Ahmed Attoun on the Red Cross premises further proved Israel’s plans to eject the Palestinians from the holy city.
The senior Palestinian lawmaker also believed that the Arab Spring would end oppressive governments and support Jerusalem, Gaza, and Palestine, but he pointed out that it would take major efforts by the Arabs and Muslims to “invest” in the revolutions in order to end the occupation and establish an independent state on Palestinian land.River to Sea
Uprooted Palestinian
No comments:
Post a Comment