freepalestine
27th August 2010, 13:32
Palestinian Authority intelligence forces shut down conference against negotiations in Ramallah
Palestinian Authority intelligence and police forces attacked, interrupted and shut down a Palestinian national conference against participation in direct negotiations with Israel in Ramallah on August 25, 2010. Organized by Palestinian political parties, independent figures and human rights organizations, the conference was convened in order to denounce the negotiations, to be held under the auspices of the U.S. government, as dangerous to the Palestinian national cause.
The meeting was held simultaneously a conference in Gaza City, where officials of various Palestinian parties also denounced te negotiations. Comrade Khalida Jarrar, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, spoke with Ma'an News at the conference, saying that participants in the meeting were confronted by Palestinian Authority (PA) forces in civilian uniform, who "attempted to thwart the event from the start, chanting slogans and leading event participants towards the center of Ramallah." Plainclothes security forces shouted loudly, disrupting the event, taking participants outside the hall, and preventing the news conference from continuing.
"We aimed to voice our dissent, and the PA decided to enter the conference hall and drag participants out to an unplanned rally," said Comrade Jarrar. She said that the Authority was "entirely responsible" for the shutting down of the event and the intimidation of the media. PA security forces attacked journalists and human rights organization members with cameras, confiscating their cameras, deleting their photos and footage, and assaulting journalists.
The PFLP issued a statement condemning the activities of PA intelligence in Ramallah, demanding an immediate investigation to hold those responsible accountable, and saying that this was done in order to "prevent the empowerment of our people and their representatives to express their clear and explicit disapproval of these direct negotiations being launched in violation of the national consensus and the Palestinian Central Council's decision."
It said further that Palestinian security services should be providing security, rather than suppression, of the Palestinian people, noting that these actions were reminiscent of the security agencies of reactionary Arab regimes which are accustomed to the suppression of our people and saying that these agencies are complicit in schemes to suppress te Palestinian people and prevent our people from addressing the threats to our national cause. Nonetheless, the statement concluded, such behavior will never succeed in preventing the struggle of the Palestinian people and their national and Islamic forces, in the homeland and abroad, to stop such negotiations and any and all threats to our rights, our people, and our cause.
http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=palestinian-authority-intelligence-forces-shut-dow
Palestinian Authority intelligence and police forces attacked, interrupted and shut down a Palestinian national conference against participation in direct negotiations with Israel in Ramallah on August 25, 2010. Organized by Palestinian political parties, independent figures and human rights organizations, the conference was convened in order to denounce the negotiations, to be held under the auspices of the U.S. government, as dangerous to the Palestinian national cause.
The meeting was held simultaneously a conference in Gaza City, where officials of various Palestinian parties also denounced te negotiations. Comrade Khalida Jarrar, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, spoke with Ma'an News at the conference, saying that participants in the meeting were confronted by Palestinian Authority (PA) forces in civilian uniform, who "attempted to thwart the event from the start, chanting slogans and leading event participants towards the center of Ramallah." Plainclothes security forces shouted loudly, disrupting the event, taking participants outside the hall, and preventing the news conference from continuing.
"We aimed to voice our dissent, and the PA decided to enter the conference hall and drag participants out to an unplanned rally," said Comrade Jarrar. She said that the Authority was "entirely responsible" for the shutting down of the event and the intimidation of the media. PA security forces attacked journalists and human rights organization members with cameras, confiscating their cameras, deleting their photos and footage, and assaulting journalists.
The PFLP issued a statement condemning the activities of PA intelligence in Ramallah, demanding an immediate investigation to hold those responsible accountable, and saying that this was done in order to "prevent the empowerment of our people and their representatives to express their clear and explicit disapproval of these direct negotiations being launched in violation of the national consensus and the Palestinian Central Council's decision."
It said further that Palestinian security services should be providing security, rather than suppression, of the Palestinian people, noting that these actions were reminiscent of the security agencies of reactionary Arab regimes which are accustomed to the suppression of our people and saying that these agencies are complicit in schemes to suppress te Palestinian people and prevent our people from addressing the threats to our national cause. Nonetheless, the statement concluded, such behavior will never succeed in preventing the struggle of the Palestinian people and their national and Islamic forces, in the homeland and abroad, to stop such negotiations and any and all threats to our rights, our people, and our cause.
http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=palestinian-authority-intelligence-forces-shut-dow