News, September 2007
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Israel trying to permanently separate Gaza Strip and West Bank, Barghouthi warns
Date: 20 / 09 / 2007 Time: 18:43
(Ma'anImages) Bethlehem – Ma'an –
Israel's declaration that the Gaza Strip is an "enemy entity" is a declaration of war against all of the Palestinian people and a form of collective punishment for all Gaza residents, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), said on Thursday.
Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, stated that Israeli hostilities towards Gaza are "part of its overall strategy to fragment the Occupied Palestinian Territories," adding that this underlines Israel's determination to continue its full scale military occupation.
He said that this demonstrates "the emptiness" of Israeli claims that it will assist in the setting up of a viable Palestinian State.
Barghouthi condemned Israel's attempts to separate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, adding that the Palestinian government should discuss urgently Israeli strategies to separate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank.
The Israel occupation government is attempting to sabotage the US-sponsored autumn Peace Conference before it has even taken place, as part of its overall efforts to destroy the Palestinian goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state, Barghouthi said.
He also called on the international community to intervene to protect the Palestinian people and stop Israeli violations of international law.
PNI leader, Barghouthi, abducted trying to get to Friday Prayers in Jerusalem
Date: 21 / 09 / 2007 Time: 11:17
Jerusalem – Ma'an –
Israeli occupation police abducted the Palestinian Member of Parliament and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), Mustafa Barghouthi on Friday morning on his way to Jerusalem for Friday prayers.
He was abducted at the Al-Dhahiya checkpoint in the north of Jerusalem after he got out of his car
PNI Leader: Palestinian participation in the autumn conference should be conditional
[ 21/09/2007 - 10:03 AM ]
RAMALLAH, (PIC)--
The Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), headed by Dr. Mustafa al-Barghuthi called on the PA and the PLO put three conditions for their participation in the autumn conference.
The first of these conditions is for the Israeli occupation government to annul its latest hostile decision towards the Gaza Strip which is meant to lead to more extreme forms of collective punishment.
The second condition, is for the occupation government to freeze all settlement activities, including the extension of existing settlements and the confiscation of new Palestinian lands.
The third condition is the comprehensive halt of building the apartheid wall which will make the establishment of a viable Palestinian state impossible.
The PNI stressed in a statement it published on Thursday that any meeting taking place while these hostile Israeli acts are taking place will be used by Israel to cover for the its policy of creating facts on the ground and the apartheid system it is trying to create instead of the a real sovereign Palestinian state.
The PNI further stressed that the events on the ground proves anew that the Israeli occupation authority is not serious about peace and that it seeks to replace a permanent solution based on ending its occupation of Palestinian lands and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the lands which were occupied in 1967 with partial and transitional solutions.
The PNI also said in the statement "It is strange to be talking about horizons for peace and be preparing for the autumn conference while Israel continues its daily aggressions in Nablus, Jenin, Ramallah and the Gaza Strip."
The PNI renewed its call for Palestinian unity stressing that Israel was taking advantage of the present split within the Palestinian ranks to commit all the crimes it has been committing lately.
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