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<h1 class="reader-title">Leftist Factions Unite to Form The
Palestinian National Democratic Assembly</h1>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">December 24, 2018<br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.”</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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).</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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