Abbas houdt vast aan Jeruzalem, en wil grensovergang Gazastrook overnemen

Jeruzalem is nog nooit de hoofdstad van het Palestijnse volk of een Palestijnse staat geweest. Onder Jordaans en Ottomaans bestuur is het nergens de hoofdstad van geweest, en werd het als onbelangrijke provinciestad behandeld.

 

Voor 1948 woonden duizenden Joden in wat nu door onze kranten en het journaal altijd als 'bezet Oost-Jeruzalem' wordt aangeduid, maar in 1948 zijn zij door het Jordaanse Legioen etnisch gezuiverd. Helaas verschillen onze kranten nauwelijks van de Palestijnse, en nemen wij de Palestijnse propaganda vaak letterlijk over.

 

Wafa is het officiële PLO persbureau.

 

 

Ratna

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President Abbas: We are Ready to Take up Crossings to Ease Suffering of Our People
www.wafa. ps/english/body.asp?id=11061

RAMALLAH, January 26, 2008 (WAFA - PLO news agency)-President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed that Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Palestinian and we will never give it up.

In a speech at a Palestinian National Conference on Jerusalem held Saturday in Ramallah, President said that the Jewish settlements, particularly what is built in Jerusalem, are illegal and we will never accept them.

"Whatever they do in Jerusalem and no matter what they do to change its structure, occupied Jerusalem will remain the capital of the state of Palestine and we will never give it up," he added.

President accused Israel of seeking to change facts on the ground in East Jerusalem to preempt permanent status talks with Israel that include negotiations over the eastern section of the city occupied in 1967.

As for the crossings, President said we are ready to take up the crossings to ease the suffering of our people, calling on Israeli government to end the siege imposed on Gaza.

"The long Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip," said Abbas, "has caused a popular explosion. When you deny the people fuel, medicine and all their basic needs, what should they do? The people have no choice but to explode."

President confirmed that the Islamic movement was part of the Palestinian people, demanding that Hamas give up control of crossing points into Gaza Strip to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as well as give up its control of salient entirely.


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