Barghouti Calls for New Popular Resistance
Former Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who is jailed in Israel, published an unusual message on Monday in which he called on the Palestinian public to launch a widespread resistance against Israel.
Barghouti made the remarks ahead of Land Day on Friday, when thousands of people are expected to protest along Israel’s borders to mark the deaths of six Israeli Arabs in March 1976 and protest the Israeli government’s land policies.
The imprisoned Fatah commander, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail, sent the missive from Hadarim prison and called on Palestinians to undertake a popular resistance against Israel.
“The Palestinian Authority must stop all coordination with Israel – economic and security – and work toward Palestinian reconciliation,” he said in the missive.
Barghouti’s remarks marked an unusual turn for the Fatah leader, who for the first time called for a complete halt in peace negotiations with Israel and encouraged Palestinians to sever any normal relations with Israel.
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