PFLP:Mass action needed to support Palestinian steadfastness

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Comrade Mizher: Mass action needed to support Palestinian steadfastness

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Comrade Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, called for an immediate and complete end to the farce of negotiations with the occupation, and ending the internal Palestinian division in order to confront the occupation and its newest attacks on Jerusalem and al-Aqsa. He emphasized the need for a mass movement of the Arab and Muslim public to support Palestinian steadfastness under occupation.

In a March 17, 2010 statement to Al-Alam News, Comrade Mizher said, "There is a mass movement in occupied Palestine and in exile to preserve Palestinian national constants and principles in the face of the attacks of the occupation and the latest Israeli brutality in Jerusalem and the West Bank," noting that this movement was also struggling against the cover provided to the occupation by the U.S. administration and the silence of the so-called "international community."

Comrade Mizher added that the support of the U.S. and the complicity of the international community encourages the occupation to persist in its policy of settlement and attacks on holy sites. He emphasized that it was quite clear in this environment that what Arabs and Palestinians must do now is to end the entirety of this farce of negotiation with the occupation and instead, end the internal division in order to defend Jerusalem and Palestine.

He said that there is no option for the Palestinian people except to uphold national unity and activate the resistance to confront the atrocities of the occupation taking place before the eyes and ears of the world. He called for mass action at all levels by the Arab and Islamic peoples and nations, and all progressive forces in the world, to support the Palestinian people's steadfastess under occupation, to support the Palestinian right to resist, and to support victory for Palestine against the oppressive measures aimed at the Palestinian people and their holy places.

Furthermore, Comrade Mizher demanded that all Arab countries end their relations with the occupation, stop all forms of normalization with Israel, and expel Israeli ambassadors from Arab countries. He said that these governments must take this situation seriously and support the sacrifices of the Palestinian people and respond with actions, not mere words.
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Violence continues across East Jerusalem, West Bank
March 17, 2010
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An Israeli police officer was shot in the hand north of Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, an official said.
The unidentified officer was taken to a hospital in the French Hill neighborhood, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said.
Rosenfeld told Ma'an that police cordoned off the area, in the Ras Al-Amoud district north of Jerusalem, while searching for the suspect.
Over 91 Palestinians were injured, with 60 detained, as discord continued throughout East Jerusalem and the Old City on Tuesday.
Ma'an's Jerusalem correspondent said 40 of the injured sustained rubber bullet wounds, fired by Israeli forces, with seven sustaining injuries to the eye. The reporter added that an international journalist was injured in Eisawiyyah, an East Jerusalem neighborhood.
The main entry to Eisawiyyah was closed off by Israeli border guards with cement blocs, preventing residents from entering or leaving, the reporter added.
Rosenfeld said 14 Israeli officers were injured during confrontations, with four being transferred to hospital for medical treatment. He said disturbances were largely concentrated in Wadi Al-Joz and Eisawwiyah with the Old City remaining "quiet due to a strong police presence" in the area. Extensive security measures have been implemented throughout the Old City for the fifth consecutive day, including an age restriction.
The spokesman confirmed the road block in place in Eisawwiyah, describing the measure as temporary to prevent disturbances from "masked Palestinians."
More than 100 Palestinians were reported injured across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, medics said.
In Abu Dis, an East Jerusalem town, 17 injuries were reported since confrontations and protests began early Tuesday morning. Students threw stones toward Israeli forces in the area, burning tires. Locals said forces responded with rubber-coated bullet fire and tear-gas canisters to disperse demonstrators.
Witnesses said a 17-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the leg, and was allegedly beat before he was detained. Those injured were reportedly transferred to the Emergency Clinic in Abu Dis to undergo treatment for their injuries.
Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli paramilitary and police forces across the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday morning, following a day of tensions over access to religious sites.
Dozens of Palestinians were injured and many were detained in the ongoing confrontations. Two Israeli officers were also reported injured.
The violence was centered in occupied East Jerusalem and its environs, namely the Shufat refugee camp, Eisaweyah, Ras Al-Amoud, and Wadi Al-Jouz area of Silwan, as well as the Old City.
Hundreds of young Palestinians attacked a checkpoint at the entrance of the Shufat camp, north of Jerusalem, throwing stones at Israeli forces stationed nearby, Ma'an's Jerusalem correspondent reported. He said special police forces were called to the scene and fired tear-gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets at the demonstrators. Two young Palestinians were detained, he added.
Israeli forces tightened a blockade on the Old City, particularly the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, continuing a week-long trend. Police were seen preventing women from entering the mosque.
Police were also seen chasing protesters in Wadi Al-Joz while a helicopter hovered above. Young Palestinians lit fireworks in the Old City as Israeli forces moved in. Three were detained there, among them Iyad Al-Tawil, 12, as well as his mother and aunt.
In Qalandiya refugee camp, north of the city, hundreds of students clashed with Israeli forces who fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades to disperse the demonstrators. A 15-year-old student was detained there, onlookers said. Clashes also erupted at the Qalandiya checkpoint, an Israeli security official said.
Palestinian citizens of Israel were prevented from visiting Jerusalem. Israeli forces stopped a bus arriving from Majd Al-Kroom, alleging that the passengers were en route to the demonstrations. They detained a 39-year-old man accused of striking a police officer.
Israeli forces were filmed preventing journalists from covering the events in Eisaweyah, telling a live Al-Jazeera broadcast that the measures were for the reporters' own protection.
Meanwhile, rallies were held across the Gaza Strip in solidarity with Jerusalem, with clashes reported across the West Bank.
Nablus
An-Najah University in Nablus suspended classes for one hour at 12pm, ordered by the student senate.
Head of the senate, Makram Daraghma, said students marched throughout the halls of the university in support of Muslim and Christian sites throughout the occupied Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, in the village of Huwara, south of Nablus, locals told Ma'an a peaceful student march was dispersed by Israeli forces using riot dispersal means, including tear-gas canisters and sound grenades. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli military spokesman said the incident began when Palestinians began throwing rocks at three civilian cars near the illegal Yizthar settlement and described the incident as a riot involving 20 Palestinians. The spokesman confirmed the use of riot dispersal means by Israeli forces.
Hebron
A number of Hebronites suffered tear-gas inhalation and suffocation when Israeli forces deployed tear-gas canisters in the village of Beit Ummar, northern Hebron. Ma'an's Hebron correspondent said 15 military vehicles entered the village and one Israeli soldier sustained an injury to the ear when a rock was thrown at him, receiving treatment at the site.
The spokesman confirmed that a border guard was injured and said dozens of Palestinians began hurling rocks during a "violent and illegal riot" in the village, adding that riot dispersal means were used by Israel forces.
In Hebron's city center, a number of clashes between Palestinians throwing stones and Israeli forces, again responding with riot dispersal means. Locals said this included sound grenandes and the firing of rubber-coated bullets, reporting no injuries.
Four Palestinians were detained during one of the clashes, and were reportedly beat by Israeli forces, before being taken to an unknown location. The military spokesman said three Palestinians involved in the incident were detained and transferred to the custody of Israeli police, adding that "no unusual events" took place during the detention.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army spokesman confirmed that, over the past two hours, several incidents took place across Hebron's city center, describing them as riots, with Israeli forces responding with riot dispersal means.

