{"id":11087,"date":"2019-03-25T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2019\/03\/25\/statement-from-palestinian-leadership-upon-the-outbreak-of-the-second-intifada"},"modified":"2019-03-25T22:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T19:03:44","slug":"statement-from-palestinian-leadership-upon-the-outbreak-of-the-second-intifada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2019\/03\/25\/statement-from-palestinian-leadership-upon-the-outbreak-of-the-second-intifada\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Palestinian Leadership Upon the Outbreak of the Second Intifada"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post presents the statement from the Palestinian leadership from September 30, 2000, the day after Ariel Sharon’s controversial visi<\/em>t to the Temple Mount,\u00a0<\/em>wherein they call upon the Palestinian people and wider Arab world to unite in the struggle for Palestinian rights, statehood, and defense of holy sites. The text was taken from the Appendix of\u00a0“The Palestinian Authority\u2019s Responsibility for the Outbreak of the Second Intifada: Its Own Damning Testimony,”<\/a>\u00a0w<\/em>ritten by\u00a0Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi,\u00a0a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the\u00a0Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The First Proclamation of the National and Islamic Forces Upon the Outbreak of the Second Intifada<\/h2>\n

In the name of Allah the merciful and compassionate,
\nAnnouncement on behalf of the National and Islamic Forces
\nOh members of our grand people,<\/p>\n

The premeditated crime that was committed by the Barak government, that found expression in yesterday\u2019s firing [September 29, 2000] upon worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, and the protection extended to these provocative measures by the butcher Sharon who defiled the sacred place (Al Haram Al Sharif), represent the crossing of a red line, a flagrant escalation of the position of haughtiness and derision for our people\u2019s sentiments, a denial of its rights, and an attempt to secure illegal Israeli sovereignty in Al Quds and the holy places.<\/p>\n

The National and Islamic Forces, convening today [September 30, 2000] on the eve of this cruel act of slaughter, announce a summons to the masses of our people to continue the great popular action in protest over the criminal slaughter and the continued Israeli defilement of the sacred place, and other places holy to Islam and Christianity, and under the motto of the struggle to emphasize full Palestinian sovereignty over Al Quds and thwart any plan that stands in contradiction to this sovereignty. In this framework the National and Islamic Forces demand that the Palestinian National Authority refrain from any activity that will restrain the impetus of mass action, and call for:<\/p>\n

A declaration of comprehensive readiness within the ranks of all the organizations to continue the mass activity, the immediate initiation of meetings by the National and Islamic Forces of groups and institutions in various districts and regions in order to pursue the activity. The forum made a decision that it views itself as continuously in session in order to monitor the mass activity.<\/p>\n

An announcement that next Monday [October 2, 2000], the date marking the liberation of Al Quds by the hero Salah A Din Al-Ayoubi, will be a day for escalating comprehensive mass activity in order to liberate the holy city and emphasize Palestinian sovereignty over it.<\/p>\n

A summons to the masses of our people to continue the protest activity in the Al Aqsa Mosque and formulate a plan for organized visits by college students and school pupils at the initiative of the National and Islamic Forces in the [diverse] regions in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Higher Education.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the masses of our people within the boundaries of 1948 and the masses who announced their steadfastness behind the Al Aqsa [Mosque] who displayed a readiness to sacrifice on its behalf, and who translated this position into unity with the blood that was shed on the soil of blessed Al Aqsa and activity to reinforce the unity of our people wherever it may be in the struggle for the defense of its holy places and on behalf of its legitimate rights.<\/p>\n

The defense system for Al Quds requires measures to reinforce our national unity, the cohesion of our society, and the organization of our internal front, and first and foremost the release of all the political prisoners and a ban on political arrests.<\/p>\n

A demand to halt the negotiations that are currently taking place as a protest against the bloody crime and the continued Israeli derision for our people, the denial of its rights, a matter that makes continued negotiations sterile and fruitless, given Israeli stubbornness and the blind American tendency to back Israel, that found expression in a law recently adopted by the American Congress that merits condemnation.<\/p>\n

A demand for the immediate release of a fighter from the National Security [forces], who fired in Kalkilya at soldiers of the occupation in response to Israeli arrogance and the defilement of the places sacred to Islam, by the Israelis, who bear the complete political and moral responsibility for the explosion of a cycle of violence due to the continued occupation and its continued aggressive and intemperate activities.<\/p>\n

A call upon the Arab and Islamic world, both peoples and governments, to take practical measures to defend Al Quds and its holy places, and express solidarity with our people and sustain its struggle on behalf of the holy city\u2019s liberation, and to emphasize Palestinian sovereignty over it.<\/p>\n

The National and Islamic Forces congratulate the souls of the martyrs [shahids] of the Al Aqsa massacre, and the other martyrs of our people, and we swear before the masses of our people to continue the struggle in fealty to their blood, until the occupation will be removed and the rights of our people to return and enjoy national independence speedily will be extracted by force.<\/p>\n

Victory to our people that is waging a jihad and defeat for the occupation.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement \u2013 Fatah
\nThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
\nThe Palestinian Democratic Union \u2013 FIDA
\nThe Arab Liberation Front
\nThe Islamic Resistance Movement \u2013 Hamas
\nThe Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
\nThe Palestinian People\u2019s Party
\nThe Palestinian Popular Struggle Front
\nThe Palestinian Arab Front<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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