DOHA: Speakers at the 6th Doha Forum for Policies and Strategies yesterday called for the need to stop the internal Palestinian division and to work on uniting parties to face the occupation.
They said overcoming this deadlock will come from finding new national strategies to face the Israeli occupation and its violations.
This came in a session on Al Quds and the Palestinian issue, at the Forum organized by Center for Strategic Studies of the Armed Forces in cooperation with Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.
The speakers called for the need to activate and continue the resistance that unites the internal efforts and recruits an international opinion, to activate the boycotting movement to trigger international solidarity, to support the resistance of the Palestinian people and encourage them not to emigrate. Founder and head of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr Mustafa Barghouti condemned the ongoing siege on Gaza strip, describing it as a complete siege blocking electricity, water, food, medicine and basic need. He confirmed that these Israeli actions against the strip result in humanitarian crises in light of global silence. He added that all the ongoing actions against the Gaza strip and siege, restricts the Palestinians from entering 24 percent from the strip.
Researcher at Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies Mueen Al Taher said Trump’s decision to recognize Al Quds as the capital of Israel is an early declaration of the “Deal of the Century”. He added that despite standing with Israel, the previous US President Barack Obama recognized the Arab-Israeli negotiations, however Trump’s administration denies any recognition.
Al Taher added that the deal depends on redrafting the alliances in the regions and enabling Israel to play a larger role. It also includes making Israel a party in the negotiations, and giving it a regional role that allows it to interfere in the Middle East affairs, which led to Palestinians to warn of the seriousness of American steps.
On his part, legal scholar, head of Conference for Palestinians Abroad Anis Qasem touched on the legal aspect of the decision, confirming that the US decision is based on three themes, the first of which was the claim that Israel was a sovereign state and has the right to determine its capital’s location.
Qasem refuted the claim saying the national legislations are not binding on states unless it is consistent with international law and customs.
