Statement of the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Written by: Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine on 17 August 2024

 

We have been sent an important statement by the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. We reproduce below the DFLP's own summary of the statement, the full version of which will appear on our blog: Vanguard (vanguard-cpaml.blogspot.com) 

14 August 2024

"The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine" in a full session of its Central Committee:

• Fieldwork and collaboration with allies to pressure the occupying state into implementing UN Security Council Resolutions 2735 and 2728, ceasing hostilities against our people, and fully withdrawing from Gaza. 

• Immediate efforts to implement the outcomes of the Beijing Declaration, including convening the Temporary Leadership Framework and forming a National Unity Government. 

The Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine held a comprehensive session named after "The Martyr Leaders: Ismail Haniyeh, Talal Abu Zarifa, Fuad Shukr." The session produced a political statement that praised the resilience and sacrifices of our people, united with the valiant resistance in Gaza and the West Bank. The statement emphasized: 

• Collaborating with brothers, friends, and international organizations to enforce Resolutions 2735 and 2728, halt all hostilities, and withdraw from Gaza. Practical steps should include breaking the siege, providing aid, returning displaced persons, rebuilding the health system, and initiating a national reconstruction project. 

• Structuring all forms of struggle to confront the Israeli annexation war in the West Bank, undermining the foundations of the national project through a series of field and "legal" measures that violate international laws and legitimacy, including the Knesset's decision to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and to perpetuate administrative autonomy over the people as an alternative solution under occupation. 

• Calling on the political leadership of the Palestinian Authority to abandon the policy of relying on American promises, free itself from the constraints and obligations of the Oslo Accords, and act according to the decisions of the National and Central Councils of the Palestine Liberation Organization by reassessing relations with the occupying state, withdrawing recognition of it, stopping all forms of security coordination with it, and disengaging from the Israeli economy in favor of the national project under a comprehensive national struggle strategy, and to work in the field to structure the struggles of comprehensive popular resistance under a unified national leadership that includes everyone. 

• Rebuilding the Palestinian political system on democratic foundations through general elections based on full proportional representation, with a national solution to the issue of elections in Jerusalem. • Affirming the Democratic Front's initiative from 16/01/2020 as a temporary measure to include all factions in the Central Council until general elections can be held. 

• Continuing efforts to hold Israel accountable through international courts, affirming the illegitimacy of its occupation, and prosecuting Israeli war criminals. 

• Condemning Israeli and American policies targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the right of return for refugees to their homes and properties and confronting the policies of demonizing and financially besieging it. 

The Central Committee also sent its revolutionary greetings to the state of South Africa and all the countries participating in its complaint before the International Court of Justice. It also saluted our heroic prisoners, emphasizing the need to internationalize their cause and continue defending their political, social, and human rights in the face of the enemy state's policy of oppression and abuse. 

It also extended its revolutionary greetings to the heroes of the resistance and all the fighters in the field, and to the families of our prisoners and martyrs. By naming its session "The Martyr Leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Talal Abu Zarifa, Fuad Shukr," the Central Committee pays tribute to the martyrs of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and everyone who was martyred on the land of Palestine in the face of the occupation and its settlers.