Hans Rustad En prominent talsmann for Fatah sier USA er palestinernes fremste fiende. Han advarte mot å tro at Fatah har skrinlagt den voldelige kampen mot Israel.
Tarik Tantawi rakk å slå to fluer i ett smekk: han fikk skjøvet USA fra seg, samtidig som han markerte at Fatah ikke har oppgitt den væpnede kampen, hvilket reiser tvil om Fatah er til å stole på som partner i en avtale.
The US is the number one enemy of the Palestinians because it supports Israeli «oppression» against the Palestinians, Tawfik Tirawi, a senior member of the Fatah Central Committee, said on Sunday.
Tirawi, former commander of the Palestinian Authority’s General Intelligence Force in the West Bank, also said that Fatah has not abandoned the armed struggle option against Israel.
«Fatah hasn’t thrown the rifle aside,» Tirawi told thousands of university students during a rally in Hebron.
Tirawi’s anti-US remarks came only days after Palestinian protesters tossed a shoe at US diplomats who arrived in Ramallah to attend a cultural event.
The Palestinians were protesting against US President Barack Obama’s refusal to back the PA’s statehood bid at the UN and US threats to cut off financial aid to the PA.
Tirawi also criticized the PA leadership for refusing to allow Palestine TV to use the term «Israeli enemy» in its broadcasts. «Those who prevent the use of the term Israeli enemy are acting in violation of national awareness and the principles of people under occupation,» he argued. «They must go away.»
Forhandler Nabil Shaath sa palestinerne stiller til forhandlinger under Kvartettens paraply, men at to krav ligger fast: utvidelse av bosettingene må stanse, og 67-grensene må være utgangspunkt for opprettelsen av en palestinsk stat.
Men så tråkker også Shaath i salaten og snakker om «judaiseringen» av Jerusalem, som et problem.
Shaath said that the «provocations» include continued construction in the settlements, the security fence, blockade and the «Judaization» of Jerusalem.
