PALESTINIAN GOV’T APPEALS TO WORLD’S FREE MEN AND WOMEN TO SAVE GAZA
Gaza City, 27 Dzulqa’idah 1434/3 October 2013 (MINA) –The Palestinian government in Gaza renewed its appeal to the world’s free people to organize aid convoys to break the blockade imposed on Gaza and protect the human rights of its people.
In a press release issued following its weekly meeting on Tuesday, the government expressed its grave concern over the disastrous situation at the Rafah border crossing and the growing suffering of citizens because of its closure, appealing to the Egyptian authorities to open the crossing naturally before the movement of passengers and goods.
Palestinian government highly appreciated the Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki’s comments calling for the lifting of the blockade on the Gaza Strip, Alray, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
As for the peace talks, the government strongly denounced the Palestinian authority for its intransigent insistence on swimming against the current and defying the vast majority of its people who reject its frivolous negotiations with the Israeli occupation and its persistence in raping the representation of the Palestinian people and controlling their destiny.
The government emphasized that the Palestinian people reject any concessions being made by the PA and Fatah on their national constants and rights, according to Al Qassam reports.
The government saluted the Palestinian people on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Al-Aqsa Intifada, which reflected the will of our people, and stressed that this anniversary enhances the Palestinians’ adherence to their right to establish an independent state on all of their land, and affirmed their right to resist the illegitimate occupation of Palestine.
Regarding Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails, the government called for uniting the efforts aimed at supporting their steadfastness, and for keeping their cause in media attention.
On the West Bank develoments, it confirmed that what the criminal attacks of the Israeli settlers against our people in various cities of the occupied West Bank are a blatant expression of the attitudes and policies of the Israeli right-wing government, which granted the settlers the green light to continue such aggressions.
The government also called on the Palestinian people inside and outside occupied Palestine to continue organizing activities and protests in support of the Aqsa Mosque, exposing Israel’s violations in Jerusalem and backing the steadfastness of its natives.
It urged the Arab League and the organization of Islamic cooperation to make further efforts to support the Palestinians in Jerusalem and help them stand in the face of the Israeli occupation and its plots. (T/P02/E1)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
