Israel Matzav

Great news: The 'Palestinian Authority' hasn't abandoned 'armed struggle'

Here's some great news you won't want to miss. Fatah - the party of the 'Palestinian Authority' - has announced once again that they haven't abandoned 'armed struggle.'

Mahmoud Aloul, a member of the Fatah central committee and former Palestinian Authority governor of Nablus, said that although the Palestinians have agreed to launch a “popular resistance against occupation, no one has dropped the armed resistance from his dictionary.” Aloul’s comments were made during an interview with the private Watan TV station in the West Bank.

He pointed out that Fatah’s political program had reaffirmed that “resistance is a legitimate right to resist the occupation.”

Aloul added, however, that “each option of the resistance requires certain conditions to be carried out.” Therefore, he explained, there was a consensus that the resistance should at this stage take the shape of a popular struggle.

Sounds really conducive to peace, doesn't it? What could go wrong?

Labels: Fatah, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian terrorism, two-state solution

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:25 AM