Haneyya: Palestine and Palestinian legal rights will remain as time remains
December 5, 2006
Damascus - PA premier Ismail Haneyya who is now in Syria has affirmed that the right of return of Palestinian refugees is a "sacred right" that will not be abandoned at all cost.
"I swear by the Almighty Allah that if the entire world pressures us to cede such right we will not do so at all cost", said Haneyya who was speaking Monday evening before tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus.
A number of Hamas political leaders and head of the various Palestinian resistance factions based in Syria attended Haneyya's speech.
"I assure you that Palestine and the Palestinian legal rights will remain as long as time remains. The Israeli occupation, although harsh, won't be able to distort the beautiful image of our country that will remain a trust in our hands and we shall not betray that trust", the PA premier further asserted.
He explained to the massive audience that his government, which assumed power in the PA after Hamas overwhelmingly won the legislative elections last January, had pledged to protect national constants and legal rights of the Palestinian people, to defend Palestinian resistance, to start the reform and change program and political partnership, and to return the Palestinian issue to its Arab and Islamic strategic depth among other pledges.
But, he added, the American administration and its international, regional, and local allies attempted to derail the change and reform wheel in Palestine in a bid to bury the Palestinian democracy that produced Hamas, and to prevent the victory of Hamas from having an impact on other states in the region.
Haneyya's government and resistance:
Furthermore, Haneyya affirmed that his government sanctioned the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation of their country without disarming, apprehending, or chasing any resistance fighter or tagging him as "terrorist".
"We are proud of providing the resistance with the political cover it needs", affirmed Haneyya.
Talking on arranging the Palestinian internal home, Haneyya explained that there were two files in this regard namely the PA unity government, and the restructuring of the PLO on new and firmer foundations to allow all Palestinian factions go under its umbrella, adding that Hamas is very much interested in joining the PLO after its reactivation.
Retreat in the last moments:
The PA premier, moreover, unveiled that there was a retreat on the part of Fatah faction and the PA presidency on previous understandings with Hamas at the last moments before finalizing talks on unity government.
He unmasked that both Fatah faction and the PA presidency insisted on having a government of technocrats after previously agreeing with Hamas to have a government reflecting the weight of each faction in the PLC as stipulated by the parliamentary customs.
Nonetheless, Haneyya asserted that none in the Palestinian arena should give pessimistic statements or bad omens for the Palestinian future if talks hit snags, adding that dialogue alone can amicably solve any inter-Palestinian dispute.
"We in the PA government shall protect the dialogue principle in the Palestinian arena, and we shall be the shelter that shields any inter-Palestinian dialogue with the aim to enhance elements of steadfastness and resoluteness within the Palestinian people", the prime minister underlined.
Giving file of rebuilding the PLO more attention, Haneyya confirmed that he will meet with heads of the Palestinian factions in Syria to deliberate on the matter and come up with the best suggestions and solutions to realize that national goal.
In conclusion, Haneyya vowed that his government will remain the safeguard of the Palestinian legal rights and national constants, and will protect the national unity of the Palestinian people against those "targeting it".
On his visit to Syria and the Syrian stand towards the Palestinian issue, Haneyya hailed the Syrian leadership for the generous support it is extending to the Palestinian people and Palestinian question.
He also discussed with Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad a number of issues pertaining to the Palestinian people, including according holders of the PA passports all the rights accorded to Arab nationals in Syria, and releasing all Palestinian prisoners in Syrian jails.
Damascus - PA premier Ismail Haneyya who is now in Syria has affirmed that the right of return of Palestinian refugees is a "sacred right" that will not be abandoned at all cost.
"I swear by the Almighty Allah that if the entire world pressures us to cede such right we will not do so at all cost", said Haneyya who was speaking Monday evening before tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus.
A number of Hamas political leaders and head of the various Palestinian resistance factions based in Syria attended Haneyya's speech.
"I assure you that Palestine and the Palestinian legal rights will remain as long as time remains. The Israeli occupation, although harsh, won't be able to distort the beautiful image of our country that will remain a trust in our hands and we shall not betray that trust", the PA premier further asserted.
He explained to the massive audience that his government, which assumed power in the PA after Hamas overwhelmingly won the legislative elections last January, had pledged to protect national constants and legal rights of the Palestinian people, to defend Palestinian resistance, to start the reform and change program and political partnership, and to return the Palestinian issue to its Arab and Islamic strategic depth among other pledges.
But, he added, the American administration and its international, regional, and local allies attempted to derail the change and reform wheel in Palestine in a bid to bury the Palestinian democracy that produced Hamas, and to prevent the victory of Hamas from having an impact on other states in the region.
Haneyya's government and resistance:
Furthermore, Haneyya affirmed that his government sanctioned the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation of their country without disarming, apprehending, or chasing any resistance fighter or tagging him as "terrorist".
"We are proud of providing the resistance with the political cover it needs", affirmed Haneyya.
Talking on arranging the Palestinian internal home, Haneyya explained that there were two files in this regard namely the PA unity government, and the restructuring of the PLO on new and firmer foundations to allow all Palestinian factions go under its umbrella, adding that Hamas is very much interested in joining the PLO after its reactivation.
Retreat in the last moments:
The PA premier, moreover, unveiled that there was a retreat on the part of Fatah faction and the PA presidency on previous understandings with Hamas at the last moments before finalizing talks on unity government.
He unmasked that both Fatah faction and the PA presidency insisted on having a government of technocrats after previously agreeing with Hamas to have a government reflecting the weight of each faction in the PLC as stipulated by the parliamentary customs.
Nonetheless, Haneyya asserted that none in the Palestinian arena should give pessimistic statements or bad omens for the Palestinian future if talks hit snags, adding that dialogue alone can amicably solve any inter-Palestinian dispute.
"We in the PA government shall protect the dialogue principle in the Palestinian arena, and we shall be the shelter that shields any inter-Palestinian dialogue with the aim to enhance elements of steadfastness and resoluteness within the Palestinian people", the prime minister underlined.
Giving file of rebuilding the PLO more attention, Haneyya confirmed that he will meet with heads of the Palestinian factions in Syria to deliberate on the matter and come up with the best suggestions and solutions to realize that national goal.
In conclusion, Haneyya vowed that his government will remain the safeguard of the Palestinian legal rights and national constants, and will protect the national unity of the Palestinian people against those "targeting it".
On his visit to Syria and the Syrian stand towards the Palestinian issue, Haneyya hailed the Syrian leadership for the generous support it is extending to the Palestinian people and Palestinian question.
He also discussed with Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad a number of issues pertaining to the Palestinian people, including according holders of the PA passports all the rights accorded to Arab nationals in Syria, and releasing all Palestinian prisoners in Syrian jails.
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