PA bid aims at liquidating Palestinian cause

Hamas Sunday called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to withdraw the draft resolution that it intends to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for ending the Israeli occupation, saying the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) must declare failure of the so-called peace process.

The draft resolution that is going to be presented to the UNSC for voting is a rejected project for it aims at liquidating the just Palestinian cause and includes unwarranted concessions on Palestinians’ legitimate rights, a Hamas statement read.

Hamas said the project reflected the aspirations of a certain party within the PLO, and that the PA leadership did not consult other national partners on the draft resolution calling, among other articles, on the UNSC to set a binding timetable for ending Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the etastern part of the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem').

The group further warned of the repercussions of such a bid on the refugees’ right of return, saying the resolution uses a misleading terminology instead of a clear wording on the matter.

The Islamic movement reiterated its rejection of an article defining al-Quds as the joint-capital of the two states, saying Quds “shall remain the capital of Palestine only. It is just indivisible.”

Hamas said the resolution sets limits for any projected call to restore Palestinians’ rights and undermines the people’s inalienable freedoms.

The statement said none of the Palestinians’ rights rests on international resolutions for they have always been historically proved and guaranteed.

“The role of the UN is to restore the rights, never to decide on them,” the statement proceeded.

Hamas called on the Arab League not to give political backing to the resolution, and said that instead it has to defend and protect the Palestinian cause against corrosion and unwarranted concessions.

The Movement urged all national factions and pro-Palestine campaigns, nationwide and oversees, to reject the resolution and stick up for the resistance option and defend its gains over the past long years of struggle.