His Majesty King Hamad’s initiative to hold an international conference for peace is a significant milestone in supporting the Palestinian cause and coordinating efforts to foster regional and global security and stability, Fatah’s Central Committee Secretary General Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub told our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej in an interview marking the advent of the movement’s anniversary.
“The initiative aligns with the Saudi stance declared at the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, held on the US election day, which re-affirmed the two-state solution as the only means to end the Arab-Israeli conflict,” he said.
Mr Rajoub commended Bahrain’s unflinching support for the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights, voicing readiness to coordinate efforts with the kingdom, the chair of the 33rd Arab Summit. He also underlined the need to achieve national unity in Palestine based on three principles: territorial integrity and a single political system, collective national recognition of the UN resolutions as a reference to end the conflict, and ensuring full sovereignty of the Palestinian decision without any foreign influence.
“We have a historical opportunity that will not be repeated due to the developments in the region. This opportunity can be used for the benefit of our project, which is the project of the entire Arab nation,” he affirmed.
Fatah, formally the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist and social democratic political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organisation and the second-largest party in the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Ten people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip, medics told Reuters on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s health ministry said there was ongoing intense and heavy bombing of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, which it said was occurring in an “unprecedented manner” and without prior warning.
The hospital is one of only three barely operational medical facilities on the northern edge of the enclave, where the Israeli army has been operating since October.
“The bombing is being conducted with explosives and tank fire, directly targeting us while we are present inside the hospital departments,” the ministry said.
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