The chairman of the Palestinian National Council, the chairman of the Central Council, Saleem Al-Zanoon, said it was time for the Central Council to decide the future of the Palestinian National Authority and reconsider the issue of recognition of Israel.
Al-Zanoon added, during his opening speech to the 28th session of the Palestinian Central Council, which is taking place today and tomorrow in the city of Ramallah under the name of "Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Palestine", that Jerusalem will only be the capital of the Palestinian state. And this fact will not changed by the American president assault. Jerusalem was built Six thousand years ago by our grandfathers.
He added that the city of Jerusalem is the center of our national cause and will not change this fact a decision made by an ignorant in history, an ignorant of the solidity of our people who did not and will not fold to the policies of extortion and intimidation. The policy of threatening to starve our people will not succeed in political strife, and called on the US administration to draw lessons from the steadfastness and the strong hold of Jerusalemites Muslims and Christians in front of the gates of the mosque Aqsa Mosque a few months ago.
He pointed out that the disgraceful position of the United States in the United Nations General Assembly and in the Security Council, which did not respect its status as a permanent member, completely isolated itself when 129 free countries voted for our right to Jerusalem. The president's decision was nullified and is a direct blow to the American blackmail and arrogance policy.
He pointed out that the United States is isolated even from its closest allies in the face of international law and against the nations of the world, especially in the face of the Palestinian rights, which showed that the US beyond doubt as being a party to the conflict and not a mediator that it claimed to be for decades. Al-zanoon emphasizeed that the US is not fit to manage any peace process, because it has overturned the entire process.
He stressed that basis on all this, we are required to prepare an integrated and programmed plan to confront the American decision, and to confront the policies and procedures of Judaization under occupation in the city of Jerusalem, and to strengthen the support for the steadfast people of Jerusalem that are defending the city despite the racism of occupation and daily pressures on them to force them to abandon their Holy City.
Al-Zanoon said that Israel, in partnership with the American administration, is destroying any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967 with Jerusalem as its capital, rejecting the right of return for refugees and recognizing the racist laws of which dropping Jerusalem from the final stages negotiations, the proposed legislation to execute political prisoners, permanently considering The Palestinian National Fund as a terrorist organization, and the decision of the ruling Likud party to annex settlement on Palestinian land.
He added that the Palestinian Central Council should reconsider the items of the current strategy. As long as Israel refuses to recognize our state and its capital is Jerusalem, we also have the right to reconsider and choose what protect and achieve our national goals.
He added "The time has come for our Central Council, which is acting on behalf of the Palestinian National Council which has decided to establish the Palestinian National Authority as the nucleus of the state, to decide its future and duties. And to reconsider the recognition of the State of Israel until it recognizes the State of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees in accordance with Resolution 194 ".
Al-Zanoon proposed to the Palestinian Central Council the establishment of the legal status of the State of Palestine as established by resolution 181 in 1947 and stipulated in UN General Assembly resolution 19/67 of 2012 in several aspects: preparation of a plan to transfer the functions of the Palestinian National Authority to the functions of the state. To deal with the Palestinian National Council as the parliament of the State of Palestine. To complete the discussion of the draft constitution of the State of Palestine and return it to the Central Council for approval after its presentation to Palestinian public opinion, the Presidency of the State and its Parliament, and the General Assembly of the United Nations under the heading: United for Peace to End the Israeli Occupation of the State of Palestine as a duty of the United Nations. Completion of the work for full membership status of the State of Palestine in the United Nations. The advancement of diplomatic, legal and judicial action by joining treaties and conventions and mobilizing legal proceedings against the occupation before the International Criminal Court and to reaffirm the legal right of our people to resist the Israeli occupation by all legitimate means, making the occupation very costly.
Al-Zanoon stressed that the Central Council should reject and confront any ideas that are circulating under the so-called "Deal of the Century" because it does not comply with rules of international law and resolutions of international legitimacy, and seeks to impose an incomplete solution that does not meet the minimum level of our legitimate rights.
He pointed out that the United States has declared its aggressive policy against us, and is practicing extortion by cutting off aid and linking it to conditions that affect the legitimacy of our struggle, the dignity of those who lost their lives defending their land and the sacrifices of the wounded and the political prisoners. The US also closed the PLO office in Washington and reduced its financial contributions to UNRWA, so how can we accept any American mediation, where it has chosen to be an adversary, and not an impartial mediator.
Al-Zanoon called for the search for other international channels to take care of resolving the Palestinian issue and to highlight the legitimacy of the UN General Assembly's recognition of the State of Israel, as Israel did not fulfill any of the conditions of its acceptance into the General Assembly, including the implementation of Resolution 181 of 1947 and the implementation of Resolution 194 of 1948.
He called for expediting the process with regard to International Criminal Court to try the leaders of the occupation for their crimes. Pictures of the burning of Mohammed Abu Khudair, the baby Ali Dawabsha and his family are still vivid in our mind, and the image of the murdered crippled Ibrahim Abu Thoria is hunting the war criminals in Israel. The whimpering of the murdered popular resistance minister, Zaid Abu Ain't, still calling us.
Al-Zanoon said: "Our success in dealing with these risks and challenges requires accelerating the steps of implementing the reconciliation, ending the division and developing a plan to strengthen the national partnership within the framework of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as it is the supreme national political and legal reference for our people which requires activating the role of its institutions, and enabling them.
Al-Zanoon said that re-considering the role of the PLO should not be a mere slogan, but should be the central objective for us. We should all protect it as the founders did and maintained It. It is the one that safeguarded arms and maintained the independent national decision.
