RAMALLAH, November 10, 2024 (WAFA) – President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian people cannot be eliminated or dissolved, and the Palestinian cause cannot be liquidated.
The President said on Sunday evening on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, the iconic leader of the Palestinian national movement, who passed away on November 11, 2004, that Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are being subjected to a second catastrophe and a war of genocide that history has never seen before, and that the occupation has turned the Strip into an uninhabitable area.
President Abbas stressed that the displacement plan will not pass and that "we will not allow it to pass with the steadfastness of our people and the support and backing of our brothers and friends in the world, stressing that the leadership will not stop making every effort to stop the criminal war of extermination until the last soldier withdraws from the Gaza Strip, so that the Strip returns to its natural place in the Palestinian state," adding that "so we can heal the wounds of our people and rebuild it better than it was."
The President pointed out that the Palestinian cause is going through a difficult stage with the presence of the extreme right-wing government in Israel, as the Gaza Strip is not the only one being subjected to a war of extermination and a plan of annexation and displacement, as the West Bank is being subjected to the same plan.
He stressed that the Palestinian people will remain on their land and will not leave it, and this is the will of Yasser Arafat and all the slain Palestinian people, foremost among them the slain people of the Central Committee of the "Fatah" movement.
"We are committed to the option of peace, and we will continue to work to achieve it, stressing that security and stability can only be achieved by eliminating the occupation and achieving sovereignty and independence on the land of the Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the 1967 lines, and finding a just solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees on the basis of the Arab Initiative and Resolution 194," President Abbas said.
The President reiterated his rejection of the Israeli decisions to ban the work of UNRWA in Palestine, stressing that the State of Palestine will confront these decisions in coordination with the countries hosting Palestinian refugees.
"Thanks to the steadfastness of our people and their defiance of the occupation's liquidation plans, we will continue to move towards freedom and independence, and the occupation will be held accountable for its crimes and aggression against our people, our land and our holy sites, in international courts," the President noted.
The President stressed that "we are on the path to achieving our national unity under the banner of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of our Palestinian people, the owner of the independent national decision."
The President pointed out that the adherence to the legitimate national goals and rights recognized internationally, pledging to the masses of the great Palestinian people to continue on the path of freedom and independence, for which "our best sons and daughters sacrificed their lives," stressing that the Palestinian people and their leadership will not rest until the prisoners gain their freedom.
President Abbas concluded his speech, saying that "Yasser Arafat's legacy remains in us and we will not deviate from it and we will remain rooted in this land because we are its owners, and the truth of the Palestinian people cannot be obliterated or overlooked."
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