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Summary
of 18 April coordination meeting, Ramallah,
Palestine
among:
National and Islamic forces
Anti- Apartheid Wall Campaign
National Committee for the Commemoration of
the 59th Anniversary of the
Palestinian Nakba
National Coalition for defending the rights
of Palestinian in Jerusalem
Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO)
Union of Arab community Based Organizations
(Ittijah)
It was decided that the above will take
responsibility for unifying and
contextualizing national and popular
activities related to::
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Commemoration of the 40th
anniversary of Israel's occupation of the
West Bank and Gaza Strip;
l
Activation of popular resistance against
Jewish colonies and the Wall;
l
Defending Jerusalem against Israeli measures
aimed at the “Judaization” of the holy city
and its isolation from the surrounding
Palestinian areas;
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Preparation and coordination of the
commemorations of the 59th
anniversary of the Nakba.
In this context, participants stressed:
First:
The need for a firm stand on Palestinian
national principles and UN resolutions,
foremost the right of return of Palestinian
refugees to their homes and properties in
accordance with UN General Assembly
Resolution 194, which is the essence and the
center of the Palestinian cause and a sacred
right which must not be prejudiced.
Second:
That bilateral meetings between Israel's
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas achieve nothing on
the ground, and the positions and policy of
double-standards of the U.S. administration
are completely rejected. Hence, the
situation requires united pressure on the
international community to convene an
international conference and ensure that the
Israeli government complies with
international law and UN resolutions.
Third:
Their call upon the international community
in general, and Arab states in particular,
to break the unjust sanctions imposed on the
Palestinian people, work for the release of
Palestinian prisoners and detainees in
Israeli prisons, and develop suitable
mechanisms for unconditional support of the
Palestinian people. We refuse all conditions
on the release of Palestinian prisoners and
call upon the Palestinian leadership to
ensure that any prisoners exchange includes
all ill, women and children prisoners, as
well as Palestinian leaders who have spent
many years in Israeli detention.
Fourth:
A warning of the danger involved in engaging
with Israeli demands and conditions for
dealing with the Arab Summit initiative.
Any agreement must end the Israeli
occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip,
provide for Palestinian sovereignty over the
1967 OPT, including the capitol of
Jerusalem, and guarantee the right of return
of Palestinian refugees to their homes.
Fifth:
The need to provide protection for
Palestinian refugees who face extreme forms
of persecution, including arbitrary killings
and expulsions, at the hands of corrupted
militia in Iraq.
Sixth:
Sincere gratitude to the British National
Union of Journalists for their decision to
boycott Israeli products in response to the
crimes of the occupation against the
Palestinian people. Participants stressed
the need to activate the boycott worldwide
and hold Israel to account for the war
crimes committed against the Palestinian
people and the peoples in the region.
Seventh:
The dire need to address and resolve the
state of chaos and lawlessness in the
occupied Palestinian territories and ensure
the rule of law, and to expedite the release
of the abducted British journalist Alan
Johnson.
Eighth:
Solidarity and support of Azmi Bishara: the
need to organize a board popular campaign in
Palestine and abroad to stand in solidarity
with Bishara versus Israel's malicious
campaign aimed at strangling him, his fellow
activists and our people in 1948 Palestine. |
