Ramallah - Saba:
Palestinian resistance factions on Wednesday considered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's decision to hold new National Council elections without national consensus and with preconditions a violation of national consensus and a new departure from the collective decisions that set the conditions for any electoral process.
The factions said, in a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), that Abbas's decision perpetuates isolationism and division at this crucial, fateful moment in the history of the national cause, which is being subjected to liquidation, conspiracies, and malicious schemes. This decision calls for the highest levels of unity and solidarity among all components of the Palestinian people.
She added, "The Palestinian resistance factions consider the top priorities in this exceptional phase for our people to be stopping the Zionist aggression, the war of genocide, and ethnic cleansing; breaking the siege on Gaza; stopping the displacement and Zionist aggression targeting our people in the cities and camps of the West Bank, especially Jenin and Tulkarm; confronting Judaization and settlement expansion in Jerusalem and throughout the occupied West Bank; and supporting the resistance, which embodies the unity of our people in confrontation and steadfastness."
The factions reiterated their rejection of the President of the Palestinian Authority's call for National Council elections at this time and during these difficult circumstances for the Palestinian people, and of the preconditions he set for membership in the National Council, particularly those related to full commitment to the current PLO program and its international obligations.
They explained that these conditions were designed to exclude a large and diverse segment of Palestinian forces, actors, and figures, and perpetuate the Palestinian crisis rather than address it, especially since the current PLO policy has significantly contributed to the decline in the rights and status of the Palestinian people and their cause.
They pointed out that a true, national solution to the crisis facing the Palestinian people requires, first and foremost, joint and serious action to stop the bloodshed in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Zionist entity under the auspices of the US administration and with the complicity of the international community.
The factions continued: "Then comes the presence of a genuine political will that rejects monopoly and leads to a comprehensive national dialogue with the active participation of all Palestinian forces, factions, and various actors. This will lead to a comprehensive national program of resistance to rebuild all our national institutions on the basis of true partnership and mobilize all components of our people to confront the malicious conspiracies and plots aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause."
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