We, the undersigned Palestinians and Palestinian organizations
in shatat and exile, write today to express our firm opposition to the resumption
of bilateral Israeli/Palestinian negotiations under U.S. auspices in Washington
DC, today, July 29.
For twenty years, the negotiations have not served Palestinian
interests. Through countless sessions of futile negotiations, Israeli
settlement construction has escalated, thousands of Palestinian political
prisoners are held behind bars and Palestinian rights - including Palestinian
refugees' right to return - are no closer to implementation. While the
Netanyahu government is planning the massive dispossession of Palestinians in
the Naqab via the Prawer Plan, the negotiations serve only to provide a thin
veneer of legitimacy to the aggressive policies of Israeli occupation and
apartheid.
Our rights - the rights of the Palestinian people - and our land
- the entire land of Palestine - are not for sale or bartering at the
negotiations table. That this process is presided over by the United States
government, which provides $3 billion annually in military aid to Israel, and
specifically by Martin Indyk, former research director at infamous Israel lobby
organization the America Israel Public Affairs Committe, only adds insult to
injury and makes clear that these negotiations will bring nothing of value or
benefit to the Palestinian people.
Today, we say: PA President Mahmoud Abbas does not represent us!
Our rights cannot and will not be bargained away at a negotiating table in
Washington, DC.
Instead, we affirm that the Palestinian people are one people
and our cause is one cause. Our people have struggled for 65 years in order to
achieve the liberation of the land and people of Palestine and the
implementation of the right of Palestinian refugees to return their homes.
As Palestinians in shatat/diaspora, we are not being represented
here, and we demand to reclaim our voice and role. We do not accept these
negotiations, and our rights, our people and our land are not for sale!
SIGN ON: Email NoToNegotiations@gmail.
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