[News] Palestinian groups reject Mladenov’s disarmament plan

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Palestinian groups reject Mladenov’s disarmament plan

Friday 27-March-2026
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GAZA, (PIC)

Different Palestinian parties have voiced their rejection of former UN
envoy Nicolay Mladenov’s multiphase plan to disarm the Palestinian
resistance in the Gaza Strip, calling it “biased in favor of the Israeli
occupation.”

Mladenov’s plan focuses on an eight-month disarmament timeline for the Gaza
Strip under international supervision.

The plan operates on a step-by-step formula, with transitions between
phases only taking place once both sides have fulfilled their obligations,
according to different media sources.

The Islamic Jihad Movement categorically rejected the plan, stressing that
“the resistance’s weapons belong to the Palestinian people and constitute a
fundamental means of achieving their legitimate national goals, foremost
among them ending the occupation and establishing an independent state.”

Senior Islamic Jihad official Ismail as‑Sandawi said that the root of the
crisis lies in the existence of the Israeli occupation, considering the
option of armed resistance a “natural consequence of the occupation.”

Sandawi also called for ending the occupation to eliminate the causes of
the conflict and to obligate the Israeli regime to fulfill its ceasefire
commitments and halt its ongoing crimes in the Gaza Strip.

For its part, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
emphasized that armed resistance remains a legitimate right for
Palestinians amid the presence of the Israeli occupation and its violations.

PFLP official Omar Murad affirmed that calls for the resistance to
surrender its weapons without securing the Palestinian people’s national
rights represent an attempt to enable Israeli crimes to continue unchecked.

“The resistance’s weapons have never been a tool of chaos but rather a
means of protection for the Palestinian people,” Murad said.

He stressed the need to strengthen national unity to face external
pressures and schemes targeting the option of armed resistance.

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) also warned
against efforts to twist the agreement over Gaza in ways that serve Israeli
demands.

DFLP official Qais Abu Leila stressed that any arrangements concerning the
resistance’s weapons must be based on a unified Palestinian position,
warning of Israeli attempts to extract political gains through diplomatic
pressures after failing militarily.

In the same context, representatives of Palestinian tribes in Gaza
announced their rejection of Mladenov’s plan, affirming that the
resistance’s weapons represent a collective right that cannot be waived
before the end of the occupation.

Alaa al‑Din al‑Aklouk, a member of the National Assembly of Tribes and
Clans, said that priority must be given to stopping the Israeli war,
lifting the blockade, and providing protection for the Palestinian people,
not to disarmament.

Aklouk emphasized that any political initiative must begin with addressing
Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis and creating the conditions for
reconstruction, stressing that surrendering the resistance’s weapons cannot
be considered until the Palestinian people achieve full sovereignty over
their land.
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