OPINIONS
Mon 09 Oct 2023 9:53 am - Jerusalem Time
National unity is needed more than ever
It has become necessary, in light of the “Al-Aqsa deluge” battle, and the unrestrained Israeli response, for the Palestinian Authority to take practical steps in terms of ending the destructive division and working on national unity, as it is responsible for the Palestinian people, whether in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, or the Palestinians abroad and in all their locations.
The battle today is vast and calls for national cohesion and demonstrating to the occupying state that our people are united in defending their national rights, as well as the leadership and the rest of the Palestinian factions are united in defending our people in the face of what the occupying state is doing in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, in terms of crimes, violations, attacks and executions. .
If the occupying state had united in its war on the Gaza Strip, and the opposition declared that it supports the Netanyahu government in this war against the Palestinians, and even agreed to join an emergency government or what is called a national unity government, even though the opposition was claiming that it would not sit in a government with Netanyahu. And with the ministers from the extremist parties that are hostile to the non-religious Israeli parties, why is there not an immediate announcement by the official Palestinian side and all the factions to unite and end the division that has caused the greatest harm to the cause of our people and which the occupying state has exploited to advance its plans to resolve the conflict in its favor and liquidate the Palestinian cause?
It is very shameful that this division remains despite the current circumstances, which are the conditions of war and the widespread Israeli aggression against our people, an opportunity that may be the last, to announce an end to the division and unity, because with national unity it is possible to thwart all the plans of the occupation, and make its war on the Gaza Strip a huge loss for it. After that, it is a loss, and he has no choice but to recognize the national rights of our people and leave the Palestinian land, and that all his plans to resolve the conflict will not benefit him as long as our people are alive and defending these rights, despite the size and magnitude of the conspiracies targeting them, whether by the occupying state or by other countries. The West supports and supports this occupation, especially the United States, which applies double standards and protects the occupying state and supports it with everything in exchange for hostility to our people and describing their struggles as terrorism.
The world has come to an end, issuing statements of denunciation, and resorting to the United Nations, which does not do anything to stop the occupying state alone as long as the United States and the colonial West dominate this organization, and as long as the sword of veto is hanging over the necks of any international resolution in favor of Palestine and against the occupation.
Everyone has no choice but to rely on themselves, and not to rely on the United Nations and others, which are powerless in the face of Western control over them.
As the popular proverb says, “Nothing scratches your skin except your fingernail,” and this is what is currently required. History will not be kind to those who hesitate to achieve national unity, which is needed now more than ever..!
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