Barghouti: Israeli occupation aims to completely eliminate Palestine

GAZA, Sept. 22 (YPA) – Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, said on Saturday that the Israeli occupation aims to completely eliminate Palestine territories.

This came during his speech at a symposium on the sidelines of a conference called “Reimagining Palestine” organized by Georgetown University in the Qatari capital, Doha.

During the symposium, Barghouti stressed that the decision regarding the political future of Palestine must be in the hands of the Palestinians themselves.

“The Palestinian people must hold their own elections democratically, and the Palestinians alone should decide the future of their country,” he added. It is not the task of Israel or any authority outside Palestine to decide who will lead them.”

Regarding the negotiations between the Israeli occupation government and Hamas, Barghouti expressed his belief that “Benjamin Netanyahu” is not honest in the ceasefire negotiations with Hamas.

“Israel is pushing the ceasefire negotiations towards the abyss by proposing new conditions that it knows no Palestinian will accept,” he stated.

Barghouti stressed that the main goal the occupation is to eliminate any possibility of a ceasefire and drag the entire region into war.

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