Source: Maan News Agency

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DFLP: Quartet must force Israel to halt settlements
Published today (updated) 20/03/2010 21:14
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Gaza – Ma'an – The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Saturday it welcomed the Quartet's demand that Israel halt settlement construction, calling for a recent decision to build in East Jerusalem to be revoked.

"The maneuvers of the right-wing government and the expanding extremist right has paralyzed and obstructed the decisions taken by the Quartet, which provided a similar report to that of the international committee in 2001, presided over by George Mitchell, which called for a total settlement halt," the DFLP statement read.

The DFLP urged the Quartet "to bring a new resolution before the UN Security Council to stop all forms of settlements and the demolition of Palestinians homes in Jerusalem and the West Bank under the Seventh Article of the UN convention."

The movement further called on the Palestinian Authority to reject both direct and indirect talks with Israel until all kinds of settlement construction is brought to an end.

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Comrade Mizher: Quartet providing cover for Israeli crimes

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Comrade Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, dismissed the so-called "Quartet's" criticism of Israeli settlements, noting that the Quartet continues to demand negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Zionist state, reflecting its ongoing support for the occupation state and its commitment to provide cover for occupation crimes.

Comrade Mizher emphasized, in a March 21, 2010 interview with Al-Alam TV, that if the Quartet was seriously interested in curbing Israeli crimes, it would use all of the political and economic forces available to it to stop the fascist practices of the Zionist regime, yet instead it uses mere words of criticism in the face of Israeli war crimes while continuing to support the siege on Gaza and demanding concessions from Palestinians on their national rights.

He criticized the remarks of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas welcoming the Quartet comments, saying that it is incomprehensible to have any direct or indirect negotiations with the occupation, emphasizing that any return to negotiations only provides a cover for the crimes of the occupation, its aggression, tyranny and plans to build thousands of colonial settlement units.


Comrade Mizher said that the path of negotiations has proven over the past sixteen years to be a complete failure that has brought the Palestinian people nothing but destruction and ruin, demanding a complete end to the path of Oslo and instead, the implementation of Palestinian national rights, particularly Palestinian refugees' right to return. He stressed that Palestinians must engage in a comprehensive political review and develop a strategy based on adherence to national principles and national resistance.

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