RAMALLAH, June 25, 2025 (WAFA) - The Fatah Central Committee affirmed that the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, are facing a comprehensive genocidal war that targets their very existence, fundamental rights, and national identity.
The Committee stressed that this genocidal war aims to undermine the Palestinian national project and eliminate the two-state solution, as part of a colonial and expansionist agenda designed to impose full Israeli sovereignty over all Palestinian territory through force, violence, and a destructive, racist ideology.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Committee stated that the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza, including the horrific massacres, the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands, the systematic destruction of hospitals, homes and civilian infrastructure, and the denial of access to essential resources like water, food and medicine indicates that the occupation continues to pursue a policy of starvation, genocide, and scorched-earth warfare against unarmed civilians.
The Committee also addressed the situation in the West Bank, noting a dangerous escalation in killings, detentions, colonial settlement expansion, and daily attacks on Palestinian citizens, including settler attacks carried out under the protection and direction of the Israeli military, aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians and fragmenting their land.
Fatah also expressed deep concern over the escalated attacks on occupied Jerusalem, including repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing worshippers from practicing their religious rites, assaults on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and systematic attempts to alter the historical and legal status quo of the city.
These acts represent a clear attempt to impose realities of Judaization on the ground, directly targeting the Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity of Jerusalem, said the statement.
The movement warned of an accelerating plan to create new facts on the ground in the West Bank through colonial expansion, including the construction of outposts, legalization of existing settlements, land seizures, and the erection of checkpoints and military gates.
These practices are systematically fragmenting Palestinian land and society, undermining any realistic prospects for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, said the committee.
The Central Committee condemned the continued Israeli withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues, describing it as outright piracy targeting Palestinian resources.
This policy seeks to starve the Palestinian population, undermine the Palestinian Authority, and drain its financial capabilities, as part of an economic war that supplements the military occupation and aims to destroy the entire national project, read the statement.
The Central Committee condemned the continued Israeli withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues, describing it as outright piracy targeting Palestinian resources. This policy seeks to starve the population, weaken the Palestinian Authority, and drain its financial capabilities, as part of an economic war that complements the military occupation and aims to destroy the entire national project.
The statement underscored that Palestinian prisoners are enduring severe violations in Israeli prisons, including constant repression, solitary confinement, deliberate killing through torture, and denial of basic human rights, in blatant breaches of international law and the Geneva Conventions.
In light of these existential threats, Fatah called on all organizational bodies of the movement to intensify efforts to initiate a comprehensive national and organizational mobilization.
It urged strengthened engagement with the Palestinian public and political confrontation to resist this aggressive colonial assault and fortify internal unity in the face of attempts to dismantle it.
The Committee called on the Palestinian people to launch widespread popular resistance against settler violence, block systematic displacement efforts, and assert Palestinian presence and steadfastness on the land.
It emphasized that the actions of Netanyahu’s far-right extremist government, which continues its aggression not only against Palestinians but also by extending instability to neighboring countries, represent a direct threat to regional security. These acts violate national sovereignty, destabilize the region, and blatantly breach international law, it said.
Fatah asserted that the alarming escalation throughout the region, including violations of neighboring countries’ sovereignty, stems directly from the state of impunity enjoyed by the Israeli occupation and the international community’s failure to hold it accountable for its ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people.
The Central Committee reiterated that true stability in the region and the world depends on ending the Israeli occupation and realizing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, along with the right of return for refugees as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.
It said: Any attempts to promote illusory solutions that bypass these inalienable rights will only lead to more tension, destruction, and instability.
Finally, the Committee stressed the importance of sustained Arab and international efforts to support the two-state solution. It called for more countries to recognize the State of Palestine and for the swift convening of an international peace conference under the auspices of the United Nations, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France.
Resuming this path has become an urgent necessity, not only for the sake of Palestine but also to save the entire international system from collapse, said the committee.
Fatah concluded by affirming that the Palestinian people will remain steadfast on their land, determined in the face of genocide and displacement, and unwavering in their belief in their right to freedom and independence.
The national movement will continue to lead the struggle until full national rights are secured and a free, sovereign Palestinian state is established, it said.
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