freepalestine
6th September 2010, 19:17
PFLP: Direct negotiations are the dangerous spawn of Oslo
Click here for Italian translation (http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=pflp-i-negoziati-diretti-sono-una-pericolosa-conse)
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement on September 1, 2010, saying that the direct negotiations taking place in Washington, DC are a flagrant betrayal of Palestinian national interests and calling upon all individuals, forces and institutions to take up their national responsibilities to combat any attempt to diminish the rights of the Palestinian people or bind the Palestinian cause to an illegitimate negotiations track that provides a cover for occupation crimes.
In a statement issued by the PFLP's Political Bureau, it said that "The White House meeting and gala dinner launching the direct bilateral negotiations brings to mind the same image of the White House lawn on September 13, 1993 when the Oslo agreement was signed, with only a change in the actors and the extras surrounding them." The Oslo agreement, said the Front, ended in disaster for the Palestinian people on the ground, and these negotiations pose the same threats.
The statement emphasized that the negotiations are taking place under Israeli and U.S. conditions, oversight and objectives, subject to no conditions and without any international or legitimate reference point or framework, including the fundamental United Nations resolutions on Palestine recognizing the need for Palestinian independence, self-determination and Palestinian refugees' right to return.
The Front's statement also confirmed its adherence to Palestinian national rights - the right to resist, to end occupation and settlements, to free prisoners, to independence, and to return - and warned againt the threats to Palestinain democracy posed by suppression of opposition to negotiations and Palestinian Authority security forces' behavior. It emphasized that these negotiations gamble with the sacrifices of our people - the martyrs, the wounded, and the prisoners - and sacrifice our people's rights, the security of the entire region and international solidarity with our cause on the altar of illusion and narrow self-interest by relying on the false promises and assurances of the U.S. government.
The Front's statement concluded by calling upon the Palestinian people everywhere, the Arab nation, and all progressive international forces to mobilize and challenge the U.S./Israeli plans and conditions, defeat these negotiations, and uphold Palestinian resistance, unity and steadfastness as the democratic choice of the Palestinian people to liberate their land and recover their stolen rights to freedom, independence and return.
Comrade Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the PFLP, said on Al-Alam TV that these negotiations are "a net profit for the occupation" as both the U.S. and Israel will combine to "blackmail the Palestinian side to make concessions on Jerusalem, our borders, and the refugees' right to return even as they refuse to end settlement building and reject all international law and resolutions." Furthermore, said Mizher, "these negotiations help to break the isolation of the occupier and undermine international efforts to isolate the occupation, particularly the efforts to bring leaders of the occupation state to trial in international courts for war crimes
http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=pflp-direct-negotiations-are-dangerous-spawn-oslo
Click here for Italian translation (http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=pflp-i-negoziati-diretti-sono-una-pericolosa-conse)
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement on September 1, 2010, saying that the direct negotiations taking place in Washington, DC are a flagrant betrayal of Palestinian national interests and calling upon all individuals, forces and institutions to take up their national responsibilities to combat any attempt to diminish the rights of the Palestinian people or bind the Palestinian cause to an illegitimate negotiations track that provides a cover for occupation crimes.
In a statement issued by the PFLP's Political Bureau, it said that "The White House meeting and gala dinner launching the direct bilateral negotiations brings to mind the same image of the White House lawn on September 13, 1993 when the Oslo agreement was signed, with only a change in the actors and the extras surrounding them." The Oslo agreement, said the Front, ended in disaster for the Palestinian people on the ground, and these negotiations pose the same threats.
The statement emphasized that the negotiations are taking place under Israeli and U.S. conditions, oversight and objectives, subject to no conditions and without any international or legitimate reference point or framework, including the fundamental United Nations resolutions on Palestine recognizing the need for Palestinian independence, self-determination and Palestinian refugees' right to return.
The Front's statement also confirmed its adherence to Palestinian national rights - the right to resist, to end occupation and settlements, to free prisoners, to independence, and to return - and warned againt the threats to Palestinain democracy posed by suppression of opposition to negotiations and Palestinian Authority security forces' behavior. It emphasized that these negotiations gamble with the sacrifices of our people - the martyrs, the wounded, and the prisoners - and sacrifice our people's rights, the security of the entire region and international solidarity with our cause on the altar of illusion and narrow self-interest by relying on the false promises and assurances of the U.S. government.
The Front's statement concluded by calling upon the Palestinian people everywhere, the Arab nation, and all progressive international forces to mobilize and challenge the U.S./Israeli plans and conditions, defeat these negotiations, and uphold Palestinian resistance, unity and steadfastness as the democratic choice of the Palestinian people to liberate their land and recover their stolen rights to freedom, independence and return.
Comrade Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the PFLP, said on Al-Alam TV that these negotiations are "a net profit for the occupation" as both the U.S. and Israel will combine to "blackmail the Palestinian side to make concessions on Jerusalem, our borders, and the refugees' right to return even as they refuse to end settlement building and reject all international law and resolutions." Furthermore, said Mizher, "these negotiations help to break the isolation of the occupier and undermine international efforts to isolate the occupation, particularly the efforts to bring leaders of the occupation state to trial in international courts for war crimes
http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=pflp-direct-negotiations-are-dangerous-spawn-oslo