[News] Leftist Factions Unite to Form The Palestinian National Democratic Assembly
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Leftist Factions Unite to Form The Palestinian National Democratic
Assembly
December 24, 2018
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Five leftist Palestinian political factions announced on Sunday the
establishment of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly,
consisting of all five factions, in addition to senior social figures.
The assembly is composed of the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(DFLP), the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), the Palestinian
People’s Party (PPP), the Palestinian Democratic Union (FIDA), and
several independent political leaders.
The assembly aims to act as a united front in Palestine, and within the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), as the sole representative of
the Palestinian people in Palestine and everywhere in the world, and is
open to participation of other factions and groups that would all act
together as part of this united democratic coalition.
The assembly also affirmed its belief in national partnership and unity,
and in democratic national elections that represent all Palestinians and
all parties, and its strong belief in full partnership of all
stakeholders in making decisions.
It also affirmed its rejection of the so-called “Deal of the Century”
which U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to pass by ignoring and
violating the basic Palestinian rights of liberty, independence,
sovereignty, and the right to establish a continuous Palestinian State.
The assembly stated that the American positions and decisions violate
international law and all related United Nations and Security Council
resolutions, and that such hostile policies must be countered not only
by words and by media statements, but by real measures that would impact
U.S. interests in the Middle East.
Furthermore, the assembly said that the Palestinian people have the
right to resist the illegal Israeli occupation, and to continue their
popular resistance against it, its illegal colonies, the Annexation
Wall, and the policies that target the existence of the Palestinian
people in occupied Jerusalem, including the ongoing assaults against
Al-Aqsa Mosque and all holy sites in occupied Palestine.
It stressed on the importance of ending the deadly Israeli siege on
Gaza, and stopping Israel’s plans to annex the Palestinian lands in the
West Bank as part of Israel’s apartheid policies that deny the existence
of the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination,
especially after the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) recently passed its
racist, colonialist and segregationist “Nationality Law.”
It called on acting to fully end the illegal siege on Gaza, and to start
reconstruction and rehabilitation projects, to improve and rebuild
Gaza’s infrastructure, including services, sewage systems, electricity,
water supplies and to significantly reduce poverty levels.
It also called on implementing all reconciliation agreements between the
Palestinian factions, and the immediate formation of a Palestinian
national unity government that does not exclude any faction or group,
and for electing a new National Council based on the same principles and
guidelines.
The assembly also called for the implementation of the decisions made by
the National Palestinian Council and the Central Council of the PLO to
rescind the recognition of Israel, and to withdraw from all signed
agreements, including Oslo agreement, and Paris Protocol, in addition to
ending all forms of coordination between the Palestinian Authority and
Israel.
In addition, the assembly called for the immediate and strict
implementation of the Palestinian Law regarding the complete boycott of
Israeli colonialist products, and to pass laws that supports Palestinian
products by re-evaluating and reducing taxes.
The assembly also completely supports the Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) movement, and believes in its importance and the
successes it achieved, especially since Israel continues to violate
International Law and all related United Nations resolutions.
It also affirmed on supporting the Palestinians in the occupied capital,
Jerusalem, facing escalating Israeli violations, and home demolitions,
in addition to the apartheid Israeli polices that target their
existence, in addition to the ongoing Israeli violations against the
holy sites, and the basic rights of the Palestinian people, such as the
right to own homes, lands, to receive education.
The assembly also stressed on the importance of defending freedoms, and
to firmly counter all violations and abuses targeting the people’s
rights, such as the Freedom of Speech, the Freedom of the Press, and
political arrests.
It affirmed the importance of keeping the Justice System independent,
and for reforming the Constitutional Court in order to ensure a fair and
democratic rule, and called for ensuring the rights of Palestinian women
as equal partners, especially since women in Palestine have been leading
various legal, social, cultural and political organizations. Therefore,
the statement argued, Palestine must elect more legislators ensuring
these rights, especially since Palestine is a signatory to The
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW).
Furthermore, the assembly called for supporting the role of Palestinian
youths, who are the core of the society and must have unequivocal rights
in leadership and decision making, in addition to their important role
in the economic, political, social, cultural and athletic sectors of all
organizations.
It called for a comprehensive socioeconomic policy that would combat
unemployment and poverty, and advocate for complete social justice,
including the rights of the working class, the basic right of every
Palestinian to live in dignity and security, and to be provided with a
comprehensive health insurance and services.
It called for complete tax reform, and for a fair implementation of the
tax system that would fairly apply to all sectors of the society, and to
distribute the revenues to departments that help the people, such all
the health departments, education, agriculture and development.
The assembly also affirmed the unalienable rights of the detainees, and
wounded Palestinians who suffered disabilities, and support for
Jerusalem and all areas threatened and impacted by Israel’s apartheid
policies, especially the Annexation Wall and the colonies.
It called on strongly countering the American and Israeli attempts to
void the legitimate cause of the Palestinian refugees, and to pressure
the International Community to implement its own obligations towards all
signed agreements that ensure the rights of refugees, especially the
Right of Return to occupied Palestine after being displaced in 1948 when
Israel was established in the historic land of Palestine after various
massacres and the destruction of hundreds of villages and towns.
It said that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194, which was
adopted on December 11, 1948, ensures the Right of Return of Palestinian
refugees, and called on supporting UNRWA so that it can continue to
provide basic services to the refugees, and ensure their rights to
education, employment and services.
The Assembly also called on the PLO to perform its duties in serving the
refugees, in various countries, and ensure their participation in the
decision making process, and stressed on the importance of rebuilding
the war-torn and destroyed refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria, such as
al-Yarmouk, Nahr al-Bared, Handarat, and Dar’a.
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