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| Min. Katz: Fatah platform draft is declaration of war on Israel |
| 2009-08-03 |
| [Haaretz Defense] Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz on Sunday called the Fatah platform outline to be voted on at the faction convention this week a "declaration of war against Israel." Katz made his comments at a meeting of Likud party ministers, who decided that they would wait to see the final wording of the Fatah platform before issuing a formal response to it. Fatah plans to oppose recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, to call on its supporters to use civil disobedience in its struggle with Israel and to consider launching strategic dialogue with Iran, according to details from a proposed draft of its political platform that were leaked to the Arab press on Saturday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has conditioned the establishment of a Palestinian state upon recognition by the Palestinians of Israel as a Jewish state. Various drafts outlining Fatah's party platform will be voted on by Fatah delegates at its general summit that is scheduled to take place on Tuesday in Bethlehem. The draft leaked on Saturday also calls for Fatah supporters to use limited violence against settlements and the West Bank separation fence, as well as against what it calls the Judaization of Jerusalem. The draft proposes that Fatah weigh alternatives to negotiations with Israel, including the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state along 1967 lines, or the creation of a bi-national state, should talks with Israel fail. At Sunday's meeting, Katz also said that pressure must be applied to Saudi Arabia in order to allow Israeli planes to fly in its airspace, adding that this demand has the support of the U.S. administration and more than 200 members of Congress. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 In a totally unrelated news item: sun rises in the east. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-08-03 05:34 |